I am told USC coach Clay Helton offered the defensive backs job to another Pac-12 assistant. The details are here. Meanwhile, a USC athletic dept. source said Clancy Pendergast made a “courtesy call” to Mark Carrier about the job. Why just a courtesy call? Because Pendergast doesn’t want someone with a big reputation or might question the schemes. He wants a non-threatening yes man.   … Continue reading USC Defensive Backs Coach Update

Wide receiver Randal Grimes is transferring from USC. USC coaches committed malpractice with Grimes and he is smart to leave. In 2017, he was thrown on to the field for the Notre Dame game, which was Game 8, and burned his redshirt year. This season he played in only 3 games and did redshirt. Who does that? Grimes probably can’t leave fast enough. He was … Continue reading Randal Grimes Transferring

Tim Rossovich, an All-American defensive end in 1967 and member of that national championship team, died Thursday after a long illness. He was 72. Rosssovich was in the NFL from 1968-76 and played in the 1969 Pro Bowl. He then turned to acting where he had nearly 50 credits. He was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame in 2015. Rossovich was selected with the 14th pick of … Continue reading Former USC Great Tim Rossovich Dies

USC finally has some brief Kliff Kingsbury quotes on Instagram. Here is the key one: “I think there’s a misconception we’re just going to throw it around and air it out. We’re going to run the ball and be physical and try to make as many first downs and score as many points as possible.” Continue reading USC Quote Of The Day

King Kliff Kingsbury “coached” the following QBs in college: Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Johnny Manziel, Case Keenum and Davis Webb. Mayfield transferred and is critical of Kingsbury while Webb ended up spending his senior year at Cal. But for the sake of argument, we will give him all of those quarterbacks. Now a couple warning signs from Kingsbury’s recruiting at Texas Tech. His class a … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It Must Be Time For A USC Notes Column

Former USC defensive tackle Kenny Bigelow, who played at West Virginia this season, was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Big-12 first team. He barely could get on the field at USC but became a key contributor at West Virginia. This shows you that the Clay Helton-Clancy Pendergast-Kenechi Udeze trio wasn’t getting the most out of linemen. I thought the defensive line was a huge … Continue reading Remember Kenny Bigelow?