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USC Morning Buzz: Raleek Brown Situation Gets Clearer

The Raleek Brown situation is becoming clearer. He wants to redshirt to protect his eligibility. USC’s coaches do not want him to redshirt.

Whatever the stated reasons, Brown redshirting follows what wide receiver Gary Bryant did last year. Brown obviously wants three years of eligibility if/when he transfers. Lincoln Riley doesn’t want to redshirt him but also doesn’t seem too interested in playing him.

A good question is how did things sour so quickly? Brown was a Riley favorite, committing to Oklahoma and then switching to USC just a few days after Riley got hired.

I was one of the few who dared mention Brown was inconsistent last season, so I’m not saying he should be playing more or defending him. But it’s unusual to see a coach jettison a player so quickly, especially one who might break a big play at any moment.

One other thing: If Brown is simply trying to redshirt and not transfer, was he at the game Saturday?

  • Speaking of Bryant, he caught 7 passes for 100 yards and 2 TDs in Oregon’s 81-7 victory over Portland State.
  • Here’s a look at Deion Sanders’ pre-game speech Saturday.
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  1. It didn’t sour as much as he got pushed out. USC has perhaps the best WR group in the country, and his height is a negative at that position. RB would be a better position for Raleek if he was a better blocker, but there is more competition this year as well.

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      1. “Our Tebow” has mind-melded with Evil Tebow — he comprehends everything going on within the “Other Tebow’s” fevered Brain….
        #Let’sPray”Our”TebowCanUn-MindMeldWhenTheTimeComes….

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    2. Is it that he CAN’T block or WON’T block ? If he won’t then see ya, if he can’t, then is it because of his size ? Lack of coaching ? Didn’t the SC coaches see that he couldn’t or wouldn’t block when he was at MD ?

      You would think that Mr Offensive Genius would be able to scheme plays for this kid, maybe the kids a pain in the ass, we’ll never know.

      I saw a clip of Caleb running for a his life against might Nevada, looks like the OL CAN’T block.

      And Jim Leonhard needs to be hired today, fuck that idiot Grinch and that bigger fuckhead Donte, both should have been fired last year

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  2. The OC Register said Brown is redshirting due to an injury. If I were Scott I’d be asking if the NCAA accepts a bruised ego as an actual injury.
    It is good to see the Wolf is taking credit for pointing out Brown’s lack of football talent, however isn’t that like saying Wolf cried Wolf?

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    1. Brown isn’t 0 – 4 in the CFP. Just saying so the Clownster’s don’t forget.

      Just wondering about Bill Plaschke’s take on the “Glory Hog’s” two (2) game, low key bozo FB appreciation. Is Sean Salisbury on top of this trending story?

      I mean Williams is making millions and his O/L /team is SUCC’ing hind titty.

      Did Williams’s Miami vs LAFC ticket cost $690.00?

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      1. Hey Owns, were you one of the hundreds at the Rose Bowl on Saturday night ? Also, have you picked up a pair of those nifty gold shoes yet ? Asking for a friend.

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      3. I’m not one to make light of a situation Owns, but Ucla was giving tickets away for as little as a $10 donation to Maui relief. I’m betting people in Maui were thinking, “ Gee thanks, what are we going to get at McDonalds tonight.”

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        I’m not one to make light of a situation Owns, but Ucla was giving tickets away for as little as a $10 donation to Maui relief. I’m betting people in Maui were thinking, “ Gee thanks, what are we going to get at McDonalds tonight.”

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  3. Scott – you missed the word “why”

    Jeez, why not use MS Word to help you proofread before posting?

    Anyway, had a great time at the game on Saturday – a lot of celebrity sightings!!

    It also was refreshing to not go onto this blog during game and enjoy the offensive performance. The D line and second string LBs are good as well. No comment on Donte’s DBs other than it must be coaching, right?

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    1. When you’re right you’re right. It’s not Donte’s coaching. We just have serious problems in the secondary year after year since Donte came to USC.

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    2. Nevada has a transfer 4 star RB from Oregon, sub 4.4 guy, but his longest rush was just 11 yards. The D-line and LBs played much better. Glad to see Shane Lee turning in his best performance since coming to USC, and Davis showing his speed.

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      1. Great pickup, 67. Not enough is being made of how effectively we stuffed Sean Dollars —who was rated the #6 running back in the country coming out of high school…..

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    3. I came here many many years ago, in part, to help with the atrocious spelling and Grammer. I’ve never had to correct Grabass. He must proofread. I volunteered to write and/or edit MG’s briefs. JHC how did he get through school?
      But wolfman is beyond hope.

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      1. ChatGPT will become invaluable for attorneys. Michael, just imagine how many more cases you could have handled had it been available back when you were DA.

        Cal – grammer? Grammar? The former is a noun, and the latter is the set of rules regarding language structure, if I recall.

        Finally, Scottie is beyond hope. Even though ChatGPT is shareware, he won’t use it; “It’s just not who he is.”

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      2. You didn’t correct her reflexive pronouns because it’s such a common error many think it’s correct.

        BTW, “grammar”. 😉

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      3. Ed could use your policing skills. Without the aid of an “editing t00l” we are open to ridicule from a fool like you. Like MG said, the brain will autocorrect many issues.

        It’s truly pathetic when you focus on petty issues. The blog has yet to hear your opinions on the previous two games

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      4. I would have never corrected it, Dumbass, if you hadn’t made the mistake in a post where you attempted to insult my intelligence. That’s what made it so funny!

        Otherwise, I’d have overlooked it the way people overlook my typos.

        You have a great Labor Day afternoon, Buddy!!

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      5. Everyone is talking about football or things related to it, but your focus is “reflexive pronouns”. If you don’t have something to contribute to the conversation, why say anything?

        “Everyone’s dunce”

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      6. A Big “Thank You” to Cal75!
        [FYI: I never typed my own briefs —I didn’t even write out the foundational questions for my own exhibits or research my own pretrial briefs —I always had some pretty law clerk from UCLA do all that]…..

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      7. Why say anything? Because I can.

        Everyone on this board knows you, Joe Biden & team want to limit what we can say, but thank God you haven’t succeeded thus far. Until then I’ll write whatever the f I like.

        Don’t like it? Ignore it. You crying about it the way you do won’t stop me. (Don’t lie AGAIN and claim you aren’t crying because you’re only lying to yourself. Everyone else knows that’s exactly what you’re doing.)

        In your mentally challenged mind you think you are “everyone”. You aren’t. Get over yourself. You’re a wannabe and even your avatar proves it.

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      8. So Cal,
        I don’t mind political talk (topical, etc) but going to the same sorry trope of Biden & Dementia reeks of desperation for acceptance, and I am NOT a fan of Biden. It’s low hanging fruit and it’s lazy. Take it to Facebook

        So Cal,
        Say what you want about Biden, you’re entitled to your opinion. Please find another forum to vent your grievances other than “InsideUSC”. You said the blog was a place to root for USC athletic programs. Instead of looking like a major hypocrite post content related to its intended purpose.

        SoCal, I really can’t believe you attended USC? YOU must admit you have turned this blog into hating Biden for a long time since Wolf changed server. Talk Trojan football or any of their 19/20 teams competing in
        the NCAA

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      9. Her childish copy & paste jobs again…even though many have asked her to knock it off with those. LMAO!

        Yet she wants me to listen. Her stupidity & hypocrisy knows no equal.

        Not to mention the numbers don’t come close. But she lies about that, as she does everything else.

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      11. Oh yes…and still ignoring the fact that the first of her copy & pastes was directed at both of us. But just as the media does with Dementia Joe, a nice editing job where she leaves out the part directed at her.

        And also too stupid that he points out how stupid she is for having tried to deny Joe’s Dementia. It flies right over her head, as usual.

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      12. You just had to shit in another thread due to your OCD….. Everyone was talking about football and you felt ignored so you posted some lame-ass comments about a grammar issue….

        everyone’s dunce

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      14. Infatuated? LOL

        Says the fool who goes back MONTHS to copy & paste posts about me. Not realizing what a whackjob she is for doing so. Sad.

        Go ahead, make up some lies about that. It’s what you do.

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      15. Says the freak who goes back many months to rehash comments made about me…..fucking hypocrite

        BAAAAMMM CROTCH KICK!

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

        CCowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young hates it when we post about her Dictator the corrupt perverted Senile Joe

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  4. Scott: Speaking of Bryant, he caught 7 passes for 100 yards and 2 TDs in Oregon’s 81-7 victory over Portland State

    Exactly why Brown needs to get out of Dodge ASAP.

    If I didn’t known any different, I would have thought the Deion rant was a clip taken from a movie…. Just saying!

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    1. It was JUST like a clip from a movie. You can’t do movie clips all season long. Colorado may be as dangerous in every game as it looked against TCU —but that Charge of the Light Brigade speech is of One Time efficacy.
      #PlayersWon’tBeAsMovedWhenTheyHearThatSpielThe2ndTime…

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      2. To paraphrase Javiar Bardem in No Country for Old Men— “It’ll sound canned —which of course it is.”

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  5. I’ve seen the Sanders pre-game speech several times. It’s great. But you can’t give that speech 12 times. It’s a one-time speech.
    #AndYouREALLYCan’tGiveThatSpeechIfYou’veLost2InARow…

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      1. Don’t get what I’m about to say wrong –I love Drew Brown [Ali’s “Spiritual Trainer”] but the poetic “pump” speech gets old fast —and Drew gave it once too often to Ali. In the Frazier fight Brown exhorted Ali with “If Frazier wins his family will be happy —but if you win all the janitors working nights, all the mothers with babies they can’t feed, all the men who sleep on the street every night cuz they ain’t got no homes will be happy.” Ali looked like he was listening to every word. When Drew started giving pretty much the same speech between rounds in the Norton fight Ali punched him. It’s on tape.
        Colorado may have a great season— but it won’t be because that speech gets re-worded every pre-game.

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      3. I REALLY want 15-0… and 16-0 …and 17-0….
        P. S..
        Nice work, Gabby —now both of our replies can go on the Colorado Bulletin Board for the week of September 25th….

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  6. Raleek, no blocky no rocky. Real simple. If the boy won’t perform in practice then the HC has to remove him from the depth chart. Riley will not say anything bad about Raleek, he is one of Rileys recruits. What Raleek needs to do is work harder, unless he is really hurt, and get noticed. Otherwise I cannot see where he will be missed when he takes the bag from Oregon and moves north.

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    1. On the money, Steveg. It’s not like Raleek was winning games for us while he was here.
      #Riley’sIdeaOfAFirstTeamIsTheBestEleven..
      #..Period….
      #He’sAimingForANationalChampionship

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      2. 100% on all counts —Raleek has exceptional ability —he also isn’t one of our most reliable backs or returners —it’s just a function of how much talent Riley has assembled.

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      3. Los Angeles juries always found him Not Guilty –like they did with O. J. and John Landis [and the guy I prosecuted, Edwin Moses]….

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  7. Ralek needs to get more maturity. He could play like Lloyd. If he commits himself to that. But Mater Dei coaching wasn’t the best to prepare athletes for Division 1 football. Now, having to learn so much is making the process harder to matriculate. If he leaves then God bless and hopefully it works out for him. It’s business, nothing personal. If he stays then he’ll benefit from learning while waiting.

    No matter what he needs to learn how to compete. The high school stuff belongs at high school. The switch was suggested to make him a better receiver. Oh well.

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  8. Damn, Brian Kelly. I can’t even repost what he said. “We thought we’re the two time defending champions returning.”. Well who’s fault is that for allowing that to happen?

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    1. It’s being reported that at halftime Kelly told his team “we’ve done enough —we’ve shown them who’s boss —let’s just relax for the next 2 quarters and see what happens…..”
      #They’reCallingItTheAntiPrimeTimeSpeech…
      #[HopeTheOtherKellyGivesItAtHalfTimeOfUSC/UCLAGame]….

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  9. Kelly, typical ex-domer. The team performance was total disorganization in the second half. No wonder that Kelly wasn’t LSU’s first choice, even with his faux southern accent that he tried to cultivate overnight. One newspaper nailed yesterday’s game with the headline of “Kelly Flops”.

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    2. LSU scored 7 points late in the second half after Florida started to go deep into their bench with reserves. First team D pitches a second half shutout.

      LIKED!….”Kelly Flops”

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      2. Thanks for the reminder!

        On Sept. 23rd we will get a clear picture of what ND is all about when they play Ohio St. at home. Sounds like Hartman, a Wake Forest transfer at QB, will work his way into the Heisman conversation.

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  11. Ralek is a great athlete and if he’s not 100% it’s not worth burning a year of eligibility. We have the deepest receiver group in the nation by far… But we also have a huge need in our defensive backfield. There’s nothing wrong with being a two way player! Just look at Colorado this past weekend. They have a terrific two way player who was on the field for more than 120 plays. Perhaps the players in our receiving corps who have a hard nose and love to dish out a little contact could switch to the other side of the ball and make a huge impact… literally

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  12. Scott: If Brown is simply trying to redshirt and not transfer, was he at the game Saturday?

    Perhaps Scott can put on his investigative hat on and get to the bottom of this question…Might give a better idea of his real intentions

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    1. Hate to lose a guy with his explosiveness, but I just don’t see him competing at WR, given he is 5’8″, and Joiner (and potentially Peterson, I thought he looked good during the spring scrimmage) are ahead of him at RB as true frosh. If he wants to play, the portal is prob where he should go.

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      1. Liked!…..”Hate to lose a guy with his explosiveness”

        This turned into a numbers game for Brown. USC has an embarrassment of riches at the receiver position, with a limited number of touches to go around. The line was drawn and Brown fell outside the line.

        His best hope and future are clearly at another program. I believe a player gets greater development through game experience than repetitions at practice. IMO, Riley is force-feeding Tackett’s development which has led to obvious lapses on the playing field.

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      2. Inside LB play was much better than we thought on Saturday. Hope to see more of Lee and Davis and let Curtiss grow into the position.

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      4. Next season may open a door for him at RB/WR with so many guys leaving for Grad or nfl. I think he is being talked to by Oregon.

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  13. I was hoping to be calling him ‘touchdown brown’ soon…guess that is not going to happen; the defense is playing fairly well now that starters are emerging,except the injuries at linebacker.
    The Stanford game should reveal if progress is for real.

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  14. after thinking about it more, i think the linebacker situation is one of the biggest issues on the defense.

    tackett is getting playing time, but he simply does not know what he is doing out there yet. the coaches love his athleticism and he can be elite once he understands the game, but he isnt there yet. right now, raesjon is the guy who really brings something unique to that position. but will he get to play?

    i feel like the secondary will get much tighter once they have CRW and Covington on the field as corners. the 2nd safety and nickel position are the biggest weaknesses in my mind.

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  15. Thanks for your participation, Urias will never pitch for the Dodgers again.
    What a head case. Stop hitting women you fool.

    Braves should mail it in until playoffs.

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  17. Replying to Buddha – do you think those nifty gold shoes are a distraction from the fact that, each year the gutties jerseys get darker? They’ve gone from baby blue to what now appears to be royal blue. I guess they’re as ashamed as we are disgusted. #TheyStillHaveThatTeddyBear

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  18. The gutties like to say, “It’s 13 – 9 somewhere.” Yes it was – Caleb Williams (13) to Michael Jackson (9) @ 14:08 in the second quarter.

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