USC Trojans' Rob Ryan Details Why He Joined Football Program

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00:00When did you first think that returning to college was ever a possibility for you when the USC contact started?

00:05How long did it take you to kind of get on board with that kind of idea?

00:10Danton brought it up and

00:12You know right at the end of the season obviously

00:16You know with AP leaving, you know, that was you know

00:21He brought it up earlier and then I was thinking about and then then AP gets fired

00:25And and you know people don't know like me and Mark Davis are really close

00:30Alright me and don't almost all these great coaches like Pete Carroll went there. I mean, he's a great football coach

00:37I was comfortable in my own skin

00:39I know I you know, I could have stayed and all that that wasn't the deal

00:43What I wanted to do was I'm 62 years old

00:46You know, I've been taking care of myself for a long time

00:51But I wanted to give you know

00:52My son a chance to see be around these great program and so that enticed me and then to hear about the ways

01:00Danton spoke about this place about Lincoln about these players on this team

01:06Like that safety is sweet, man

01:08I see him now I'd be bragging on him even more than Danton does

01:12But it got me excited and then when I came up, I brought my son up

01:17I went and talked to Lincoln and Dave Emmerich and I'm like

01:22and these people are legit like I'm not I can't say no to the this is gonna be great and

01:30You know, so I mean I I'd like to say I asked my wife's opinion

01:35But I'm like man, I'm going to USC

01:38So now she's packing what she now says is for the last time and she is not happy with me

01:45But I'm getting ready to go home today and got the dumpster ordered and here we go

01:49I'm gonna be packing it up going