With Pete Carroll’s exit from the Raiders in the NFL and the 20th anniversary of one of the greatest college football games of all-time, the legendary Rose Bowl in 2006, where the Texas longhorns, led by Vince Young, defeated Carroll’s USC Trojans 41 – 38.
Pete interviews Monte Burke about his new book Men of Troy that chronicles the meteoric rise of the USC football dynasty under Pete Carroll, capturing the exhilarating, star-studded 2000s era. The book details how Carroll’s unorthodox, fun-focused approach transformed a struggling program into a national juggernaut featuring legends like Reggie Bush and Matt Leinart.
Spadora goes deep with Monte Burke about this iconic period of college football, balancing the thrilling on-field success with the off-field stories and the eventual scandal that brought the era to a close.