A former USC assistant coach from the Pete Carroll era contacted me because he thought the quarterback depth chart was interesting, especially having true freshman Kedon Slovis at No. 2. “It’s all BS so that there is no pressure on JT Daniels,” the coach said. “If they take out JT and Jack Sears performs, they can’t put JT back in. So they make the freshman … Continue reading Another View On USC QB Battle

This week’s podcast covers the Pac-12’s poor start, a possible twist in the USC QB situation and looks at the Fresno State game. Did you catch Clay Helton on Monday night’s USC radio show? He said having Graham Harrell, Clancy Pendergast and John Baxter puts the Trojans “back to a point where we can do some really, really special things.” Just give him an Oscar … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: A QB Wrinkle And Look At Fresno State

Remember when looking at the odds for Clay Helton to be fired (11/2) it assumes USC has a normal athletic director. But Lynn Swann is so dysfunctional that anything is possible. He might do nothing. He might do something. He has no experience hiring a football coach. This is the problem with having an athletic director that does not know what he is doing. USC … Continue reading USC Might Fire Clay Helton . . . Or It Might Not

The Rams christened the Coliseum on Saturday with some fan altercations, of course. Continue reading Welcome To Renovated Coliseum!

USC is going to honor its 2018-19 NCAA champion men’s water polo team and women’s track individuals at the Fresno State game on Saturday. But it has not yet committed to honoring the 1969 football team on its 50th anniversary at a football game? USC would argue it honored the 1969 team at the Coliseum scrimmage in front of what, 5,000 fans? Continue reading USC Has Issues Honoring Teams

USC usually doesn’t figure prominently in any of BetOnline’s college football odds. But it found its way to the top on the gambling site’s odds of who will be fired first: Odds below: First College Coach Fired Clay Helton (USC)                                 11/2      Chris Ash (Rutgers)                               6/1        Lovie Smith (Illinois)                               9/1        Gus Malzahn (Auburn)                           10/1      Kalani Sitake (BYU)                               12/1      Ed Orgeron (LSU)                                  14/1      Justin Fuente (Virginia Tech)                  … Continue reading Clay Helton Leads Odds To Be Fired