Sir Roger Bannister, the first person to break the 4-minute barrier in the mile, died today in England. He was 88. Bannister set the record on May 6, 1954. Two days later, on May 4, at the Coliseum, USC graduate Parry O’Brien broke another barrier when he became the first person to break the 60-foot mark in the shot put. O’Brien did it in a … Continue reading USC History Item Of The Day
Who is going to recruit running backs going forward for USC? Tim Drevno? I suppose this really isn’t a legitimate concern. It would be like saying quarterbacks coach Bryan Ellis will be in charge of recruiting the quarterbacks. This is where USC is fortunate. USC recruits USC. That means high school players want to come and they really don’t care who the coach is. Besides, … Continue reading An Extra Thought On Coaching Staff
USC was supposed to beat UCLA tonight at the Galen Central. Instead, the Trojans lost, 83-72, and are back on the bubble for the NCAA Tournament. USC was swept by UCLA for the first time since 2014-15. Thanks, Enfield! So it looks like USC might need to win one-or-two two games in the Pac-12 Tournament to be safely in the NCAA Tournament. USC will play … Continue reading Will USC Make NCAA Tournament?
Clay Helton has hired Tim Drevno to be USC’s running backs coach, according to TrojanSports.com. Drevno was USC’s offensive line coach in 2014. So that explains how he got hired: Helton already knew him and that’s how Helton likes to hire people. This is a fairly safe hire but it doesn’t come close to last year’s hiring of Deland McCullough as running backs coach. For … Continue reading USC Brings Back Tim Drevno
USC quarterback Sam Darnold ran the 40-yard dash in 4.85 seconds today at the NFL Combine. Here are some other QB times today: Josh Allen: 4.76 Josh Rosen: 4.85 Baker Mayfield: 4.81 Quinton Flowers: 4.63 J.T. Barrett: 4.70 And here are some past 40 times in comparison: Jared Goff: 4.82 Jameis Winston: 4.97 The #1 QB prospect by @MikeMayock.@USC_Athletics QB Sam Darnold runs a … Continue reading Sam Darnold Runs 4.85 In 40
With Roy Hemsley transferring, a lot of analysis centered on the fact USC’s offensive line depth is unaffected because it has around 15 linemen on scholarship. My response to that is how many of them can actually play? I count only six: Toa Lobendahn, Chuma Edoga, Chris Brown, Austin Jackson, Andrew Vorhees and Clayton Johnston. Note that I said they can play. I did not … Continue reading Is Offensive Line Depth Misleading?
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