USC practices are closed, which means actor Chace Crawford was allowed to go last weekend. You have had priests from the Caruso Catholic Center turned down for admittance to practices. But they are not the brother-in-law of Tony Romo, like Crawford. This was the response of USC wide receivers Keary Colbert, Kareem Kelly and Mike Williams at Oregon as the Trojans won, 44-33. Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Transferring Has Risks Too

If you need an illustration of how much bigger college football is than college basketball, here’s Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark. “I’m a firm believer that basketball is undervalued,” he told the Ourand-Marchand podcast. “Basketball is about 25 percent of the total audience. We’re not getting 25 cents on the dollar for basketball.” So college football gets 75 percent of the audience and more than … Continue reading A Reminder Why College Football Is King

Remember when Oregon put up a huge billboard of Joey Harrington in Times Square and then put up a billboard near L.A. Live of its wide receivers in 2002? Well, the Ducks have revived that practice with a 151 feet by 90 feet billboard of quarterback Bo Nix at 315 Park Avenue South in Manahattan.  The new Bo Nix billboard in NYC is complete as … Continue reading USC Notes: Oregon Revives A Publicity Campaign

Another thing about training camp and now the week before the first game is the establishment of tailback MarShawn Lloyd. He showed in glimpses of the spring game that he was the best tailback and, frankly, was a reason Raleek Brown got moved to slotback, although that will never be said publicly. Lloyd is more of a breakaway threat than Austin Jones, who actually thrived … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Running Back Rotation Settling

Someone told me they thought Arizona would be USC’s toughest game in the first six contests. My response: USC might score 60 points against Arizona’s defense (Johnny Nansen). I suspect going to Arizona State will be tougher than playing Arizona in the Coliseum. There are always surprises during the season but on paper, Arizona has a problematic secondary. The Wildcats took a cornerback transfer from … Continue reading What Is USC’s Toughest Of The Worst Games?

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 … Continue reading USC Notes: A Freshman WR Finally Gets A Mention