If you heeded mother’s warnings of the strong silent type, then chances are you’ve kept your distance from athletic director Mike Garrett. Over the years, Garrett has been a man of no words few words that jumps in and out of the shadows at Trojan sporting events.

In the last decade of USC sports, if you were to pin a voice to its athletic programs, you would hear the excited Pete Carroll with his barrage of “win forever” and a touch of how great of a day it is to be a Trojan. You may also hear the authoritative scream of Tim Floyd, as he attempts to seek the attention and bully a one-eyed zebra that views only half the court. Or it may be a hint of arrogance from Lane Kiffin, returning from a Babaloo tour to tell Lucy “I’m home”. But what it won’t be is Mike Garrett, who maintained a public presence that most resembled  a limited communication campus mime.

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