From The Rumble Seat, a Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets community

Marcus Allen talks with Colin Cowherd Here are some cliff notes from Garry P. * Carson Palmer - Absolutely he still has some mileage left in his tank. It comes down to passion, do you want to be where you are? I don't think he wants to retire. Sometimes a change of scenery is what you need. * Reggie Bush - I think Reggie is a very good back but the amount of attention coming out of SC was unrealistic and unfair. He was never a full-time back at USC, he shared time with LenDale White. * NFL team in LA - the city is crazy if it doesn't embrace this. The state has lost a lot of big companies over the last 10 years and we need a successful league like the NFL to come in and help revitalize downtown. * Lane Kiffin - I like him and I expect great things. We talked over the summer about SC history, his philosophies. We've become Showtime in recent years and we were never about that, USC was about hitting you in the mouth on the first play of the game and playing smashmouth ball. By the time the 3rd and 4th quarter rolled around we owned you, that's the mentality he wants to get back to.

I understand that Montreal Alouettes QB Anthony Calvillo (Utah State) had a tryout with the Steelers in 2001 or 2002. I do not know why it did not pan out, but if longtime insiders in BTSC would enlighten me, I would be very grateful. In chatting with a Steeler blogger a few years back (I forget who), I was told that Calvillo was then a better fit for a West Coast offense, rather than our Kordell Stewart/Tommy Maddox/Jerome Bettis engine; also, it was quite apparent to my correspondent that, back then, he did not have the poise before the rush, the arm strength on out patterns and the general precision required of an NFL QB. Speaking to Calvillo himself on a fan train in 2009, he remembers having had a fair try-out with Cowher and the brass, but beyond the fact that the Steelers *appeared* well set at QB already at the time, he did not speculate as to why he did not make it. Of course, three Grey Cups later, I'm ecstatic that it did not pan out. Incidentally, the current all-time TD passes leader, Damon Allen, is the brother of Marcus Allen.