If No One Comes To USC Games, Does Anyone Notice?

Lynn Swann was getting criticized by a lot of fans at the Galen Center on Saturday, who were upset about the Song Girls being banned. But there were not a lot of fans to criticize Swann: The official crowd count was 5,226, the smallest crowd for a USC-UCLA game at the Galen Center. Just as football set some lows in attendance this season, basketball has … Continue reading If No One Comes To USC Games, Does Anyone Notice?

USC Morning Buzz: I Picked A Pac-12 South Winner

I wrote a Pac-12 preview for the Sporting News and the first thing I noticed was how tough Stanford’s schedule is to start the season and how many good nonconference games there are next season. The Cardinal open the season hosting Northwestern, play USC at the Coliseum, at Central Florida (25-1 the past two seasons) and home to league-favorite Oregon. After facing Oregon State, Stanford … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: I Picked A Pac-12 South Winner

Another USC Connection To Controversial Rams-Saints Call

It wasn’t enough that former USC cornerback Nickell Robey-Coleman was involved in the big pass interference play that was not called in the Rams-Saints game on Sunday. The back judge of the crew, and one of the refs drawing criticism, was Todd Prukop. His father, Al, played quarterback at USC from 1958-60. Tim Prukop, who is Todd’s brother, was an assistant coach at USC from … Continue reading Another USC Connection To Controversial Rams-Saints Call