Mike Bohn talks about “intensity of interest” with the fans. The word apathy gets thrown around by some and they say at least USC fans care. USC fans do care. But more and more are willing to care from home instead of the Coliseum. If you look at the dreadful attendance figures the past 2 seasons how do you make the argument that at least … Continue reading A Half-Empty Coliseum Is Not A Sign USC Fans Are Interested

USC athletic director Mike Bohn is doing more media and he addressed the expectations for Clay Helton in an interview with the Athletic.  “We just talked about our mutual commitment to obviously meet the expectations of our fans and our expectations of our rich history, the expectations of our former players,” Bohn said. “All the constituents who are important. And together we’re going to work … Continue reading Mike Bohn On Clay Helton

It’s clear the one thing that matters around USC football these days is recruiting. Donte Williams is probably being treated/hyped as much as any coach since Kliff Kingsbury. It feels like Williams is offering everyone USC has a passing interest in. Then you have the high-energy, military-schtick of Todd Orlando and Craig Naivar, that will probably win over some less-discerning recruits. But where does Graham … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Wants To Take Back The West . . . And Texas

USC assistant coach Donte Williams was on the “Trojans Live” radio show tonight. It wasn’t too revealing but here is an excerpt: “It’s not the facilities, it’s the people in the building, the past alumni that have been here and the future guys that are coming. Once we can bridge the past and present together, with the people that’s already here, everything here is going … Continue reading Donte Williams On Rebuilding USC

It didn’t take UC Davis long to replace USC. UC Davis will play at Tulsa on Sept. 2, 2021. That means Davis will get paid $725,000 by USC to cancel the game plus whatever Tulsa is paying it to go to Oklahoma. Continue reading UC Davis Finds Replacement For USC

With the USC season-ticket deadline on March 6, it’s also worth remembering that your the quality of your seats are determined by how much you donate. Here are the current groups USC lists as part of the Trojan Athletic Fund. It must be a bitter pill to swallow paying another $10,000-$30,000 per year with Clay Helton in command. Scholarship Club: $30,000 per year The Committee: … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Cost Of Being A Donor

It was a great move by Mike Bohn to bite the bullet and cancel the UC Davis game. What’s funny is the people who work in the athletic dept. and back last summer defended the move by saying UC Davis is better than teams USC would have played, like San Jose State. But now, when USC drops the game, they are saying, “We needed to … Continue reading Too Many Believe Power is Always Right At USC

In a different decade, USC-Alabama would be a game that dominated the college football landscape. But ESPN did not even bother to list it among its “games of interest” this season. Even Oregon-North Dakota State made the cut. But who can blame ESPN? I’ve yet to come across a USC fan who thinks the Trojans have a chance to beat the Crimson Tide. I met … Continue reading USC-Alabama Doesn't Create Much Buzz

Former UCLA coach Karl Dorrell has emerged as the favorite for the Colorado job, according to Pete Thamel of Yahoo. This feels like a USC search. Imagine the Pac-12 South with Clay Helton and Karl Dorrell? The SEC must be laughing . . . again. Continue reading Colorado Closing In On Karl Dorrell?

USC is getting creative in its attempts to spur ticket sales. The 18 tickets for $300 sounds pretty good. Oops, 10 are for basketball! The fact no games are excluded shows there simply is no longer any game on the schedule considered a must-see for the fans. This what happens when people lose interest. But at least it’s a different idea. USC has offered a … Continue reading Saturday Buzz: USC Gets Creative To Sell Tickets

USC offensive coordinator Graham Harrell might be a candidate at Colorado, according to the Athletic. Why not? Colorado is desperate for a coach. Apparently they are not hiring Air Force coach Troy Calhoun, who has had three 10-win seasons since 2014. Does Harrell think he is the head-coach-in-waiting at USC since Dave Aranda apparently turned down the title? How much consternation would there be at … Continue reading Graham Harrell Reportedly Candidate At Colorado

USC has inserted San Jose State into the void left by dropping UC Davis in 2021. The game will be Sept. 4. This will preserve the tradition of never playing an FCS team. San Jose State just got $1.8 million from Georgia when the Bulldogs dropped them to play Clemson in 2021. So it’s a win-win for everyone. USC has to pay UC Davis $725,000 … Continue reading USC Schedules San Jose State

ESPN has released its first “Football Power Index” rankings of 2020 and USC is No. 13, the highest-rated Pac-12 team. Oregon is right behind the Trojans at No. 14. The FPI ratings are “a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team’s performance going forward for the rest of the season.” Does anyone these predictions? Last year, ESPN … Continue reading ESPN FPI Likes USC To Win Pac-12

It’s a quiet Sunday so USC decided to release its spring practice schedule. I guess it doesn’t matter since Carol Folt had already announced the spring game was April 11. But announcing on a Sunday of a three-day weekend? Really? Continue reading USC Releases Spring Schedule

Marcus Allen will be the headline speaker at the . . . LSU coaches’ clinic on March 12-13. Who else? John Robinson. And new defensive coordinator Bo Pelini, who is a Pete Carroll disciple. I can’t really blame Allen. Would you rather spend time with Clay Helton or Ed Orgeron? Case closed. The USC women’s basketball team hosts No. 3-ranked Oregon at the Galen Center … Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: Marcus Allen Returning To . . . LSU

Mike Bohn did a hometown interview and talked about how USC legends talked about te importanceo of competing in practice. “When you talk to Ronnie Lott and you talk to Marcus Allen here (at USC), they talk about how on different sides of the ball they were constantly challenging each other, and it raised both of their games. I think that’s obviously what I believe … Continue reading Mike Bohn Spoke To Some USC Legends

Clay Helton is supposed to be a nice guy/poor coach. But not everyone agrees with the nice guy part. Someone who worked with Helton for several years in Heritage Hall saw him at a USC basketball game. They said hello, because it seemed like the right thing to do. “I don’t remember you,” Helton said. When he was reminded that they worked together for several … Continue reading Clay Helton's Fuzzy Memory

With Mo Hasan walking-on as a grad transfer, I guess it’s a good time to talk about the over/under on how long a QB lasts at USC with no injuries. Kedon Slovis got knocked out of two games (Utah, Iowa) and left two other games (Arizona State, UCLA). JT Daniels is even more brittle in my opinion because Slovis took more hits than Daniels did … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: How Long Will Kedon Slovis Last Next Season?

When Jeff Cravath was forced to resign as USC football coach in 1950, there was a lot of speculation he would be replaced by Paul Brown, coach of the NFL champion Cleveland Browns. He was a co-founder of the Browns and the team was named after him. It would have been a huge hire. Brown had even coached at Ohio State from 1941-43 (Sound familiar?). … Continue reading History Repeats Itself At USC

Mo Hasan, who started one game at Vanderbilt last season, announced he is transferring to USC. Hasan completed 7 of 11 passes for 120 yards and a touchdown in Vanderbilt’s upset of then-No. 21-ranked Missouri last season. He suffered a concussion in the third quarter and didn’t play in Vanderbilt’s final five games. He’s an insurance policy for USC given the injury history of its … Continue reading USC Lands Grad Transfer QB

USC defensive coordinator Todd Orlando has been highly praised since he was hired but one of his former players is not thrilled with his schemes. Defensive lineman Malcolm Roach said the Longhorns’ 3-3-5 formation under Orlando last season limited the linemen because it focused on blitzes from the linebackers and safeties. Roach was happy Texas is switching to a 4-3 next season. “I would have … Continue reading Former Texas Player Criticizes Todd Orlando

The fact USC is charging $150 a ticket for its “spring preview” and welcoming of the “recruiting class to the Trojan Family” came with a kicker. You don’t even get a meal for your $150. USC will serve “hors d’oeuvres.” You have to drive to the Coliseum, put up with listening to Clay Helton and staff and you don’t even get real food? How many … Continue reading Looks Like $150 Doesn't Go As Far As It Used To

It is universally agreed new assistant coach Donte Williams will improve recruiting. That is why he was hired. But if he gets some offensive players to commit, what exactly have Graham Harrell, Mike Jinks, Tim Drevno and Keary Colbert been doing the past year? Harrell couldn’t even land a two-star QB this year. Jinks did not sign any tailbacks. Drevno signed a collection of linemen … Continue reading When USC Offensive Coaches Applaud Donte Williams They Indict Themselves