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An Overdue Transfer

Darwin Barlow entered the transfer portal yesterday. No surprise there. He was underutilzed and needed to get out of USC.

The question is why didn’t Lincoln Riley know how to use Barlow?

Was it because Barlow was a powerful, conventional back? The kind of guy who would get you a first down in a short-yardage situation instead of being an Air Raid back?

The stats show Barlow was more than a powerful runner. He averaged 6.0 yards per carry last year and 10.1 yards in very limited appearances.

Maybe he wasn’t the receiver MarShawn Lloyd and Austin Jones were. Who knows?

But he’s was definitely someone who could have helped the team. Air Raid coaches tend to be picky about their tailbacks, however. Barlow would have been better off never coming to USC.

104 thoughts on “An Overdue Transfer”

  4. Fact is with an unmangeable 75 to 85 players on the SC roster at any one time, and that each of these players was the ‘Big Man’ at their high school, means there are a lot of “wasted” players’ talents on any football team wanting development.
    “I’m just as good as that guy” is a common refrain

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    1. Sometimes I wonder if the jealous underlings are the problem, but then I wake up and realize they are easier to fire. Maybe Stinkin Lincoln is afraid of personal conflict.

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    2. Better ? They played ucla who would have trouble scoring against SJB and got boat raced, Orego kept shooting themselves in the foot and still scored at will

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      2. By the time USC played UCLA the team had quit on Riley. Maybe it’s temporary. Maybe things will get back to normal when and if we get a first magnitude defensive coordinator. But anybody could tell from the surly attitudes exhibited in player interviews during bruin week the players were disgusted with the program.

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    3. Sparrow Calypso

      DECEMBER 1, 2023 AT 7:50 PM

      SC’s defense was better under Grinch than after he was fired;
      now that is a scary thougbt

      The only two idiots as dumb or dumber than Alex Grinch are Shaun Nua and Donte Williams

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    4. You all going on like a good D coordinator is a fix for all the team’s ills. USC hasn’t had a good defense since Pete left. Think for a minute, what hasn’t changed? Through all the different coaches on both sides of the ball – there’s one thing that hasn’t changed.

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      3. They’ve all been stats crazy former QBs of moderate success. Ed doesn’t count as he was interim. USC has been more focused on numbers and breaking records. Matt Barkley 7 tds vs Colorado. I mean, Lane broke Marquis Lee – he’s out of the league as far as I know. They’ve never cared about defense, it doesn’t get the same amount of eyeballs a flashy offense gifs. They’re ironically, in that Norm got run off by Pete for taking too much of the attention b/c they lucked into Reggie & LenDale at the same time, they’ve all been chasing the ghost of those Norm’s offenses.

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      4. Can’t argue with that. I remember announcers saying [at the very end of the Holiday bowl against Wisconsin], “This is the final drive Cody Kessler has waited for his entire career —a chance to show he can do more than chalk up stats in meaningless games.” Cody immediately threw an interception to kill the drive and lose the game.

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      1. How do you fucking forget what year your house burned down?…… Dementia?

        And why lie about being married? Tell Ms. Solo I said hello!

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      2. Post your area code right now so I know it’s you…then call and I’ll pick up.
        I’ll tell you all about how it’s possible to have more than one home, a feminist wife who kept her maiden name, forget your anniversary [and other stuff when you lead a busy life], fly back and forth between L. A. and Oakland and Maui on machines called airplanes….all kinds of stuff.
        Call me. I’ll be so nice it’ll make you puke.

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    2. Slo Cal is a pedophile pervert, he admitted he likes 12 year old looking girls

      So Cal

      NOVEMBER 20, 2023 AT 4:12 PM

      Doesn’t matter if she looks 12.

      What a sick perverted clown

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      1. And Gabby/Tebow still making up her own sick, perverted version of what I stated.

        Only said that doesn’t mean Scott is sick for mentioning her attending a game. She’s a celebrity. But go ahead and keep mentioning it, showing what an idiot you are.

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      4. He said it doesn’t matter……which means 12 or 18, he’s all over it….he is one sicko……I see why the relatives don’t let their kids around him……he also likes 74-year-old women lactating

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      5. No one is a bigger sicko than you, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama

        Gabby (original)
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 9:22 PM
        horse plow wants to use his wife’s black dildo to enter the peenus sword fight tourney. The guy is hung like a pimple… I promised we wouldn’t laugh

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    1. I hope you’re right on that. If UCLA finished 11th in the nation on defense, that is great being that the Pac-12 was the best offensive conference in the nation last year. If he finished 11th at UCLA, he would have finished higher at SC since SC had much better players than UCLA, offensively and defensively

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      1. go fuck yourself…..you limp-dick troll……Gabby burned down your blog so you had to quit impersonating him and mocking Biden…..Gabby slapped your ass around like a pinata….that pineapple MG got slapped around also…..The fraud still can’t explain how he was posting the day after the Maui fire when it was reported all service was down….the guy is an imposter

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      3. Get a grip. The island of Maui didn’t burn down. My side of the island got evacuated —but we had phone service.
        Call me, I’ll explain. You’ll learn. And grow.

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      4. Your house burns down on a Saturday and you’re on an airplane back to LA the next day while your displaced family is left at Harris Ranch. So you can make it to court on Monday and brag about it! What loser would leave his mentally and emotionally distressed family behind for a job…….I find it difficult to believe any logical and caring person would do that……I have doubts about who you are…

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      5. We have no doubts you need incarceration at Atascadero State Mental Hospital for the rest of your short miserable life, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama.

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      7. Ha. [I guess I believe in the 19th century concept of the Perfectibility of Man]…..
        #TheTimeTravellerToTheEloi:”ICanTeachYouAboutCivilization”

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      8. Instead of adding 2 and 2 and consistently coming up with 5 just call the number on my state bar site…. I’ll help you out…
        #LetMeHelpYou

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      13. Coaches generally spend, on average, about 2 to 3 years at each school(if they are good up and coming coaches) and then they move on. Every time they move on, some other school is poaching them.

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      2. If that is true then SC got a good one. UCLA was 11th in the nation in total defense and 2nd in rushing defense. That’s hard to do in the best offensive conference in the nation. I’m still a little skeptical. I’ll believe it when I see it.

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    1. And also gotroy22 and fake Gabby……fucking limp dick trolls his own fucking blog…..the bald dipshit is desperate for clicks….

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    2. Oneway, if Gabby/Tebow/stmarseille/Joe Maui/Mrs So Cal/Village Idiot believes it, you can bet it’s a lie.

      She claimed MG & I were the same person. LOL

      As so may have said, she’s not all there.

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      1. Gabby takes great pleasure in getting under your skin….you take the fucking bait every time…..many members have called out your stupidity for going it…you limp-dick freak……how’s the kiddie porn…..you should be locked up!

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  13. Man WA is taking it to OR – Huskies now up 20 – 3 <2 minutes to go 1st half.
    Bo Mix 's passes, especially his side tosses have no 'lift' – the Duck tight ends are having to wait and then crouch to grab them which then gives the Husky defenders a chance to close as the Duck receiver turns to advance….until this last series….Ducks moving

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    1. Pedophile Slo Cal who likes 12 year old looking girls is pulling for those fashionista outfit wearing clowns from Eugene.

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      1. 10, 11, or 12 ……slo pa-troll says there is no difference he still gets off on it……disgusting pedo…..the guys need help….

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      2. How would a psychotic street bum know what is appropriate, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama? You are a sociopath.

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      3. I gotta say this…. tebow is lighting a fire under us tonight… the blog has come alive…
        #IfTebowDidn’tExist,We’dHaveToInventHim

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      7. You are the pervert, Board Dunce aka Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama

        Gabby (original)
        JUNE 23, 2023 AT 3:23 AM
        horse plow said he can use his wife’s black dildo for the peenus sword fight

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    1. I thought you were going to end it all after your latest epic beat down last month, Board Coward, Zero Football IQ Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka Cowardly Gabby/TebowObama.

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  16. WA defeats OR… in bound to the Rose Bowl to face MI should MI defeat IA tomorrow 1st round of playoffs.

    Congrats all around in making Riley ‘wake up’ per the hire of Anthony Lynn from bel-air tech…..Jen Cohen’s mgmt is evident in this move and her intent is now making Riley understand what is expected next year….he handles the offense and he no longer ignores the defense by relegating it to his ‘friend’.

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  17. Riley Coyote’s biggest nightmare is another terrible season in 2024, then opening the 2025 season hearing “We want Helton” chants while playing Georgia Southern.

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