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USC Plays Rice On Saturday If You Can Watch It

With the season six days away, here’s a reality that will hit some fans this week: Lincoln Riley’s debut vs. Rice will be on the Pac-12 Network.

That’s a harsh reality for some people, especially if you do not get the Pac-12 Network. And it is not a given every sports bar or restaurant has the network. Plenty of fans have told me in the past they went to establishments that did not feature it.

USC is moving to the Big Ten but some of the problems of being in the Pac-12 still exist this season.

It could be worse: UCLA’s first three games are on the Pac-12 Network.

  • Devin Williams, a 6-10 four-star forward from Corona Centennial, will announce his college decision today at 4 p.m. USC and UCLA are finalists.

54 thoughts on “USC Plays Rice On Saturday If You Can Watch It”

  1. There you have it … Larry Scott’s failed Pac12 Network strategy on full display. The bar I’m at carries Big Ten Network, but not Pac12 Network. Nobody will be watching UCLA anyway.

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      1. Rice AAU with an $8.1 billion academic endowment. You’ve been approved for membership for the Pac12 Conference.

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      2. Rice is weak in EVERY department —so if USC has trouble with the rush, the run game, pass defense [anything actually] we’re in for a tough go when we meet Stanford.

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  3. If you want to watch it you can stream spectrum cable. Larry Scott messed up the future collapse of what we know as the PAC? Maybe they will get San Diego St Eastern Washington UNLV Boise St. Fresno St Nevada San Jose St. Washington St. Oregon St Colorado St and media deal will worth a great streaming deal with Peacock, Amazon. This conference isn’t worth watching as PAC After Dark. Good luck commish with keeping conference together after 2024.

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    1. Yeah well the prodhct hasn’t been all that good lately.

      And with ‘Ol Mule Shoe doing his Clay Helton impersonation with regards to recruiting nothing but skill position players and totally neglecting the defense, I wouldn’t blame people for not buying into the product just yet.

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  6. If you listen to the game on s streaming radio platform with Pete Arbogast you should be ready for a nap by halftime.

    Arbogast is about as exciting as Mr. Excitement himself, Ross Porter

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    1. I guess it is true, “Beauty,” and most everything else,”lies in the beholder.”
      I for one like Arbogast– he has a pleasant voice and a friendly demeanor.

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  7. U of Texas soon to be the nation’s wealthiest school has 2.1 million acres of mineral rich land it leases out for about $6 million per day of income.

    Do you think any football program in the nation will compete with that in the future

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    2. Answer to M M’s question: UCLA has rich deposits of fertilizer on the floors of its faculty lounge & law school …..
      #..WorthTensOfMillionsInToday’sMarket

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      2. Hey mg I hope your getting in shape for our marlin fight you don’t want to come over here and go cage diving with great whites so I guess the Maui marlin wrestle palooza is back on

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      3. George: Re Natalie —
        As a Hawaiian diver told me at Whale Park, “it’s all gonna work out fine in the end……”
        #…..”ThisLifeIsJustAReflectionOfWhat’sToCome”

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      4. T Bruins —Should the Unthinkable happen, I have a fun FULL day planned for us at the Maui Butterfly Farm ……
        #MyTreat
        #IGetExcitedJustThinkingAboutIt

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  8. D. Williams II is a Bruin. At his announcement he threw the bozo BB cap away from the dais……OUCH!

    Apparently, Andyain’twinning tried to bride William’s father with a job offer to land young Williams, but the father said he had 1) a job and 2) he didn’t work for “One and Done” losers.

    Who wants to play for a BB coach that hands out rings for an Elite Eight, 19 point, blow-out loss?

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      3. The concept of “A silver lining in every cloud” was never put to better use than having MG reveling in a 19-point that felt more like only 18-points.

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      1. Michael, I think with Wolfie it is more a matter of principal than principle. I get the feeling he is a bit of a penny-pincher, or as a chum once described a particular miser, “That guy will hold on to a nickel so tightly that the buffalo on it will eventually start crying in pain”

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      2. Scott is never extravagant when it comes to spending on himself …but… I understand he loaned Carol over $80,000 last year when she “went through some trouble” ……
        #SheSworeToGodShe’dPayItBack…..
        #…NowShe’sSaying”There’s’NothingInWriting’SoIOweScottZip!”
        #[NotThePathOfRighteousness]

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      2. HEY ERIC

        MY GREAT GREAT GREAT GRAND
        PARENTS CAME FROM RUSSIA
        SO
        IM A RED SNAPPER !!

        SERIOUSLY SIGN ME UP TOO
        IM A PLACE KICKER

        I CAN KICK IN PLACE
        ANY PLACE BRO !!!

        E T IS BACK IN TOWN !!

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      3. Scholarship players only qualify, not walk-ons, but who knows, that might eventually change. (Hey ’75, that was a lot of commas, right!)

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  11. HEY MG

    I GUESS THE HAWAIIAN DIVER WAS A NATIVE

    SO

    CHECK OUT
    NATIVE DIVER
    MY FAVORITE HORSIE
    WON THE HOLLYWOOD GOLD CUP THREE STRAIGHT YEARS 1965-67 !!!!!!!!!!

    PS. I GET THE PAC TWELVE NETWORK
    YOU ARE MORE THAN WELCOME TO WATCH IF YOU WANNA FLY OVER
    FREE FOOD AND LODGING TOO
    LEMME KNOW BRO

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    1. Overnighter at G.T’s house! Pizza & Coke & Ice Cream….. pillow fights…lots of ghost stories!
      #NoSchoolOnMonday!
      #I’mIn!

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      1. GOOD NEWS

        WE WILL PARTY WITH MARY JANE AND JIM BEAM AND JACK DANIELS

        Natalie AND MERLE O WILL BE THERE IN SPIRIT
        A NIGHT OF ECSTASY AFTER WE DEVOUR RICE

        PS BRING TULSI ALONG TO EVEN THE ODDS A LITTLE

        PPS LEAVE WIFEY AT HOME
        SHE MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND YOUR NEED !!!!

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      2. George — I showed your reply to my wife …now she wants your wife’s email address…
        #”LooksLikeWe’reInTheDoghouseNow”
        —- Jack Nicholson as The Joker in the original Batman

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      3. MG

        IM 🎶 🎵 SINGING JAILHOUSE ROCK
        BY ELVIS

        YOU SHOULDA HEARD THOSE KNOCKED OUT JAILBIRDS SING
        LETS ROCK
        LETS ROCK
        LETS ROCK
        TO THE WHOLE JAILHOUSE BLOCK

        SPIDER MURPHY SAID TO BUGS
        FOR HEAVENS SAKE
        I WANNA STICK AROUND
        WHILE I GET MY KICKS !!!

        LETS ROCK !!!!!!!!!!

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      5. The only catch, Michael, is you have to remind Mr. Tirebiter to take his meds, and you probably should edit some of his blog-comments.

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      6. Not sure if anybody will ever succeed in changing our George… As a matter of fact I think George would wind up being a bad influence on me…..

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  13. And so MG and George Tirebiter make reference to The King, one Elvis Presley.

    I just saw the movie tonight, Sunday, with my wife, and my reflections of this remarkable American icon are these:

    He was basically a country-boy, raised in Tennessee, and he remained a country-boy type until his premature death of an overdose of pills at only 42.

    I believe the guy was basically an introverted personality, he seldom was lucid when talking, but his ability to connect with a 10,000-or-more audience through his singing-and-dancing was because he was gifted with a sweet singing voice, and he had the good-instincts, as a singer and instrument player, to incorporate into his being the high-feelings and spiritual-excitement generated by Black music

    He apparently spent time just down the street from where he lived, eaves-dropping at the Black churches and weddings to hear, listen, and incorporate into his own being, the sounds and lyrics of Black soul music.

    He always loved music, and the Black-music style of often incorporating a rapid yet melodic beat. awakened in him a gift of music appreciation, and as a result, he, a mere white man, operating in a Black-dominated music arena, was transformed into a singing-and-dancing White-dynamo that the world had never seen.

    Predictably, except for the young women of Elvis’ age, much of America jealously rebelled at this young handsome guy gyrating his hips in an obviously sexual-manner. The old Puritanical London sexual conservatism ruled America until fairly recently, but for Elvis, it was all about the music-and-dance, and he was oblivious to the old rules, or was not capable of abiding by them; he was only free-and-feeling comfortable when he could sing-and-dance the way he wanted.

    Although I am not a big fan of most of Elvis’ rockers, I love many of his love-ballads such as: “Are you lonesome tonight, Do you picture me there,”
    or “”I’ll be faithful, I’ll be true, in loving you, loving you–just you, now”

    Unfortunately, the idea of a world-celebrity presence was not what Elvis “signed up for,” but circumstances made it the cornerstone of his life. Probably to his dismay. And his death. The guy could not take the unexpected and abusive pressure of being the world’s Number-One Star.
    “

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