Imagine the giddy reaction from Mike Bohn, Colin Cowherd and recruiting lackeys if you switched USC and Ohio State on this list. Current number of ESPN 300 commitments Ohio State 15 North Carolina 11 Clemson 9 Florida 8 Georgia/LSU/Texas/Notre Dame/Tenn 6 Oregon/USC 5 A&M/Maryland/Miami/Michigan 4 Cal/Penn State/Wisc/Minn/Iowa 3 Alabama/Auburn/Oklahoma/FSU/Texas Tech/Miss State 2 — Tom VanHaaren (@TomVH) May 5, 2020 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading USC List Of The Day

Petros Papadakis didn’t hold back Monday during a segment that took on USC recruiting and Mike Bohn. “Here are the recruiting rankings. 2015: 1st in the nation. 2016: 10th in the nation. 2017: 2018: Third in the nation. Those players recruited and signed from ’15-18 are the core of the USC teams that have gone 13-12 over the last two years. How do you sell … Continue reading Petros Papadakis Goes Hard At USC Recruiting

Is it time to re-evaluate the Lane Kiffin era at USC? Kiffin thinks so. I will give him this: His stature has probably increased since he got fired thanks to Clay Helton and I say this as the guy he banned until he was forced to back down. I talk to some fans who appreciate him more today than seven years ago. “I wasn’t graded … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Does Lane Kiffin Deserve A Better Legacy?

During the second part of his “State of Troy” interview today, Mike Bohn said, “We do not have plans to drop sports.” Bohn also mentioned the importance of football revenue and donors who belong to the Trojan Athletic Fund, who also buy season tickets. “Football represents and those TAF donations and tickets tied to it, represent 85 percent of our budget,” Bohn said. It’s all … Continue reading Mike Bohn Says USC Has No Plans To Drop Sports

Today’s comments by Mike Bohn prove again how much he loves to talk about recruiting. Remember when he said in December, “We also picked up four commitments that haven’t been announced yet . . . in the last four or five days and so I’m inspired by that.” He does use some passionate adjectives to describe recruiting: The current class is “miraculous.” The four commitments … Continue reading Coach Bohn Gives More On Recruiting Than Coach Helton

To his credit, Mike Bohn has apparently resumed the “State of Troy” interview with the athletic director series. Bohn called USC’s recent successes “miraculous,” perhaps a bit of hyperbole since USC had the No. 3 recruiting class in 2018. “I think it’s miraculous, it really is. It’s impressive. More importantly, Clay Helton and those new coaches, and the existing coaches that are on that staff. … Continue reading Mike Bohn Calls USC Recruiting “Miraculous”