... during practice, police arrested one of USC’s prize defensive ends for physically assaulting his teammate.

This all occurred during a team meeting in front of all of his teammates and coaches. The only thing was that he, and many of his teammates, did not know was that this was an April Fool’s prank that his coach pulled on him to bring an air of levity to an otherwise boring team meeting.

This was in 2008 and the joke was pulled by then coach, Pete Carroll. This past Wednesday (April Fools Day), came and went with no jokes, no pranks under USC’s new coach, Lane Kiffin. Instead, it was replaced with a hard conditioning session.

Gone are the jokes, laughter, and loose atmosphere that Carroll’s practic...

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