USC plays its final regular-season home game today vs. Oregon State and the school announced the Trojans are in the midst of the winningest 4-year stretch in program history with 86 victories and counting. This surpasses Tim Floyd’s 85 victories in his four seasons. Does this feel like winning? During the past four years, USC has finished seventh, tied for fifth and second in the … Continue reading USC Basketball Is Winning At Unprecedented Pace
You want another recruiting story about USC being behind the curve on a local prospect? When I spoke to a recruiting analyst this week about two Calabasas wide receivers who are not considering USC right now, he told me to check another the Coyotes’ freshman receiver, Larry Turner-Gooden. So I looked him up. Turner-Gooden has offers from Florida, LSU, Penn State, Tennessee, Oregon, Arizona State, … Continue reading Morning Buzz: Three SEC Schools Offer Local Recruit But Not USC
When Lynn Swann goes to Virginia in March to do an autograph show, he is going to charge $220 for a basic autograph. For some perspective, at the same show Troy Aikman will charge $135. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar will charge $110-130. Michael Irvin, a better wide receiver, will charge $135. Maybe this is why I hear so many stories about Swann not signing autographs. Now for … Continue reading Lynn Swann Is Really Full Of Himself
U.S. Rep. Karen Bass will deliver USC’s commencement speech on May 10, the university has announced. Bass has a Masters of Social Work degree from USC. A crowd of about 60,000 are expected for graduation ceremonies. Continue reading USC Names Commencement Speaker
Brett McMurphy of Stadium projects USC will play Virginia Tech in the Sun Bowl. Although USC never wants to play in the Sun Bowl, I suspect Clay Helton (and Lynn Swann) might take this deal today. Helton probably thinks he can keep his job with eight wins and Swann might be able to ignore his growing chorus of critics with a trip to El Paso. … Continue reading USC Bowl Projection
I’ve written a few stories lately about Calabasas five-star wide receiver Johnny Wilson and four-star wide receiver Jermaine Burton, who are not really considering USC. So I checked in this week with a long-time recruiting analyst to find out exactly what is going on with these guys and USC? “USC is not going at them hard and everyone else is,” the analyst said. “They are late on … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 