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Important Announcement About USC Blog

When I started this blog 29 months ago, it was going to be more of a hobby after covering USC for more than 20 years.

I never imagined it would grow to its current size and attract such a loyal audience.

Well, now it’s time to grow even more. Today, I’m taking the InsideUSC blog to Sports Illustrated. The new address is https://www.si.com/college/usc/

The new USC blog will be the same in many ways but will have much more video, more recruiting and a stronger “community” area for comments. I hope you will join me at the new site for even more USC coverage.

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  1. Kamala endorses the riotters!

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    1. Now —it’s up to the voters: If they think this is what a coalition of conscience looks like, if they buy that Kamala cares about conscience {or knows what it is] —then we’re in for a long ride….over a cliff….

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      2. What is with the fucking “like” button? The only way for me to use it these days is to write a comment first —which, btw, I’m more than happy to do…
        #Problem Solved…

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      3. Looks like JT’s move to Georgia was a brilliant move as the PAC 12 will likely not have a season this year. If he’s lucky
        the SEC probably won’t either and his competition will head to the pro’s

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      5. The SEC head coaches will push hard to play or (unlike the Pac 12 head coaches), they’ll demand to know why not…..
        #EverySingleSECHeadCoachThinksDr.FauciIsASickJoke

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      1. I’ve been told we’re not allowed to say that word, PJM —-but…..they ARE all alike (in a lying, corrupt, sniveling way), aren’t they?
        #WeNeedToInventANewWordForPeopleLikeThat…
        #….IfWe’reGoingToCommentOnCurrentAffairs,Yes?

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      2. P. S.
        Can’t tell you how much I enjoyed the “I hate being vulgar” remark….
        #YouAreOurCrownedKingInThisDepartment….
        #….ASurvivorOfManyGreatBattles

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    3. gotroll22 and the other Qanon wack jobs in this forum need to move to another state. California will always be a liberal state.

      We all saw what happened when republicans ran the state, they ran it into the ground, accruing tens of billions of dollars of debt and deficits.

      California has the 5th largest economy globally with no thanks to republicans and their failed leadership.

      If you don’t like how California is being run then GTFO and move to Texas or wherever.

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      1. Now, now Tebow, we don’t tell you to move out of the country if you don’t like our government.
        But if you do, take Camel Toe with you.

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      3. Poor senileobama,

        Our pension plan for state workers is 1.5 TRILLION in debt thanks to your hero Gray Davis who upped the retirement multiplier up from 2% a year to 3% a year, and Governor Moonbeam, who ignored the debt and declared Alta Kalifornia somehow had a surplus!

        https://californiapolicycenter.org/californias-state-and-local-liabilities-total-1-5-trillion-2/

        Thanks to you Democrats our cities are 3rd World s-holes

        Bums and Undocumented Democrats rule the land thanks to you libs

        Our once great universities are now churning out Grievance Majors thanks to you libs.

        And you have the nerve to lecture me???????

        STFU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. Shouldn’t the “breaking news headline” say, “Biden slowly reads words Harvard Political Science major has composed & placed on his teleprompter…. which slam Trump”…?

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      1. btw, I love how the Biden people are now saying that Biden has had a life long battle with stuttering…… as a cover for the fact he’s brain dead….
        #StutteringIsTheLeastOfHisProblems…
        #HeNeedsToBeAbleToDistinguishHisWifeFromHisSister…
        #AndRememberWhatCityHe’sIn….
        #…AndNotSay”YouKnow….TheThing!”
        #..[ThenHeCanWorkOnTheStutteringIfHeHasTimeLeftOver]…

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      2. He didn’t seem to stutter when he was high tech lynching Judge Thomas and when he Borked Bork or when he claimed he played major college football for the University of Delaware.

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      3. Please give the man some credit, gt —- “he conquered his stuttering on those occasions”… the sign of a great leader!
        #WhoBelievesThisCrap?

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      4. Crazy Joe and Ted Kennedy were so dim that they destroyed the life of a judge whom they thought would be too conservative, then they confirmed Justice Thomas who would vote to the right EVERY time, no matter what, and who has way outlived Bork.

        IMHO, not anything against Justice Thomas, but the country missed a great opportunity to have Bork on SCOTUS.

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      5. Bork was an intellectual who was unjustly smeared, yes…but Thomas has written some brilliant decisions….
        #All’sWellThatEndsWell[AndBorkWasATragicFigureInThisMoralityPlay]….

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      6. Michael, well-said about both justices. Bork was smeared by 2 guys whose IQs together didn’t add up to his (Joe and Teddy). And Thomas has been smeared for decades, and as you note he has a clear and deep legal mind.

        It is a shame that Teddy K and Crazy Joe were on that committee. The more I think about it, the more both were little more than less than average intelligence career politicians with no real ability to move the needle in a positive direction.

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      7. I would like to say here and now that Teddy grew enormously as a person over the years [after he he beat murder 2 charges] ………And, like Joe B., he sure knew how to avoid the press —“I’m sorry –Let’s give Mary Jo’s parents time to grieve..”
        #JoeBiden:”FellasI’dLoveToAnswerYourQuestions…
        #….ButIGottaFollowTheCovidRules…” [Actual bullshit from today]…

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    1. I like Tucker –but any debater knows not to let the other guy say “Before answering, may I say something?” Tucker gave up serve and he got aced….
      #IWasReallyPissedAtHimForFallingForSuchAnOldTrick…

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      2. gt —You are, as usual, exactly right: Tucker made the mistake of thinking he was talking to a friend who wouldn’t lowball him. If Tucker is smart he won’t have to avoid making the same mistake….he’ll just never book that wise ass fuck again….
        #….HeGetsPaidPerAppearance

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    2. Primary reason to eschew the Democratic party friends (and a fair chunk of their voters) is the deep hypocrisy which infects their base. So many fine and successful Americans in their ranks, but hypocrisy is their greatest flaw, IMHO. I no longer allow the hypocrites within the Dems be a part of my personal life. The honest Dems? Great friends and coworkers of mine!

      A large cohort of Red staters have descended upon Colorado this Summer to “escape the heat and humidity” of their Red state. A fair number of these visitors silently protest by not wearing their masks and not physically distancing themselves from disciplined people such as myself. Rude and stupid are not the qualities of people I admire.
      The disciplined and respectful Repubs? Good friends indeed!

      Sadly, the Greens and the Libertarians are just a bit too doctrinaire to gain traction.
      The Dems will take California (presently my second home) in perpetuity, and seem to have taken over Colorado (my primary home).

      It’s all about the battleground states, though it is quite evident that the Dems are working on a backdoor Presidency for Madam Harris.

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      1. When the Globalists decided to flood the country with cheap foreign labor “to do the jobs Americans won’t” beginning 60 years ago they allowed for the Reconquista of Alta Kalifornia.

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      2. It is a sad day when the VP nominee, who is viciously ambitious to the point of doing or saying anything to get elected, is preferable to the other possible people who could have been picked to be VP, but who are totally off the rails.

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      6. The whole Kamala thing is interesting to watch — at best, she brings some energy to the Biden campaign —-but I suppose that has to be weighed against the fact she has no fucking clue how to govern shit….
        the old “she’s all icing and no cake” line used as a battering ram against attractive women candidates is usually unfair and ignorant —but it’s true of Kamala to a degree we haven’t seen before……

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      1. As others have suggested previously, might have to change the name of the blog as USC sports will not be the primary topic of discourse.

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      2. If someone knows how to change our site’s name –be it now known: that time has come!
        #AsLongAsScottContinuesToGetHisCut…

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    1. Most of the world’s governments are saner than the dems…..and I say that as someone who’s seen the inept Italian government do it’s weird thing in Sicily…..
      #[…WhichWasLikeWatchingTheUSCBoard&PresidentDoTheirThing]….

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      1. I like Kamala’s pan-European accent —she always sounds like she’s auditioning to play opposite Brad Pitt in Troy…….
        #KamalaBetterAsHelenThanAsV.P.
        #…[TroubleMakingBackStabber]…..

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      1. The ABC7 I-Team has obtained a social media post Chicago police believe may have sparked the looting downtown, possibly in response to a police-involved shooting in Englewood

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  11. Coalition of Conscience Peaceful Moderate Democrats riot again!

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    1. I really dislike it when you poke fun at conscience-filled demonstrators the moment somebody “accidentally” fires off a mortar round… or detonates a bomb….or hits a cop over the head with a crowbar…..
      #Don’tHate,22

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      1. She’ll be one more short sighted dem who gives middle class tax money away on “social” programs which aren’t monitored and do little or no good.
        During the Obama years, I tried to help an 82 year old retired cafe owner who was in need of rent & grocery assistance. NONE of the assistance programs I contacted returned calls….and when I went to make appointments in person they ALL had signs on the door telling you to call for appointments……
        #It’sAllAScam….

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  14. Typical BS from Helton;

    “While I am extremely disappointed that our student-athletes and coaching staff will not get the opportunity to compete at this time, we will always support decisions that are made to protect the health and safety of our players and staff. I am very proud of how our football team has conducted themselves and for all the hard work they have put in this year in preparation for a season,” Helton said. “Our university and athletics department are committed to providing all the services for our student-athletes to function at the highest level, both academically and athletically, while following all county, state, and national guidelines. I am confident that we will come out of this a stronger, more resilient football team and look forward to getting the opportunity to compete and showcase all the hard work that has been put in.”

    What hard work? You mean scratching your butt and saying “Aw shucks”.
    What are you doing, as a team, to keep this shit show together?
    How’s your bank account?

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    1. Today, when it is easy to check almost anything in seconds, the idiot still tries to get away with what he has been doing for nearly 40 years…he really is an idiot, isn’t he?

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      2. No, no — that’s the “old” way of looking at advocating destruction of government buildings and the people who work inside them….. we’ve moved way past that obsolete point of view — now, it’s just a ‘coalition of conscience’……
        #AreDemVotersReallyThisDumb?

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    2. Like him or hate him, Willie was one of the savviest pols to ever live. He must have smiled to himself every time Kamala expressed a thought…..
      #IWasGonnaSay”EveryTimeSheOpenedHerMouth”…..
      #…ButIRealizedThatWasSubjectToGags….Crap,ItHappenedAgain….
      #..[Fuck,There’sNoWayOutOfTheseDoubleMeaningsToday]…

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      2. Willie was a politician in the real sense of the world. He would do deals with Republicans. It was expected. Not doing a deal meant you failed.

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    1. Those of Asian descent tend to test so much higher and have much higher GPAs than others, they really get screwed when it comes to college admissions at Yale, Harvard, etc.

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      2. How do we please the racists running our top universities if we don’t let dummies in? We can’t have them go to trade schools or JCs where they might succeed or we won’t feel good about ourselves at our cocktail parties.

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  22. The Coalition of Conscience Peaceful Moderate Democrats defy federal government in Bend Oregon

    They must let allthe Undocumented Democrats stay and vote November 3rd.

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    1. There you go again! Yes, he took an oath of office! Yes, he swore to uphold the law (all laws, not just the ones he liked). But, honestly, aren’t all vows just tests of a person’s individuality? Wouldn’t a truly good person break his vow every time he felt like it?
      #ThinkAboutIt,gt…
      #[OrwellWouldn’tBeAbleToBelieveIt]……

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  26. Senile Joe leads with a bold lie knowing the Fake News Mediacrats will support it.

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  27. Kamala protected cchild molesters!

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      2. Still can’t get over Biden-Harris. I mean, isn’t the ticket supposed to be made up of close to the best people in the party?

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      2. I liked Arthur C. Clarke’s explanation of Hal’s immortality –“he didn’t realize his memories were just being transferred elsewhere for safer keeping.”

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    1. What do you loot from the Ronald McDonald House? Cancer victim toys?

      Nothing like a potential invasion and assault for a kid with cancer and their families staying there.

      #HaveWeLostAllDecencyAsASociety?

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  31. VOTE IN DEMOCRATS, GET SQUALOR:

    ● New York’s economic outlook ranked worst in the nation.

    ● Report: Minneapolis Forcing Riot-Wrecked Businesses To Pay Property Taxes Before Getting Permits To Rebuild.

    ● Not So Magnificent. Chicago’s safest neighborhoods start sharing in the Windy City’s crime outbreak.

    ● The Truth About San Francisco.

    Earlier: “What is so sad about what’s happened to New York is that everybody knew it would happen. This was all predictable, if you remember what happened to New York back in the 1970s and ’80s.”

    UPDATE: Austin City Council just voted to cut $150 million from its police department.

    LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    1. “All” at least would be analytically possible —- it’s the demand for “twice everything” that’s harder to meet……
      #ALittleLikeTheDemandMadeByEveryExWife….

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    1. OT: If you are having trouble with the “like” button it is usually when you come back to the site after closing this browser. When you encounter said problem, go up to the “little bust” thingy (next to the “bell” thingy” upper right corner. Just click the little bust thingy, let it load your name and then back arrow back to where you were. Thank-you, thank-you,

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    2. In another week or so every Harvard grad will be repeating this chant….
      #ItTooAwhileButOurNationFinallyArrivedAtWhatLincolnFeared…
      #…”DeathBySuicide”

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  41. HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Thanks to Coronavirus and Zoom, We’re Looking at the End Stages of College as a Commodity.

    And now we get to the essentializing, because the pandemic has made something undeniable: To a large extent, students have become customers. And professors should acknowledge their own role in getting us to that point, because the commodification of higher education is a direct byproduct of the transformation of college into the entrance examination for America’s middle class, something the professoriate has cheered on.

    Sure, students are buying a complex bundle that’s rarely described as a “product.” But if you doubt colleges are selling, you need look only at the glossy marketing campaigns. And if you think they’re mostly selling learning, consider this thought experiment from economist Bryan Caplan: If you had to choose, would you rather have four years of Princeton University classes but no diploma, or the diploma, but no classes?

    Maybe you’d choose the classes; if so, you’re in the minority. Most students are primarily buying something else — a credential, a social network — not a “community of learning.” Which is not to say that this is what they should be buying, or that we should even think of it as a “purchase.”

    Markets are terrific, and we need them, but we also need institutions that are buffered from them. When those buffers break down, as they have in America’s colleges, dysfunction ensues. University business-think has meant bureaucratic overgrowth and an obsession with useless “metrics” — assessing faculty using student evaluations rather than student learning, goosing “selectivity” by soliciting applications in order to reject them.

    Professors rightly resist these developments. But what else could you expect once colleges became the gatekeeper to all the good jobs? Now most everyone needs to go, regardless of their interest in learning. And an essentially scholarly enterprise doesn’t serve most of those people well.

    So instead, U.S. higher education bundled “teaching and research” with a bunch of other things — residential amenities, sports teams, networking opportunities, career coaching, dating service and so forth. Among other effects, all this initially created a booming demand for professors; their numbers quintupled from 1940 to 1970 and then almost doubled again by 1988. Without that shift, most of the professors complaining about the commercialization of education would have had to take jobs in actual businesses.

    You don’t want that. I’ve worked in the private sector. They expect results. Well, unless you’re a diversity officer or something.

    Plus: “The bundle was still tightly woven enough, however, that we could tell ourselves the learning was still the heart of the package. Then covid-19 came, and suddenly, the lectures and the homework were the only part schools could still deliver. Yet somehow, few students seem reassured that they’re getting most of what they were paying tuition for. Deep down, even university presidents knew this would be the case, which is why so many spent the summer pretending they were going to find some way to reopen, in many cases announcing the truth only when the tuition checks were well in hand.”

    Super-cynical, and entirely correct.

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  44. Coalition of Conscience Peaceful Moderate Democrats supporting Je/Blow 2020 tear doiwn statue of the Father of our Country in Los Angeles and Fake New Mediacrats ignore it!

    Rioters Tear Down George Washington Statue at L.A. City Hall

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  45. Coalition of Conscience Peaceful Moderate Democrats supporting Joe/Blow 2020 tear down statue of the Father of our Country in Los Angeles and Fake New Mediacrats ignore it! Rioters Tear Down George Washington Statue at L.A. City Hall

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  47. Tyler Vaughans must be among the most underrated WR in college football. Check out his ability to catch, on the very first play, despite the DB being all over him:

    When he is focused, I think it would be hard to find a WR who has better hands than Tyler.

    An offense with Slovis, Stepp, Christon, Vaughans, St. Brown, London, McCoy,….what could be

    #SpringBall?
    #WinterBall?

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