The Friday before the Super Bowl is always a perfect day to release some news that might garner a mixed reaction, and there were several organizations that did just that in order to fly under the radar.
One of the more interesting bits of information that surfaced on Feb. 5 was USC's announcement that athletic director Pat Haden would be stepping down from his current role at the end of June in order to focus on the burgeoning renovation project of the Trojans' historic home at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.
It was a move many observers of the school expected at some point in the near future (Haden is 63 and battling health issues), but it nevertheless failed to register among some—because of the timing—just what a big moment this was for the school.