USC-UNLV Game: Bring Your Own Paramedics

USC is going to play UNLV at 1 p.m. on Sept. 1. Anyone want to guess what the temperature will be that day? Last year’s Western Michigan game might have been the hottest game I ever attended at the Coliseum. Maybe you can take cover under a construction crane. I would recommend watching the game on TV but it will be on the Pac-12 Network. … Continue reading USC-UNLV Game: Bring Your Own Paramedics

USC First Four Kickoff Times Announced

Here are the kickoff times for the first four USC games: Sept. 1, UNLV: 1 p.m., Pac-12 Networks Sept. 8, at Stanford: 5:30 p.m., Fox Sept. 15, at Texas: 5 p.m., Fox Sept. 21 (Fri.), Washington State, 7:30 p.m., ESPN The Pac-12 championship game will be on a Friday again (Nov. 30) and televised on Fox. Also note there really aren’t any great non-conference games … Continue reading USC First Four Kickoff Times Announced

USC Morning Buzz: Thursday Notes

If you get excited by preseason magazine covers, this year’s Athlon’s is pretty underwhelming as it shoehorns four Pac-12 schools into one cover. Interesting, Athlon has different covers that place Washington quarterback Jake Browning at the top and one that has Arizona quarterback Khalil Tate at the top (pictured below). But nothing with a USC player alone at the top. Athlon has seven different SEC … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Thursday Notes

USC Needs An Interim President

We don’t even know when Max Nikias is stepping down yet but who will replace him as interim president? Here’s the speculation going around campus: Could it be his No. 2 Michael Quick, who is provost and senior vice president for academic affairs? But I’ve been waiting for Quick to take some hits from the recent scandals because he is so closely associated with Nikias. … Continue reading USC Needs An Interim President

USC Currently Sixth In Directors’ Cup Standings

With its national title in women’s water polo, USC is No. 6 in the Directors’ Cup, which gives points for each NCAA sport. USC has 735.50 points. Interestingly, UCLA is No. 5 with 876 points. Men’s and women’s track; Baseball along with men’s and women’s golf are still to be added to the standings. Stanford, as usual, is No. 1 in the standings with 1,194 … Continue reading USC Currently Sixth In Directors’ Cup Standings