USC has almost 20 players still on the injury list but you didn’t get a word out of Clay Helton on Tuesday about it. Why? Because he doesn’t speak to the media once a week. It is apparently too taxing to perform basic media duties. Instead, the highest-ranking coach to speak on Helton’s day off is Clancy (no personality) Pendergast. Do you think he has … Continue reading Did USC Tackle? Who Is Hurt? Who Knows?
I suggested USC call Florida when the Gators’ A.D. said he was looking for game. The USC arguement against it is that USC cannot handle two marquee out-of-conference games (Notre Dame, someone else) plus nine Pac-12 games and contend for the CFP. Why not? Look at this season’s Pac-12 schedule: USC already played Stanford (awful) and Arizona (terrible). It plays Colorado this week. It still … Continue reading Why Can’t USC Handle A Better Schedule?
First off, be sure to check out this week’s podcast below. It includes a hard-to-believe recruiting nugget that sort of says it all about USC recruiting now. Have you read anywhere else skepticism about Clay Helton‘s comment that Clancy Pendergast and some defensive coaches watched NFL film last week to put in a game plan to stop Khalil Tate? Think about it. Tate has played … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Coachspeak Of Clay
It looks like cornerback Greg Johnson will return and play Friday while defensive ends Christian Rector and Drake Jackson will not. Jackson will still in a boot Tuesday. Why would you risk Jackson anyways for Colorado if there was a chance he could return for Oregon? Hunter Echols and Caleb Tremblay will start in place of Rector and Jackson. Continue reading USC Injury Update
Below is a pretty extraordinary tweet from Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin seeking a home-and-home series with teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Pac-12. Is USC listening? Nope. Steve Lopes, the senior associate athletic director at USC, handles football scheduling and has effectively eliminated all marquee home-and-home series. If you don’t believe, check the future schedules here. So I’m highlighting the tweet … Continue reading Someone Tell USC That Florida Is Looking To Schedule Games
The NCAA interviewed former USC assistant coach Tony Bland about two weeks ago, according to a source. This confirms USC is one of the schools the NCAA is investigating following the FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. Bland was sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service in June. I’m also told USC is conducting another internal investigation of USC basketball. Continue reading NCAA Investigating USC Basketball
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