USC....the other one.

Steve Spurrier is up in arms after two recruits were denied admittance to the University of South Carolina after he told them they wouldn't be. He's actually threatening to leave if the school's standards are not relaxed to accommodate the athletes he so desires.

The University of South Carolina is not a school renowned for it's academics. Not by any stretch of the imagination. Mediocre at best, USC should be commended for attempting to maintain some semblance of admittance standards in the face of Steve Spurrier and the university's football machine. I presume these standards are already lower for football players, as they are at every "big time" football school. To assume, as Spurrier must have, that anyone who meets the NCAA's minimum requirements will get a free pass from the admissions board is nothing short of ridiculous. Maybe they should add Dean of Admissions to his job description?

He's tried to make this an issue of credibility. More specifically, his is compromised if he tells recruits they will be able to get into the school when he is, in fact, without a say in the matter. Well, who told Steve Spurrier he should guarantee admittance to every kid he speaks to? He's a college football coach. College. I'll say it again, COLLEGE.

Maybe he should give the NFL another try. Judging by Vince Young's wonderlic test, their admittance standards are at least as lax as the University of Texas. Then, he won't have to be burdened by academics and their ivory tower standards. Then, he'll have to worry only about being consistently out-game planned by smarter coaches. Which at least, provided he remembers his last go round in the NFL, he'll see coming.

I say let him go.