…He just got caught. Floyd, the now former USC men’s basketball coach, resigned yesterday amid allegations that he gave an associate close to O.J Mayo $1000.00 of his own money while he was playing his freshman year at USC. While the evidence all but confirms the allegations the college is facing, Floyd’s resignation was not really a surprise. Recruiting top flight talent in 2009 is a big league business, and unfortunately for Floyd, he just so happened to get caught.
Sports networks and journalists of papers will cry outrage and shock over the events, but if you really look at the entire O.J Mayo/USC marriage, did it really make sense? Mayo, who was a native of West Virginia, bypassed all other scholarship offers to go to a predominantly football school. A school that isn’t even the best program in their own city.
Floyd and the university both knew that Mayo would be a one and done player, but they took the gamble and, in the short term, it paid off. While the NCAA was already all over the USC football program over the Reggie Bush saga, this could be the straw that broke the Trojan’s back. Is it just a matter of time before we see Pete Caroll on a press conference?
