USC’s Identity Crisis (3)

In the NFL it’s the broad receivers job to catch the ball. He must have good pace, good fingers and nice intuition. The males who play this position are fast, agile and nice jumpers. Though some may debate this point in my opinion, the large receiver is probably the very best throughout athlete on the field. Concentration is key as he has many a route to run while letting his QB have sometime and a superb somewhere and someone to throw the ball to.

The sanctions leveled on USC, UCLA and Washington were by the Pacific Coast Conference. I am unsure what happened with the NCAA. The penalties were ineligibliity for the Rose Bowl; for USC and Washington they were ineligible to pay in the Rose Bowl until January 1st 1958 and UCLA until January 1st 1959. On top of that, the penalties for players who received unauthorized money at …

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