Kids today have a what have you done for me lately mentality. In terms of recruiting, kids don't give a schit about how many championships Alabama won in the 1920's. They care about what coach can give them the best opportunity to get to the next level. And certainly not every school can get a Saban, but USC has gotten some high profile coaches. Look at their last 2 hires. The one drawback is that Holtz and Spurrier were both in their twilight years when they went to USC. I think if you take a good coach that can recruit like a Johnson or Kelly they can push the program to the next level. Spurrier was great...in 1996. And I'm not trying diminish what he has accomplished there. He's certainly done a lot help build SC into a respectable program, but every year it's the same story. Start out strong, fade down the stretch.

I do see your point as to why Johnson may not want to leave Tech, but honestly I think he's a guy that wants to compete at the highest level. He wants to prove that he can do it, same as Meyer or Saban or any other great coach. He could settle for the Orange bowl and an ACC championship every other year, but I don't think he wants that.

And certainly the old money and resources at Bama have a lot to do with the resurgence. Don't get me wrong, I know there aren't many coaches that could step into USCe's situation and be competing for a SEC title in 2-3 years. That said, I think they've gotten about all their going to get out of the ol' ball coach. There has to be a point where USC decides, hey, we don't want to be a 7-8 win team every year. We want to compete for this conference.

Maybe they turn the corner next season. I hope they do because I like their program and their fans and I like Spurrier (even though I hated him in the 90's). I'm just not sure how much longer Spurrier needs.