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LOL. Good thing ESPN never picks up bogus "sources are reporting" headlines. Nah that never happens. The point is still the same...it's put under rumors headlines with no author willing to stake his or her name to the "story."

TW, Kiffin is talking about it right now. The story is accurate.

‏@insidetroy
Regarding deflated football Kiffin said situation was brought to his attention Sunday.

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Kiffin said he didn't know why it was done. It was done in plain sight on Oregon sideline. Compliance investigated.

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Kiffin said no coaches or Matt Barkley had any knowledge of the situation.

@insidetroy
Kiffin said it would be harder for Barkley to throw or kickers to kick balls that were inflated to different levels. #USC

@insidetroy
Kiffin said league never told #USC coaches. At half refs tested balls and some were not inflated properly. They were fixed.

This whole thing is stupid IMO. If it was any other school or any other coach it would be a non-issue. As it stands, everyone wants to blame Kiffin even though there is no evidence he had anything to do with it.

Such is the world.

And oregon has always followed the rules...what you say is true though, it's a rule, and the rule was broken. We need to find out the full story, but the fact that you emphatically state that "USC intentionally deflated balls..." vs one individual, speaks more to your agenda, rather than waiting till all facts are in before throwing stones from your glass house.

This is exactly why I have zero respect for float fans...you have a thread on your own cesspool of a forum, you should keep it there with the rest of the tiny brains that populate that site.

Concern yourselves with the next opponent, since you won..and worry like hell if you come up against a team with a stout defense. You don't have that, better hope your offense can carry your team on their shoulders against those big 'ol SEC defensive guys.

FIFY

@RHaylock
#USC Kiffin says he understands the conspiracy theorists but the balls were deflated on the #Oregon sideline on plain view

I think QuackAddict over on Oregon.247 got it correct:

"If I were Pat Hayden, the USC AD, I would be looking to fire whomever deflated the balls of the USC Defense - this was the real cause of their loss."

LMFAO!

So let me get this straight Chip paid the student 25,000 to deflate the balls, then Chip went over to the refs at half time and suggested to them that they should check the balls. It makes sense.

Bleacher Report? A two year old can write a "piece" on football, and it will be published.

Best to stay away from that site.

At the very least can I get you to admit you were wrong when you said before the season that our OL was a weakness of our team? That was one of the first discussions we had...and it's been puppies and rainbows ever since.

Everyone should just watch this video and move on.

It was clearly a stupid little mistake blown way out of proportion.

Totally agree. It was chip idea. The student was on Oregon sidelines during the game

Please just watch the video. Dan Weber explains it simply and effectively. Non-issue. Seriously.

In any case, if this was some grand conspiracy to gain some competitive advantage then I'd be more upset that we are clearly so BAD at cheating.

Kid deflates the balls on the Oregon sideline, in plain view of the entire Oregon staff, and you think he was purposefully doing something illegal? Come on.

Yes. Chip wins football games. So it is what it is.

But I disapprove of his ways and much of his attitude and of his rivarly-killing ways.

And I think Phil Knight's company is a disgrace to my alma mater and profits off of a victimized and brutalized labor force.

So what? I get downvoted on my own board when I bring this stuff up. I was just bringing up ONE discussion UT1 and I had a LONG time ago.