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USC Notes: A Freshman WR Finally Gets A Mention

USC coach Lincoln Riley has a habit of loving every freshman in training camp.

I’ve been curious when he would speak about wide receiver Makai Lemon, because five-star Zacariah Branch tends to get most of the publicity for the new receivers.

“He’s had an awesome camp,” Riley said. “We’ve been able to move him around position wise. He’s handled it well mentally, stayed healthy. He’s a dynamic playmaker. I don’t know what’s being said on the outside but he’s not ever overshadowed on this field.”

One of the reasons I’ve been curious is because ex-Mater Dei coach Bruce Rollinson said last season he was more concerned about facing Lemon than Branch.

  • USC is ranked No. 6 in the Football Writers’ Assn. of America preseason poll. The groupthink that has the Trojans No. 6 in every poll is quite a thing.
  • USC women’s soccer hosts Michigan in its season-opener Thursday at 3 p.m. Next season they will be conference opponents.

62 thoughts on “USC Notes: A Freshman WR Finally Gets A Mention”

  1. Hey wolfman, Branch was clearly the best player on the field that night against Mater Dei, I was there and watched Branch shake and bake all night long. Speaking the truth about Branch would fuck up your whole narrative. Riley has said numerous times you’re not allowed at practices, sound familiar?

    #HAHAHA!

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    1. Didn’t I tell you clowns that those pineappleheads are delicate and fragile?

      That’s it for Tuilapoopoo, she’s done.

      Every year at USC she got hurt, never finished a season. Chalk up another bust from Mater Dei high school.

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  2. No one has asked about Makai Lemon because he was hurt in the spring and shut down. Now that he’s healthy, somebody finally asked about Lemon. This idea that a conspiracy is going on or a grand jury needs to be convened about Lemon is pointless, Wolf. Lemon isn’t getting the attention that the #1 receiver in the 2023 class has created. Kinda happens all the time. Why not say: Lemon can have a bigger impact than Branch this year?

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      1. How much negative impact will Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama have on the USC team this year with her lies?

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      3. my old man gets so jealous of Gabby. It keeps him up all night. I heard Gabby is twice the man where it counts

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      4. Mikayla Lemon is too small. She should have gone to Harbor City Community College and bulked up on some Mexican food in the area before signing on to try and play with the big boys or in USC’s case…Ladies of Troy.

        Mikayla Lemon will turn out to be a lemon, she won’t see the field. From the looks of her you can tell she has a hang nail problem. Looks a little light on her feet if you know what I mean.

        She’ll hit the portal before the end of the year is out.

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      5. Tebow, why are you showing us how foolish you are? In case your lack of oxygen is bothering with your comprehension levels, Lemon can truly be a bust but has NIL money. What do you have to show for your lunatic rantings? Keyboard burns?

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  3. All 4 wide receivers look special on film. And Reilly has complimented all of them during his interviews. But Branch is clearly special. The receiver coach, Simmons, can’t help but light up when he talks about him. Branch reminds me of DeSean Jackson, R. Jay Soward, and Adoree Jackson but he is actually faster and has better precision cuts and hands than all of these guys. I don’t know how anyone covers this guy. He may prove to be better than his great uncle, Cliff Branch of the Raiders, a hall of famer and that is saying something.

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    1. Plow, all bantering aside, that was a really good take on Branch. I mentioned the other day about a text message Brent Browner, Bishop Gorman’s football coach, received from Zach’s dad. The message basically said, Zach has been toying with the secondary at practice.

      I also heard from a podcast, that Zach’s punt-returning skills are reminiscent of Adoree’s only better. The key to returning is ball safety. Hope Zach is reliable

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      1. Gabby: I hope the freshman Zach Branch did not say “I am toying with these guys.” But if he did, it was meant to be a private conversation with his father. This is the kind of thing that can alienate a freshman or anyone else from his coaches and teammates. If you were truly a USC fan, you would not have posted it on the internet. It is a destructive comment. I can imagine a defensive back going head hunting after a comment like that.

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      2. road apple….as a father, I would be proud to hear about my son playing at a high level. Perhaps his brother made the comment, or better yet the father might have been present….Think before you speak…Your self-righteous approach backfired like all your lame rants……don’t read my post and your feelings will not be hurt.

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      5. Gabby: Try to be honest with yourself and others. I know that is difficult for someone who suffers from a narcissistic personality disorder. You say that the father was just being proud that his son is doing well. That is not the point. You, not the father, posted on the internet that Zach was talking trash about his teammates. You don’t do that especially if you are a freshman. Your post may result in dissension among teammates. Nobody whose played football or any team sport would argue against that point. Why would a USC fan do such a thing?

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      6. Wait….You obviously have reading comprehension issues…. I was posting what was said to me… So you’re getting your panties tied in a wade based on a text message you or I have never seen, and perhaps Brent was embellishing what was actually texted to him. Leave Zach out of it, you have no proof it was his words. I see why you were fired from numerous law firms.

        WOW!!!….This is a third-hand comment that is going to destroy the team……We should all be in panic mode. ……plow you look like a fool, again!

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      7. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        LOL! Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama is caught lying like a Biden once again! And instead of apologizing to Plow Horse for her tall tale, she doubles down on her lie. She is as believable as when she calls out a poster and wants to brawl.

        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama challenged two posters to fight and chickened out!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 23, 2023 AT 2:50 AM
        Hey chickensh*t Gabby: You called me out when you brought my wife and mother into it. You would never do that face to face and you know it. You are the one who knows nothing about street etiquette. So stop acting like I need to canvass the homeless encampments trying to find you. Be a man. Pasadena boxing gym – give me a date pussy boy. Have the balls to tell me about my wife and mother to my face.

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      2. We know you are a street bum who lives in a dumpster in LA’s Skid Row and you access the LA Public Library computers to spam this site with your obscene lies and hate.

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    2. Hey Gabby: How did you know that Scott was at the dumpster this morning? Did he awaken you. And how much do you get for a recycled plastic bottle these days.

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      3. You know nothing about football, so why do you spend so much time spinning your wheels when our trailer is a dump, in need of repairs

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      4. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama is too chicken to fight Plow Horse.

        Cowardly Gabby Remember this? This is epic brown nosing by you. Pure comedy!

        Gabby (original)
        JULY 13, 2023 AT 6:01 PM
        Thanks for sharing your experiences. He must have made an impression on you, your details are still clear after many years.

        Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young
        JULY 14, 2023 AT 1:36 PM
        Look at Cowardly Gabby the hypocrite. She exploded in rage and cursed out Plowhorse for exactly the same thing!

        Plow Horse
        JULY 8, 2023 AT 2:54 AM
        Wow. What are the odds we have 3 regular bloggers attend the 1968 Rose Bowl. I worked with a guy in 1982 who was a cornerback on the Indiana team. I asked him what was his impression of O.J. Simpson. He said “yeah, I meet him in the hole, helmet first, left my impression on him.”

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        Gabby (original)
        JULY 8, 2023 AT 3:01 AM
        LIKE YOU FUCKING REMEMBER WORD FOR WORD WHAT A GUY TOLD YOU 40 YEARS AGO…..YET YOU CONVENTILY FORGET YOUR DEBUNKED RANTS OR HOW YOU TALKED SHIT ABOUT ANYONE THAT PROVED YOU WRONG…BUT YOUR OLD LADY IS OFF LIMITS….I SEE WHY YOUR LAW CAREER ENDED EARLY

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  6. “I don’t know what’s being said on the outside,” says Wiley
    So Wiles apparently does not read “Wolf” or anybody else for that matter.
    Isn’t that just like a guy making $10-million a year

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      1. Lemon will get a shot and surprise everyone. Davis is just flat out due to explode on the LB position. He is faster than anyone else at LB, even Curtis. Facts. Does Wolf actually use real sources? When did that start.

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      1. Tell us the context to this embarrassment by your Dictator Senile Joe today… did he have an unexpected “accident” with the Depends again or did he has a Transient Ischemic Attack or pass out?

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      2. It is hard to understand when you are a flaming extreme left liberal wracked with TDS, but that was simply just humor. No context needed. Take your confirmation bias to msnbc, we don’t need it here.

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  9. As an ‘Equal Political Defender’ I believe the context was that Biden was asked what he thought of the mounting Maui death count.
    How are you going to answer such a question–

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      1. I haven’t. I believe this is my first “political” comment here although it is not truly ‘political’
        I stay out of the way, Gabby

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      2. Senile Joe could have said, “We are here for you. We will follow up to make sure you get the help you need until you rebuild. Our hearts go out to those families who have lost loved ones. Obviously, our biggest priority right now is getting power back on.
        We will not quit until this is done. We are not going to tolerate red tape, we are not going to tolerate bureaucracy.”

        You know who said that? President Barack Hussein Obama in November 2008 after Super Storm Sandy hit New Jersey. Guess who his VP was? So please stop with the lame excuses for that senile corrupt old pervert.

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      4. The troll knows something about football so he pollutes the blog with political bullshit….gotroy22 at his best…..

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      5. As usual, the question posed flies right over her head.

        His point was, “Why, when the shortcoming of the current administration are pointed out, is the answer almost invariably: ‘But. But. But Trump!'”

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      6. You senile troll, fake gabby asked the question…..It looks like the question flew right over YOUR head…..not surprised

        Slo pa-troll got out-smarted by his own sock puppet

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      7. Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young's avatar Gabby aka The Guy who posts as So Cal's Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young says:

        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama, your senile old coot president is making up more lies today… just like you.

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    2. “I am grieved by the lost of life and suffering of our brothers in Maui and I am going to do everything in my power to help the situation.”

      Beats no comment.

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      3. “No comment,” is a bit cold. If he didn’t want to be bothered by a reporter he might have used a throw-away phrase such as
        “It is absolutely shocking. Thank you, that’s all I have to say at the moment”

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      1. You post under 20 different names you hypocrite. You just brought on another sock puppet to praise you.

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      1. isn’t an imposter posting under a fake username the true “fraud”…. i am so fucking stupid…can someone blow my head off

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  12. Lemon will be a factor next year he might redshirt, I believe because he has chemistry with Nelson. He will become Nelson’s security blanket along with Duece, Branch Lane, Brown next year. We are set up for year’s for this position.

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