Pretty Boy's back!

Pretty Boy's back!

And is there anyone that is less enamored of his return than Pete Carroll?

Rick Neuheisel made quite an impressive return to the college football scene tonight as his pale blue Bears beat Tennessee 27-24 in overtime.

And while that's not good news for Uncle Pete and his Trojan juggernaut, it is good news for the rest of the college football world.

College football needs a more even split between USC and UCLA of the best players in California.

If Neuheisel can continue to work his magic, expect that to happen.

Say what you will about the baby-faced UCLA head man, but he matches Carroll's charisma and, with Norm Chow and DeWayne Walker as his coordinators, he can match his Xs and Os. And, in all honesty, UCLA discovered quite the gritty QB tonight in Kevin Craft. His second-half performance was very, very good.

There's definitely a new vibe in college football in LA.

It can only serve to put a damper on a USC program that has outrecruited every other program in America over the last five years.

And that's a good thing.