re: USCe losing to the Citadel cost them Tom Herman

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It's that he wasn't our first choice.

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That statement, while true, makes light of the situation.

Muschamp was not only not any USC fan's first choice, he wasn't the second, the third, the fourth or the fifth. In fact I can't find ANY list prior to the hire that has him even listed and some USC posters spouted off a dozen possible candidates.

His hiring was out of left field, and was a hiring that on paper (a failure at the better UF tries again at USC) was easily one of the worst made this offseason.

I think the moves Muschamp has made since the hiring have proven that some of conventional wisdom was wrong, and I personally hate to speak ill about the guy because he has my team's number (so he gets a free win a year eventually). But on paper day one (the longest open Power 5 job is filled with sloppy seconds) the hire was a disaster.

That is all I am saying.

It isn't hard to finally admit that. LSU fans eventually admitted that we were all right and Steele sucked. We just want the same from you.

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And if you're telling me Odom was Mizzous first choice I'll laugh.

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For some of their posters (ones I personally respect that aren't on here trolling) he was. For others he was the "backup" or plan C. At the very least though he was ON THE LIST. Unlike Muschamp and USC fans.

(how you like that? bold AND capitalized)