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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.

11,314 thoughts on “Important Announcement About USC Blog”

    1. Par for the course, gt —you are SO damn judgmental! Lots of people get upset tummies from eating too much and/or the wrong food….. and sometimes they can’t get to the bathroom fast enough and wind up with a bit of vomit on themselves. [Of course other times people get upset tummies from doing 104 thick lines of meth combined with getting butt fucked 83 times in a row]…..

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      2. In all fairness to our friend, tebow —- I hear just about everybody (with the exception of Adam Schiff) hates it when that happens….
        #ForOneThing,It’sHardToComeUpWithB.S.ExplanationWhenYouComeTo…

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      1. You know where you stand with her. If Biden wins she will be right there at your front door fully armed to cuff you and take you to the train station and load you in to the box cars headed to the death camps.

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  7. I say it’s time to form The Pre-Romneyite Brotherhood. Our Manifesto is to Wage War On Domestic Terror, divest from China, Unite with Willing Former Nation State Enemies and Piss on backstabbing NATO.

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      1. Done —now we need 67 and Bourbon to join so we can match the number of members in the original Brotherhood…
        #IGuessWeHaveToPaintAMuralAtOxfordUnionToo
        #It’llBeFunSearchingForOurModelForQueenGuinevere..
        #[IHaveCarolFoltInMind]….

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    2. I’m pretty much in agreement with much of this platform.*
      I think I’ve expounded years ago on how my PoliSci and IR professors at USC (classes at the former Von Kleinsmid Center) were raging in the early 1980’s about how all these NATO “allies” were shirking their responsibilities to spend their fair proportion of GDP on National Defense. Each and every President–D or R–has given NATO “allies” a pass until the present President. China simply wishes to steal all of our intellectual property. As tax payers, we all have invested incredibly in the R&D which these private firms monetize. I don’t feel that the American taxpayer should be giving this precious tech to 1.3B corrupt PRC citizens. (When last I checked, over 90% of all software in the PRC was “pirated.”)

      Very interested to see how the recent US restrictions on TikTok and WeChat use has produced back-pedaling in China’s SOE’s.

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      2. Ya Gotta have a “card-carrying,” pro-education, free-markets, low income tax (but high consumption tax) Greenie* on the platform fellas.

        *An Abe Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt, Ron Reagan Repub.

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    1. Since he knew he was gonna bring up mailboxes, he probably should have written it on his hand —- [2 hour debate will require both hands, both feet and his tiny dick covered with notes — luckily, Chris Wallace will pretend not to notice when he unzips] ……
      #….NewYorkTimesWillSayTrumpMadeHimDoIt

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      2. gt — can you imagine what home life is like for Jill Biden? “Okay, Joe — here comes your Gerber’s mashed corn —open it up —here it comes —the spoon is like an airplane and your mouth is the hanger, Joe —open up for the airplane.”
        [Later That day: “Joe, just stand in front of the toitey —aim your magic twanger at the water, Joe —now pretend you’re a watch commander on police radio and say — all units proceed south —to Lake”]…….

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  15. “After four years of hell as President, Trump looks ten years younger than when he took office. It’s astounding. He’s more energized than 2016. And then there’s Joe.”

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    1. This 2 minutes of “science” is THE best example yet of what a joke CNN is. It’s so looney that it’s fun to watch. The idiot “scientist” (“BLM people are more smarter!”), the moronic nodding anchors (“you’re the bestest scientist in the whole world!”) —-this shit is way better material than any local Comedy Store!

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  19. Latest Fake News Mediacrat Talking Point Squirrel dies!

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    1. LOL. The Trump ship is listing 60 degrees to the port and taking on mucho water. The Nov. 4 national celebration is just around the corner. Saw video of early voting in Virginia and not one Red “Donnie Lies” cap in sight.

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      4. 67 —I respect Owns ability to craft (overly deft) arguments — but, like you, I don’t know why he’d be happy looking at a brain dead president who babbles about push ups when asked questions about the economy…..
        Note: Whomever is getting Trump ready for the debate has to instruct him to respond to EVERY Biden proposal with “Let me explain why that would ruin the economy…”
        #PoundThatPointUntilEveryVoterGetsIt

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      5. Michael, it is good to have owns back. I would love to hear why he considers a guy who is less with it than half the population of the country’s assisted living facilities is a “celebration.”

        The debates will go the following way: Biden will come out very aggressive, interrupt Trump continuously for the first 10 minutes, and after that, he will forget everything he was told to say. So he will have to talk really fast, and hope that the DNC plants an electronic pulse at the venue that takes out the Sat Comm and the backup equipment.

        #TheOnlyChanceForJoe

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      6. Very prescient, 67! Few people remember this —but even back when Biden wiped the floor with Paul Ryan, he ran outta gas at the end. He was beginning to show signs of mental exhaustion way back when. I don’t see him being able to stay on pace for 2 hours. Not unless he’s allowed unsupervised bathroom breaks (if you know what I mean). It’s funny that fighters and tennis players have to get tested before matches but a suspect presidential candidate gets to skate.
        I’m serious when I say Trump has to repeatedly tie Biden’s proposals to financial disaster for workers, pensioners, small businesses, etc. Debate viewers, like jurors, latch on to clear themes — not 49 clever but unrelated rebuttals.

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      10. I don’t for the life of me see why secret service can’t forcibly rip off Joe’s shirt on live television and blood test him before the debate…..
        #EverybodyComesOutAhead

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      13. Guys —I don’t know how the above reply appeared here –it’s supposed to explain Paul Ryan’s dismal debate performance….
        #IHerebyIncorporateItByReference,YouHonor…

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    1. tebow — stand by! Something tells me there are gonna be 2 or 3 thousand more of these reports in October…..
      #ProsecutorsKnowThatHugeNumbersOfOrchestratedComplaints…
      #Don’tMakeIndividualCasesStronger….

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      1. Just like the “Panetta Rule” made sure that Bubba was not allowed to meet with ANY woman in private, the “Joe Rule” is keeping all women under 25 – well, probably all women and also little girls – away from Joe.

        Meanwhile, Joe is enrolled in a 12 step program to stop smelling…problem is that when Joe gets past the first 2 steps, he can’t remember what they were.

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  21. I’m thinking about starting my own new show….
    Think I’ll call it, “Pardon my wonk.”

    Hopefully Just Owns and TebowObama will join as guest commentators, though TO would have to tone down the gutterspeak to get us by the censors. HaHa

    Anyway, sorry again for getting wonky.

    My libtard friends continue to whine, “Science is Real,” “Trust Science,” blah blah blah.
    Well here’s the science, mon frere.

    COVID:
    Per the United States’ CDC as of Sep 16, 2020:
    394 deaths from Covid, age under 25.
    (My analysis? All are tragic, and the families affected continue to grieve. The years of life lost–YLL–are horrible.)

    59,000,000 Americans under the age of 25.
    Death rate from Covid, under age 25: 394/59,000,000=0.0000066
    That’s 6 covid deaths per million.

    I think we could have played college football in 2020, though possibly there would have been a death from Covid in a NCAA D1 CFB player.

    SUICIDE:
    Per US CDC for 2016–last year I have solid stats
    6159 deaths from Suicide, age under 25*
    (My analysis? All are tragic. I dealt with too much suicide in my 30 years in Medicine. I remember each and every case.)

    59,000,000 Americans under the age of 25.
    Death rate from suicide, under age 25: 6159/59,000,000=0.00010
    That’s 100 deaths per million

    Nobody is talking about teen suicide (but me). I’ve been screaming about this epidemic for a decades. Far more deadly than a respiratory virus for our young Americans.

    *Given the stigma assoc with suicide, it it generally believed that these deaths are under-reported across all age cohorts.

    Pardon my wonk.

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    1. Thanks for putting things in a sane perspective, Bourbon.
      #Wouldn’tItBeNiceToSee”Journalists”TryThis?
      #[Oh,IForgot.That’sNotTheirJobThisYear]…..

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    2. Bourbon fully agree
      The left does not follow any science they just want to hurt the economy and blame it on the current administration.
      Since you are Mr Stats – can you find any proof that shows hair salons and nail salons in LA County have generated widespread outbreaks of COVID-19 before the 2 shutdowns? I am willing to wager my lifesavings that there is absolutely no proof, zero, zilch.
      What I have learned throughout this pandemic is that government non-elected officials have the power to shut down the economy.
      Dr Ferrer is a 100% fraud – she is an PHD not MD who earned $585K per Transparent California.

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      1. BurrowTrump:
        I’m humbled to be referred to as Mr. Stats and shall aspire to “bring the wonk” more often.

        I do log on to JohnHopkins’ site and to Govt sites for my stats.
        In 2014, in the midst of the Ferguson protests, I logged onto the DOJ.org site to look at violence and murder in America. I was way ahead of the times. I’ll leave it at that…..

        I agree with your assertions above, and if you can find another honest gambler willing to wager with you, you will take him/her to the proverbial cleaner. The most perfect proof for your argument can be found at the hair salon frequented by one Nancy d’allesandro Pelosi. Would the 80year old, plastic surgically enhanced Speaker of the House risk her life at a hair salon?

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    1. No question —you had to admire her as a person and a scholar. I remember feeling the same way when Christopher Hitchens passed away—I didn’t agree with 10% of what he stood for but I had to pause and say a prayer for an honest and brave soul (although he wouldn’t want to hear that anyone was saying a prayer for him…or using the word ‘soul’)….

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      1. As a neophyte, I cannot discuss any of Justice Ginsburg’s decisions with any degree of credibility–though I know, Michael, that you are very well-versed on most of SCOTUS’ decisions. However, she must have had quite the American experience since her birth in 1933 (or so). Women’s rights, Civil Rights, Environmental Issues, the rise and fall of Communism, the digital age. What an era! I have to respect and admire such a noble human who dedicated her life to public service (while people of far lessor intelligence and valor became rich) during such an incredible time.

        I always found it immensely satisfying that Justice Ginsburg’s best friend (on the court, at least) was Justice Antonin Scalia. Really, Ruth? Oh to have been the proverbial fly-on-the-wall at one of their lunches together….

        I hope that all of America can celebrate and commemorate a life truly well-lived (even if many disagreed with her decisions)…..before the inevitable political carping that will invariably ensue.

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      2. Bourbon —My wife, who was chief of staff to 2 California Supreme Court Justices, met Ruth once —and, like everybody else who ever spent a moment with the Justice , found her to be warm and kind and brilliant. [Her best opinions are dissents —- and you can’t help admiring — not only the legal scholarship— but the artistry that went into composing them. Her last —or next to last —opinion came in the form of the scolding she gave to the far left 9th Circuit for violating appellate principles]!
        #WeWon’tSeeHerLikeAgain

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      4. Agreed. Smart, principled and fair minded. [I loved how, while conservative commentators were saying RBG was “fun and great to hang out with”, liberal commentators [who don’t even know the meaning of normal] were saying weird shit like “she fellowshipped with her brothers and sisters on the bench.”
        #WTF?!

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      8. I knew you guys would educate me on the greatest merits of a wonderful Supreme court Justice and a great American. Tremendous thanks to you all.

        I rule my world with hope, and I know that there are many more fine women who are up to the task of filling Justice Bader’s shoes.

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      9. She knows and fully understands what goes on at trial level —but she’s not an appellate judge by training….
        #That’sABitOfAProblemOnTheSupremeCourt

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      10. 67 –Obviously I was referring to Sotomayor [she’s got appellate experience but she was only first rate as a savvy trial judge –that’s where she made her reputation].
        And…as far as “owing” the repubs something —the dems impeached Trump for nothing. Now it’s time to answer Nancy…
        #IfTrumpIsImpeached”Forever”,ShowNancyWhat5-4LooksLike

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  23. As for you Guarino,
    seems like everyone in the family was in the Law profession.

    I suppose it kept young Michael on the “straight and narrow.”
    I guess becoming an accountant, financier, architect, or–dear God, a Journalist–was never in the cards for young Michael.

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      1. Michael, it is great to get into SCOTUS issues here (how far we have drifted from “Inside USC Football”, but hey, vacuums get filled) .I thought that Sontamayor’s dissent in the Kansas case involving a sheriff pulling over an unlicensed driver was very much reaching. I am as much for strongly supporting the 4th amendment as the next guy or gal, but her view that her colleagues were “making up their own reasons” goes a bit beyond the pale IMHO.

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      2. I just thought of something, 67. Do you think Biden will now say something to the effect of “I love morality. I love it so much. I would never debate somebody who did something really immoral —like try to appoint a replacement when a Supreme Court Justice dies. That would just be too immoral for me.”

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      3. P.S.
        Biden statement:
        “Today the President tried to exercise his constitutional power to appoint a replacement to the Supreme Court —so that the court wouldn’t wind up deadlocked at 4 to 4 on important election cases. This is just too immoral for me to stand. Everybody knows I’ve spent my career being really moral —so I guess everybody will understand why I can’t be on stage for debates with an immoral person.
        Thank you. I’m going back to my basement to be with my moral wife, Jill, and my moral son, Hunter.”

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      7. 67,
        Biden just said “By the time I finish speaking OVER TWO HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE in the USA will die of covid! Do you know how many people that is?!”
        #Yes,Joe–It’sTwoThirdsThePopulationOfOurCountry
        #Joe’sBeenSchooledBeforeAboutDifferenceB/WThousand….
        #…AndMillion…
        #[HeJustDoesn’tSeemAbleToGraspIt]

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      8. Michael, Joe might need a common core refresher. He hasn’t done any math in about 60 years.

        #AndItShows

        #What’sAFewZeroesAmongFriends?

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  24. “200,000,000 have died from COVID-19”

    What does it say about a guy who chronically and habitually makes grossly mistaken mistakes about key policy issues? For example, he knows he can’t get numbers right. Ever. So he should never cite numbers. But he can’t stop himself from quoting numbers. Biden needs the Cliff Claven (from “Cheers”) electric shock treatment whenever he publicly cites a number. Would aversion therapy work?

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    1. Biden’s people need to sit him down and tell him that— whenever he wants to cite a big number of victims of any kind of disaster —-he just say, “a lotta, lotta people” —-and –should lightning strike and be become president —- he should just ask for “a lotta, lotta money” when negotiating international trade deals.

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      1. Joe with Xi Jingping:

        Xi Jingping: “Mr. President, what is the size of your proposal?”
        Crazy Joe: “Listen Deng, we are talking mucho, mucho yuans.”
        Xi Jingping: “Mr. President, I am flattered to be compared to Deng, but he left office about 30 years ago.”
        Crazy Joe: “No way, I negotiated the Paris Climate Treaty with him!”
        Xi Jingping to his aides: “Quick, let’s get his signature now on our proposal. We’ll just say that we signed his. He won’t know the difference. He can’t remember what happened 5 minutes ago.”

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      2. “The Hangover”: “It’s funny because it’s true.”
        67 —Where is gt? Where is Bourbon? Where is Kenwible? Owns? Tebow? Cal75?
        #ComeBack!
        #[67&MeCan’tGetTo10,000Alone]

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      4. “The Hangover” is exactly right! But with Joe, it is every day…and doesn’t require having a few too many.

        Michael, just you and me here now?

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      5. Conan the Barbarian’s prayer: “Crom —all that will be remembered is that TWO stood against many!”
        #We’llHoldTheFortDown,67,WhileOthersGetSomeRest!

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      6. BTW —How do Joe’s looney numbers add up? With the “150,000,000 dead from handguns this year” and the “200,000,000 dead from Covid” —he’s EXACTLY wiped out the entire population of the USA …
        #HisSecretPlan?

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      2. As Athos (played by the great Van Heflin) said when awakened from slumber by a bucket of cold water, “Water?! You could have at least made it wine!”

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      5. Before we left California, wifey and me had picnics at Domaine Carneros and Buena Vista. Two sunny, wonderful days –that will probably need to last me the rest of my life (I don’t think we’ll be back)..

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    1. Oh, shit. 67 was right! Joe just “corrected” the 2 hundred million down to 200! “That’s 200 moms and dads and uncles!”
      #HistoryWillNotBeKindToTheDemsForRunningABrainDeadCandidate

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      2. They guy is an idiot and an imbecile. Imbecile because he can’t tell 200 million from 200,000 from 200. An idiot because he continues to cite statistics when he knows he will f it up by many orders of magnitude. Voters deserve better than a guy who should be in assisted living.

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  28. Senile Joe is reading his responses from the Teleprompter as Telemundo is supposed to be interviewing him…. and once again comedy ensues!

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    1. Why is Joe Biden using a teleprompter in interviews with alleged media?
      Are media aware of and cooperating with this charade?
      Why are media cooperating with this fraud on the American people?
      Why is Joe Biden using a teleprompter in interviews with alleged media?

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      1. “Mantel”, not mantle — I’m going through a Joe Biden phase (helped along by a single glass of merlot —and there isn’t any of Jill’s extra special Meth Serum in the house at the moment)….

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  32. Senile Joe sez we peasants don’t desrve to know who he would consider worthy to be appointed to the US Supreme Court.

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      2. That is exactly the meaning he was conveying. He is a really bad guy. [and the huge kickbacks he got from Ukraine and China —and avoided reporting by depositing in Hunter’s account — prove it]!

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  35. Net worth soars second quarter!

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      2. The history of America teaches us that we need transparency and devils advocates but the natural progression of bureaucracies is to be opaque and punish devils advocates.

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      1. It is sort of pathetic that with all of Lebron’s riches and championships he is still mentally an insecure little 5 year old boy.

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