(05-12-2023 10:29 PM)Bruce Monnin Wrote: According to the chart up about 10 posts, if the sportsbooks say we should win 5 games, that means we are likely to win 7-8.
I remember the inaugural Independence Bowl--decidedly the lowest of the low bowls at that time, though as beleaguered Bearcat football fans in that era we would have been thrilled to make the journey to Shreveport. If it's now the bottom rung bowl for the Big 12 facing a Pac 12 team, that's not a bad deal. That's assuming the Pac 12 survives as a P5 conference.
As an aside, if you'd told me in that era when Bearcat football played in obscurity, that our 'Cats would go to the Orange, Sugar, and Cotton Bowls, along with being a national championship semi-finalist, most fans would have suggested you be referred for psychological evaluation.
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
This kid had electric quicks when he played for us. So happy to see him continuing to live his life to the fullest after his devastating car accident...
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
UC doesn't need any such distractions right now as we prepare to celebrate the beginning of the P5 era in our illustrious athletic history.
Bohn Leaving doesn't appear to be health related as his statement indicated.
"Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward," the LA Times' Ryan Kartje wrote."
Quote:USC athletic director Mike Bohn resigned Friday, a day after The Times asked him and USC about internal criticism of his management of the athletic department.
Bohn made inappropriate comments about the physical appearance of female colleagues, including remarks about their dress, hair and weight, that staff members said made them feel uncomfortable, according to two USC sources with knowledge of the incidents. They spoke on condition of anonymity fearing retaliation. They said Bohn’s comments left colleagues — especially women — feeling awkward.
Three USC sources said several people confronted Bohn about comments they felt were inappropriate, but they continued.
The Times spoke to six USC sources who raised concerns about his management of the department. Several described him as a poor manager who missed meetings he was expected to attend and was often absent from key events, including USC national championship victories.
Multiple sources alleged employees left meetings with Bohn without direction and that he shied from difficult conversations. Two former USC coaches told The Times that Bohn’s leadership of the department was a primary reason they left.
Bohn said Friday that he would not respond to direct questions posed by The Times regarding their claims.
In a statement provided to The Times in response to those questions, Bohn said that he will “always be proud of leading the program out of the most tumultuous times in the history of the profession.”
“In moving on, it is important now that I focus on being present with my treasured family, addressing ongoing health challenges, and reflecting on how I can be impactful in the future,” Bohn said in the statement.
Quote:Concerns were raised about Bohn’s conduct at Cincinnati, where he worked before he was hired by USC.
Former Cincinnati head athletic trainer Robb Williams told The Times that he saw Bohn make unwanted physical contact with women on several occasions, including touching their shoulders or backs in a way that made them visibly uncomfortable.
Bohn did not respond to questions about Williams’ statements.
Kim McGraw, who served as director of business affairs within Cincinnati athletics from 2009 to 2019, said she saw Bohn make unwanted physical contact with women, including squeezing their shoulders and putting his arm around them. She said the interactions she witnessed made “her skin crawl” and made the women visibly uncomfortable.
Bohn did not immediately respond to questions about McGraw’s statements.
Two Cincinnati athletic department employees said they heard Bohn regularly comment about a lesbian colleague’s sexual orientation.
Often, McGraw said, Bohn wasn’t present in the department at all. She said she communicated that concern to Cincinnati’s Office of the Controller months before Bohn’s departure.
By that point, she’d already shared her account of what she believed to be inequitable treatment from Bohn with a Title IX officer. Among the issues she shared was her belief Bohn treated her inequitably in offering larger percentage pay raises to two men she worked with, when the three had split a departing supervisor’s responsibilities equally among them.
McGraw said she confronted Bohn in February 2017 and later shared her account with a Title IX officer, but said she opted not to file a formal complaint. She said she retired from the department in 2019, two years earlier than she’d originally planned.
She was one of five women who interacted with Bohn at Cincinnati who told The Times he created a workplace that was hostile, anxious and toxic for women.
At Cincinnati, staffers were stunned he managed to make his way west.
“We all felt as a staff he’d eventually be gone,” Williams said. “We had no idea he’d end up at USC.”
Bohn always came across publicly to me as a big, bland, goober type guy. It just goes to show you never really know how someone is in private. Sounds like if he had issues at USC and with Cincinnati AD female staff prior to his gig in LA, then it wouldn't be surprising if inappropriate stuff went on at Colorado. No one has brought formal charges or he was disciplined [that we know of] for inappropriate conduct so I'll leave it rest at that.
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