24 thoughts on “Makai Saina Commits To USC”

      2. Actually what is the difference between 24/7 n 247compisite I never got this so by Sunday we will #4 ranked recruiting. We must be either flipping a couple of 5* DL or OL in December along with another safety Jason Mitchell 5* DL Breland from Mater Dei n maybe David Stone from IMG, I see 4 players decommitting which will be the lower 3*.

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  7. Say what you want about Donte’s coaching abilities, but he has been recruiting very well in the CB and defensive backfield.

    O-line and d-line just dont get the same quality of recruits. The line recruits are alot better than the Helton years, but still not elite level. With all the transfers they took on both lines, Hansen and Nua have not yet proven they can develop talent.

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    1. Hansen and Nua have gotten more out of what they have than any coach at USC in years. How many 5 star linemen you need to be happy? Not sure where some of these guys will end up at the end of next season anyway, some may be 5 stars.

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      3. USC snapshots: depth was a saving, defining trait of 1979 team

        Matt Zemek
        June 25, 2020 12:26 pm PT
        The 1979 USC football team was extremely good… but also extremely deep. The Trojans needed that depth, given the high-profile injuries that team suffered over the course of the regular season.

        Bruce Feldman’s oral history of the 1979 Trojans fleshes out this essential point about USC having a strong Plan B and Plan C when Plan A got hurt.

        First, consider what happened when elite offensive lineman Anthony Munoz got hurt. Munoz, offensive line coach Hudson Houck, head coach John Robinson, and wide receiver coach Norv Turner tell the story:

        “Munoz: As soon as I got out of the hospital, my wife Dede — we had got married in my sophomore year — thought I was a little crazy. We had a little one bedroom. The day after I got back from the hospital, I was jumping rope in our apartment and I turned up the stove to get it hot to get a good sweat. I did that at night time. I would tell her I’m gonna play. Not even a week after the injury. I’d tell my guys, ‘Keep winning, I’m gonna join you guys.’ I became the official spatter with my little spray can before games. (True freshman) Don Mosebar took over for me and he did a phenomenal job.

        “Houck: He was a real technician in there.

        “Turner: Mosebar played at a really high level. Then, the practice before the UCLA game, there’s a pile of bodies and he got hit in the knee and he hurts his knee. Another true freshman, Bruce Matthews, was scheduled to redshirt and play guard, so we put him in at left tackle and he starts.

        “Robinson: He was such a solid player. I don’t think (Matthews) said four words in four years. Wherever we needed him, he jumped in there. The first we timed him I think he ran 5.9 (40). We were worried. Hudson said, ‘Don’t worry about this guy. He’s gonna be fine.’ He was right.”

        “Houck: He was an extremely smart guy, very hard-nosed, and had really good balance.”

        Norv Turner offered this other story of USC’s quality depth in 1979:

        “We had a tight end, James Hunter, a basketball player out of Santa Barbara, who was an outstanding athlete and a terrific blocker. He was all-conference kind of talent. We’re playing Alabama in 1978 and he took (All-American) E.J. Junior 10 yards off the line and put him on his back, but he separated his shoulder on the play on a 40-yard run. Hoby Brenner, who at 6-5 played tailback and safety in high school, then steps in, and he became an all-conference player.”

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    2. Game,

      It will take about a year for the new olinmen to develop physically. So, SC could be two years until they are ready to go. My opinion.

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  10. Scooter,

    Will SC ever recruit dlinmen or is Riley just all offense? The only way they can win is with the help of great dlinemen. Maybe Riley does not believe in defense run stop.

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  11. I don’t know ‘paw-saw-duh-nah’ the offense was a 180 turn after Heltonska finally got sacked and thankfully interim Coach Donte Williams revealed to all the state of recruiting and coaching left by ‘William Bendix’s clone’. I think the chance for the defense to do the same as last year’s offense may be right there.

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