Trip to Las Vegas Bowl Is a Bust for Trojans

Watched the USC-Utah game and I just can’t stop wondering.

I wonder if we can keep the coaches this time and just recruit some decent young men who can actually block and kick.

I wonder just how much Stanford has compromised itself academically to be competitive athletically. (Were any Trojans all-academic this year?)

I wonder if Stanford’s president and athletic director return any of their phone calls or just use their phones to leave messages notifying loyal employees they’ve been fired.

I wonder if it would have been more honorable to lose to Fresno State this time around.

Lastly, looking at USC today, I had to really wonder, how bad is UCLA?

Jack Von Bulow

Temple City

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I see the mighty Trojans amassed one yard rushing against those powerhouse Utah Utes! Thank you for not printing my letter two weeks ago when I retracted previously printed derogatory comments on their offensive and defensive linegirls.

Now, for Norm Chow: My kid asked me if a blitzing defense left people uncovered in the secondary. He asked me if screen passes worked. Play-action slant passes? West Coast type stuff. So, I passed the torch. It was time. I gave him the remote and my armchair and sat on the floor to play with his Christmas toys.

Dan Jensen

San Clemente

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In case anyone is wondering, that’s 1.44 inches per carry.

Rob Hamers

Irvine

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The media was saying, “The Trojans are back,” and, “Carroll is finally the right guy.” All this as the result of a four-game winning streak during which they beat a team in a slump (UCLA), a team on an official’s atrocious call (Arizona), the league’s last-place team (Cal) and Oregon State on turnovers in one of the ugliest games I’ve ever seen.

The Las Vegas Bowl was the return to reality. The program still has a long way to go, and the jury remains out on Carroll.

Can we finally get a little objectivity here?

Thomas Birke

Garden Grove