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Bill Plaschke: Mike Bohn brings USC integrity, which means he can't hire Urban Meyer

LOS ANGELES_You ever heard of Mike Bohn?

Me neither, and that's a good thing.

The University of Southern California is apparently set on naming Bohn as its new athletic director, the smart hiring of a man who embodies the most important attribute for the new leader of the Trojans family.

He's a complete stranger.

He never played football at USC. He never coached football at USC. He never attended USC. He's surely never even cheered for USC.

He comes from Cincinnati, a cozy Midwestern school that

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