The USC scrimmage on ESPN on Saturday will actually be one half of a football scrimmage, according to Lincoln Riley.
“We just don’t quite have enough bodies,” Riley said.
This a bit of a comedown from Saturday, when Riley said, “I can tell you this, it’s not going to be a game of tag. We’re going to play football.”
But USC cannot field two full squads right now so instead of a full spring scrimmage it will be a half-game scrimmage. At least tickets are free.
Below is what former USC kicker Parker Lewis said after attending the Ohio State scrimmage. He has not chosen a new school yet.

Parker, that’s what it’s like when you play for a Clay Helton coached team…and worse if it’s Chip Kelly coached.
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Emptiest stadium ever:
https://www.saturdaydownsouth.com/sports/ucla-has-embarrassing-attendance-during-season-opener-at-rose-bowl/
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Uh, shit. You made me look…..
#UCLAFootball:CrimeAgainstNature
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Michael, a crime indeed. And I doubt there is one full-paying customer among those 2,000 or so in attendance.
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The good part? It’s only gonna get worse.
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Nothing else to do in Columbus. And by nothing, I mean nothing. You gotta win, and win a lot, for people in SoCal to take time away from the hundreds of other distractions competing for your attention. I can’t stand tOSU, but if I lived in Columbus, I’d still probably go to the spring game. Why? What else am I gonna do? Enter one of the 147 weekly cornhole tournaments?
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Jeffrey,
tebow asked me to ask if you could give out the addresses for each of those147 tournaments… [he knows no one else is interested so he asked that you email them directly to Nancy Pelosi’s Office where he can pick them up after work]….
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Would Kamala find something to cackle about if she was in Columbus?
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Would Kamala find anything that wasn’t somehow racist to her?
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Yes….but please don’t make me go into details…..
#Okay,Okay–ItInvolvesASpatula,Q-tips&Cranberries…
#..ButThat’sPositivelyAllI’mSaying
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Answer to Charles’ question: Yes…
#….MarryingUp
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Half a scrimmage to go along with half ass coaching.
There’s no difference between ‘Ol Mule Shoe and Clueless Clay.
Soft practices, avoid contact, which means no tackling. The regimen mirrors a girls powder puff league.
No wonder ‘Ol Mule Shoe has closed practices…shameful.
LOL!
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Dear Parker,
Hope you pick The Ohio State as your final college football destination. Hope we see you in the Rose Bowl —there should be plenty of people watching.
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😂🍻
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Yep, the “Clay Helton Effect” … manifests itself like the Stockholm Syndrome sort of. Requires years of therapy.
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Great point, Charles. Look at Coach Baxter….
#….NoLongerHasWillToLive…
#DittoCallaway
#DittoTeeMartin
#DittoPendergast
[Of course, being fair, they were all that way before they met Helton]….
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Mike Bohn, President Hot Lips, and other USC non-football VIP’s to give speeches live and virtually.
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Carol: “Unaccustomed as I am to public speaking I just wanted to say that it’s an honor and a pleasure to …blah, blah , blah …and in closing…may I remind you to always stay on the Path of Righteousness…whatever the fuck that is.”
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[see –I got away with that cuz I didn’t mention ‘t–o—o—l.”
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Flo don’t forget your teleprompter and a milk crate to stand on. And “Fight Onward!”
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The milk crate should be placed on top of a telephone book …
#..AndTheTelephoneBookShouldBeOnTopOfDumpster
#”CanYouSeeMeNow?”
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Great point, Charles. Look at Coach Baxter….
#….NoLongerHasWillToLive…
#DittoCallaway
#DittoTeeMartin
#DittoPendergast
[Of course, being fair, they were all that way before they met Helton]….
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Yea! After all these years! A double!
#NextYearI’mGonnaGetATriple
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But it was such good stuff it deserved to be run again, MG
I have been to Columbus, and besides football you can go down to the river’s edge and watch the muddy water rolling by.
One of the SC players said Wiley’s offense is not much different than Helton’s. Figures. How many different ways can a guy throw or catch a football?
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Ha! [For one, they can run or throw it with some help from those blocking…]
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Where USC stands with installing Lincoln Riley’s offense as spring practice winds down
https://california.funeral.com/where-usc-stands-with-installing-lincoln-rileys-offense-as-spring-practice-winds-down/
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Really encouraging –they’re moving forward on all fronts and they should be in a great situation by fall camp (I just wish this article didn’t appear in an obituary sheet —what’s with that)?
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Must be a part of the company that owns the register. Every new USC article shows up on that site.
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As a superstitious person [I can still hear my grandpappy telling me never to leave two knives crossed in the kitchen sink] I wish they’d place the USC stuff elsewhere…
#EverybodyKnowsObituaryPageShouldBeReservedForUCLA
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UCLA Iamaleava California
https://www.on3.com/db/rankings/consensus-player/football/2023/
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Love how rankings include NIL value now…..
#wtf?!
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Jerry West demands apology, retraction for ‘baseless’ HBO ‘Winning Time’ depiction
https://nypost.com/2022/04/20/jerry-west-wants-apology-and-more-for-winning-time-portrayal/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=message_app
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Adam McKay should stick to Will Ferrell movies.
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Scott,
In that same time with the media where LR made the “tag” comment he also mentioned playing a half of football, it’s not new. Pay attention little buddy, it will help with your “reporting”.
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I was at that Hawaii game. I was up in the suites with the buffet. I have never met a buffet that I didn’t like. I could tell right away that the transfer running back Charbonnet was very very good.
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Agreed. [Now, let’s see him do it with a completely rebuilt O-Line —including two new, very average tackles]….
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Mg defense is going to be the ucla strength next season
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