"I sincerely apologize to my players and staff and to our fans for my behavior and my inappropriate language at our kickoff event Saturday night."
Those are the words of USC football Coach Steve Sarkisian, who is under fire today for apparently being inebriated while addressing the audience at USC's Salute to Troy event Saturday.
As Times columnist Bill Plaschke wrote, "The biggest issue here isn't the curse word that Sarkisian used on stage — audible in a brief video clip — or that he apparently ripped several other schools by saying, 'They all suck.