Sparring, because his father was a pugilist, get it? Good. In a bit of a red on red turned cardinal and gold on powder keg blue and gold moment, USC linebacker coach
Ken Norton Jr. aired grievances this week with dear old alma mater UCLA. Reports the
Los Angeles Times:
[Norton] said UCLA has told prospective players that he would be joining Coach Rick Neuheisel's staff if defensive coordinator DeWayne Walker leaves for another job.
"It's coming from there and it's wrong and it's not true," said Norton.
He then threw another barb, saying:
"It's kind of a pattern of what happened in the past," Norton said in mentioning Slick Rick's latest alleged escapade.
Predictably,
UCLA fans are in flames, treating Norton like some combination of Judas and Benedict Arnold. UCLA coach
Rick Neuheisel took the unusual step of releasing a statement denying the allegations. Predictably, this followed:
"If DeWayne leaves, I would consider several candidates for the defensive coordinator job. Kenny probably would have been among those considered, with no guarantees. However, his quotes in the paper say he is staying at USC, so we wish him well."
Translation: good luck ever getting hired by UCLA. Ahhh, catty man fights. Usually this stuff is so NFL.
