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The Black Coaches Association is calling for boycott of USC after the school ignored the group's recommendation for a more open, comprehensive search before Steve Spurrier was named to replace Lou Holtz. Floyd Keith is the BCA's director, "There was an announcement and a hire that was so fast that a jackrabbit couldn't have had a family between all that." What the BCA wants, what they're trying to do is to at least have the chance to promote African-American candidates. All they ask is when a school has an opening that at least the BCA is consulted. Spurrier, of course, was officially hired just one day after Lou stepped down. We know now that no other candidate was even talked to. The BCA says they have no problem with Spurrier, but they do have a problem with the process of how schools make their hires. [more]