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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. gt is doing everything he can to jump start it —but even he can’t get it going….
      #HopeTheyDon’tEVERShutThisSiteDown…
      #It’sFunToComeBackAndSeeWhat’sUpW/OldBuddies…

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      1. Michael, is there common law regarding ownership of a website if we use it and keep it commercially successful?

        #VirtualSquatter’sRights?

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      4. Ha! I love it! We’re openly and notoriously ‘adversely possessing’ this site!
        #ButTheyCanStillKickUsOffAnyTimeTheyWant…
        #[AndWe’reProbablyTemptingThem]…..
        #”ThoseWereTheDaysMyFriend,WeThoughtThey’dNeverEnd…”

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      1. PJM,
        Scott will eventually get it going….. but wowsie. In the meantime, I have officially suggested that Claudette read your posts to see the way we talk around here….
        #Yeah,fuck,MissYou,Too

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      1. These outbursts are consistent with dementia — in his [failing] mind Joe’s just “fighting back” —- Obama enthusiastically backing somebody who has SO obviously lost his marbles constitutes his biggest betrayal of this country yet….
        #SuchADisgraceOnPartOfDemsToBackThisPoorMan

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    3. BREAKING NEWS!! Biden Campaign has announced Joe will accept nomination via written press release “in order to better memorialize his thoughts and feelings….and help control his bladder.”
      #SameStrategyPlannedForDebates….
      #”OnlyLosersLikeTrumpShowUpInPerson!”

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      1. I loved Joe’s response to the interviewer (who is black, see above):

        “C’mon man, are you a junkie?”

        #YouCan’tMakeThisUp…

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      1. Correction! Watched video again! Joe has ALREADY gone full fucking nutso on TV…….
        #SadChanceHeMaySoonTakeHisOwnLifeWhileBeingInterviewed….
        #[ButDemsWillKeepHimOnTicket&GoForward]…..

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      3. No, gt, not like that. Peter Finch gave us an emotional, over the top condemnation of modern evil. Joe is operating from a position a little lower on the evolutionary scale…..
        #MaybeIt’sHelpfulToRecallThatCavemanFromMickeyMouseClub…
        #”OogaDaga!”

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    1. We’ve ALL been micro-assaulted yet again! McLaughlin’s use of the word “reservation” in this context is a further insult to all TRUE Americans….. possibly the most vile affront to decency in the history of our country…
      #Oh,When&WhereWillItStop?!

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  8. Indeed Michele, but damn is it gonna be fun to watch Stepps and Christon run the ball.
    A real O Coord would have a run game WITH BOTH IN THE BACKFIELD and/or Christon in the slot and in motion running misdirection plays. Wow, remember Lendale at tailback with Reggie in the slot or on the flank? Drove the D coordinators batty? (All they could do was sit their and soil their knickers.)

    Damn, the possibilities for 2020-22 are (MOFO) endless! Would love to see the Trojans run 45 att/game and pass 45 per game. Will Harrell evolve? Will HC CH look in the mirror and see his future (figurehead).

    All that said Michele, on 3rd and two with the game on the line? I’m giving it to Vavae.

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      1. I love it, Bourbon, old friend. I’d probably do the same on 3rd and 2! Or 3rd and goal ….for the first 2 or 3 games…
        #….ByYear’sEnd,ItWillBeStepp

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      4. As Charlie Bucket would say “Top O’ The World!”
        #700ToGoToShockTheWorld!!
        #[OrThatSmallFractionOfItThat’sWatchingUs]…..

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      6. When I prosecuted RCP members back in the mid “80’s for vandalism and assault, elected officials told me to “leave them alone — they’re just a rag tag band.” That kind of benign neglect led to Portland and Seattle…..
        #ItJustTookTime…..

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    3. Yes, Thunder and Lighting 2.0! both in the backfield. And Christon is a GREAT pass catcher!

      I hear you about Vavae. He holds onto the ball, which is huge. But I love the idea of Stepp and Christon both in the backfield. If they can stay healthy…

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      1. Christon will be a real threat to Slovis out of the backfield, in motion on a swing, or as a check down! Linebacker vs Christon? Trouble.

        Hope he can pass block a little.

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  9. Sweet Jesus, the SI site just is no damn good!

    Not Scottie’s fault…corporate just doesn’t work for him as well.

    #WolfmanNeedsToBeOnHisWon

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      1. Michael, Scottie purchased the domain name for a period of time, who knows for how long. I don’t see the incentive to shut it down (still generating ad revenue…).

        There are dozens of internet troll businesses out there that will indeed negotiate with Scott to purchase it…

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      1. So…depending on whether Scott is paid up through this year — we may go to 5000 hits….
        #MoreThanAllTheVotesKamalaHarrisGotInPrimaries…

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  10. Just went to the SI site:

    “Scott Wolf’s Football Thought of the Day”

    And the answer is…it is blank!

    Shakedown cruise is over, SI. You are getting worse by the day.

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      1. Still nothing for “Scott’s thought of the day”

        Any answers to the open forum from 2 days ago?

        Not sure there is much point in even going over there…

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    1. I just want to know if Sports Illustrated can get Scott into interviews with the USC coaches and players…..
      #….ThatWouldBeSoCool…..
      #[Can’tGetAnAnswer,Though]….

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      1. Being an “SI guy” has some cachet. But Scottie should have been let in long ago. Why does USC make like the USSR?

        #FreedomOfThePress
        #LetScottieIn!

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      2. Scott needs to have SI lean on Heritage Hall and give Scott his credential back so he can go to the practices and be on the sidelines and press box during games. Haden the drunk was the one who banished Scott.

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      3. Michael, God bless her, she is working hard and trying her best, but this is an old school crowd, sophisticated in terms of USC knowledge and football. For all her positives, she is just not the right match.

        #She’dBeGreatFortheRuins

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      4. Yeah –I agree she’s impossible to dislike —earnest and smart —- but that’s not what Scott or S. I. needs at this point……
        #I’dTakeClaudetteOverCarolFoltInANewYorkMinute,Though

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  12. Yep, Claudette would try her best to preserve the history and principles of the university, and not impose just what she wants.

    Damn, I hadn’t thought of Folt for a while…cocktail hour comes early today?

    #TheVideoOfFoltCheckingOutTheHeadLinesman’sHeiny…

    #TheGiftThatKeepsOnGiving…

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    1. Funny …but I’ll like it better when he does it on live TV & then soils himself & starts to cry….. and aides try to again spin it as “Joe being Joe” —- [yeah, it’s Joe being Joe —the problem is the guy being Joe has the mind of a 3 year old]…..

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      1. Claudette Montana needs to spend time with PJM to see how we work around here.
        [And, speaking of the Montanas, don’t you think Tony Montana could have saved himself in Scarface after he killed the bomb maker by raising a big Trump flag on his front lawn —and getting free 24/7 FBI surveillance]?

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      2. “Hey, which one of you accused me of being gognitivly…cocitively…, c’mon, man, which one of you accused me of that? ”

        “Of what, Mr, Biden?”

        “Uh, uh, you know, that whachamacalit.”

        “Oh, that would be the Fox News reporter.”

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  16. The open forum answers are up:

    Two of them you heard here first!

    Drake London is the man to look for in receiving
    Markese Stepp should be the starting tailback

    The rest of the video had no info content IMHO – chances for a 2020 football season, how many Trojans are part of the Pac-12 player group, and will the media be allowed to practices.

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    1. Watched it and liked it. I’ve always thought this is a good format for Scott –he appears so thoughtful that it’s a little jarring at first —but I think it’s actually the Scott I like best. He gives out more info than anybody…and merges it with fun opinions. All in all, a success…
      #HopeHeKeepsItUp
      P.S.
      Speaking of successful formulas, having Claudette toss the questions out works well. Her engaging personality vs. Scott’s unique brand of advocacy is something I think we can enjoy for a long time….
      #AWinningCombination

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      1. This thing could take off —if we can coax Claudette into being a teeny bit more irreverent.
        #InKeepingW/TheInsideUSCSpirit….

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  21. Break up the Silicon Valley Robber Barons now!

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      1. How about add one and honor Marcus Allen? Oops,
        I forgot, Peaceful Moderate Democrats Rioters like senileobama and all the other losers on that committee of Marxists and bigots don’t know anything about SC football tradition.

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    1. The pain in her voice brought tears to my eyes…..
      #….She’sBeenPutThruSoMuchByAnUngratefulNation…..
      #[Whew –IHaveToGoThrowUpNow]……

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    2. Here’s senility, you stupid preachy lying Libtard:

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    2. Latest News! The Obama —whoops, I meant Biden —-campaign just announced that Joe “won’t actually be physically present” in his basement for his own acceptance speech —it’ll be read by Jill…”.to ensure that the words of our anonymous speechwriter are understood by the viewing public…”
      #GoodCall

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      1. Jill Biden: “It’s only fair that our well paid speechwriter’s words aren’t slurred on this big occasion — he puts a lot of work into these hallow, meaningless statements —and it hurts him to hear Joe’s voice…”

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  30. Remember when the caring superlib Democrat Mayor of Portland asked federal officials to leave so the city police could handle the Peaceful Moderate Democrats and restore order?

    How’s that working out?

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

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  31. Peaceful Moderate Democrat Moms love their arson!

    Look, it’s senilobama’s Mommie!

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

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    1. ruins already down $40 million from all those coaching buyouts…

      Maybe the university spins off athletics, then athletics declares bankruptcy, they can Chip without his golden parachute.

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  33. Unexpectedly!

    senileobama is sharting in his Depends!

    U.S. WEEKLY JOBLESS CLAIMS UNEXPECTEDLY FALL TO 1.19 MILLION, LOWEST LEVEL OF PANDEMIC…
    JOHN CARNEY

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    2. More good news for America …more bad news for Joe….
      #ThankfullyForJoe,GoodNewsIsUnderReported….
      #[HangInThereJoe,SomethingBadWillComeAlong]…

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      3. Michael, SF voted this guy in:

        https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/parents-guilty-murder-raised-radicals-chesa-boudin-san-francisco-s-n1101071

        Do you know about him? Shouldn’t there be a Hippocratic oath? Do no harm to your city? Yet he decriminalizes various crimes that are creating a sh*tshow beyond all reasonable American urban sh*tshows.

        It gets worse, year after year, and the Board of Supervisors still blames the tech industry for its woes…

        Nobody likes what the city has become. The voters are gullible.

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      5. The perfect D. A. for [what used to be] San Francisco! Good choice, Frisco voters!
        #KeepItUp!
        #[IfThey’reHappy,I’mHappyForThem]!

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      2. That helps, gt. [I always thought more people could pass the California Bar exam if they were given a couple of years to do the essay questions]….
        #ButTHISJobMightBeMissionImpossible….
        #…MainlyCuzSoManyOfTheWordsAreUnintelligble…
        #..SortaLikeCopTryingToWriteDownStatementsOfDruckDriver….

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      3. IF the man in that video showed up out of nowhere and ran for mayor of, say, Pasadena —he’d be laughed outta town …
        #ItTakesLotsOf$$AndCorruptMediaToPushSomeoneThisDemented….

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      4. Michael: I really liked Pasadena–great city. Lived there for a semester in Med School, before moving down to East LA where I could afford the rent. Don’t let this old Cracker ruin a really cool city.

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  41. LMFAO!!!!!

    That clown Trump thought he was going to get a big turnout in Ohio and only a handful of people showed up.

    Then the idiot Trump had his campaign people play Y.M.C.A. as he was walking away all humiliated.

    OH MY SIDE HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH! AHA HA HA HA HA HA!

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      1. On mornings when Joe recognizes his own reflection in the bathroom mirror, he’s allowed outside…. when he looks in the mirror and says, “Why didn’t someone tell me Mae West came to visit?”, it’s a stay at home day……

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    2. LMFAO!!!!!!! That clown Senile Joe thought he was going to get a big turnout of viewers for his podcast and only 136 people bothered to watch!

      OH MY SIDE HURTS FROM LAUGHING SO MUCH! AHA HA HA HA HA HA!

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  43. senileobama and his fellow Peaceful Moderate Democrats are sick!

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  44. More bad news for senileobama!

    The Nasdaq Composite closed above 11,000 for the first time ever on Thursday, marking its seventh straight day of gains, as Apple moved closer to becoming the first company with a $2 trillion market capitalization.

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    1. I’d love to see Apple, Amazon, etc exceed Saudi Aramco as the most valuable firm on the Planet. GO AMERICA GO! I believe 7 of the most valuable public firms in the World are in the USA.

      The following (lengthy) quote is from Apple’s statement to the NY Times and Obama administration in 2015/6:

      “Apple believes every company has a responsibility to pay its taxes, and as the largest taxpayer in the world, Apple pays every dollar it owes in every country around the world. We’re proud of the economic contributions we make to the countries and communities where we do business.

      Far from being “untouched by the United States,” Apple pays billions of dollars in taxes to the US at the statutory 35 percent rate on investment income from its overseas cash.

      Apple’s effective tax rate on foreign earnings is 21 percent — a figure easily calculated from public filings. This rate has been consistent for many years.

      “The debate over Apple’s taxes is not about how much we owe but where we owe it. As the largest taxpayer in the world we’ve paid over $35 billion in corporate income taxes over the past three years, plus billions of dollars more in property tax, payroll tax, sales tax and VAT. We believe every company has a responsibility to pay the taxes they owe and we’re proud of the economic contributions we make to the countries and communities where we do business.

      Under the current international tax system, profits are taxed based on where the value is created. The taxes Apple pays to countries around the world are based on that principle. The vast majority of the value in our products is indisputably created in the United States — where we do our design, development, engineering work and much more — so the majority of our taxes are owed to the US.” (end quote)

      In my mind, Apple paying $35B in taxes in 3 years is doing one’s part. Old man Warren Buffett (Demo) pays far less than 20% in taxes, as he is mostly unemployed and makes his money on LT Cap Gains.

      The US Corporate tax revisions in 2018 were absolutely necessary. With US Corp taxes at 35% prior, and Irish Corp Taxes at 12.5%, US firms would have violated their obligation to shareholders (mostly middle class American pensioners, retired teachers and firefighters, and 401k/IRA holders) had it continued to domicile in California at these rapacious tax rates. That said, with a Biden presidency this necessary tax revision will be reverted and US corporations will again be subject to unfair American anti-competitive rates.

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  48. NCAA President Mark Emmert said there would be no football season if students did not return to their campuses this Fall. USC just announces there will be no students returning to campus this Fall. Does that mean USC football is cancelled until at least Spring semester?https://sports.yahoo.com/ncaa-president-mark-emmert-no-sports-without-students-on-campus-162457332.html

    NCAA president Mark Emmert: No sports without students on campus

    “If a school doesn’t reopen, then they’re not going to be playing sports. It’s really that simple,” Emmert said.

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