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Dorian Singer Enters Transfer Portal

I’ve been waiting for this because there was no way wide receiver Dorian Singer could afford another season like he just had at USC.

Singer entered the transfer portal this morning, a year after he came from Arizona amid high expectations. To his credit, he stayed and played in the Holiday Bowl.

But Lincoln Riley never figured out how to use Singer, despite the fact Singer had 1,105 yards receiving at Arizona in 2022. He had only 289 yards receiving at USC in 2023 and caught just 23 passes in 13 games.

One might argue Singer would play more in 2024 with USC’s current roster situation. But he couldn’t really take the chance of two subpar years.

38 thoughts on “Dorian Singer Enters Transfer Portal”

  1. Singer flourished in the small pond Arizona
    but the ocean of SC receivers was too much
    and besides, it is all about ‘Me, I and Myself’

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    1. …but you can readily see why he made the decision he did —directly after the game both Lincoln and Caleb were singing his praises …
      #HeThoughtHe’dFoundANewHome….
      #[ButLifeAtUSCDoesn’tAlwaysWorkThatWay]

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  4. USC in 2026

    News headline

    ” Carol Folt retires as President of USC, new President sought ”

    USC Board of Trustees interviewing Claudia Gay

    BOT ” Hello Ms. gay, how are you ? ”
    Gay ” Just great, glad to be here. ”
    BOT ” We have a couple of questions. ”
    Gay ” I thought you might. ”
    BOT ” Did you plagiarize 45+ items in your papers ? ”
    Gay ” Absolutely not. Missed quotation marks maybe, but I never plagiarized one passage. ”
    BOT ” We see that you’re a huge DEI proponent.”
    Gay ” Yes I am, how do you think I got to where I’m at, my brains ? ”
    BOT ” Good one Ms. Gay. You claimed that your firing from Harvard was race related, can you cite some specific incidents ?”
    Gay ” Bill Akerman, he’s a rich white guy who came after me because I’m black, period. The NY Post, we all know how racist that newspaper is, and it leans right if you didn’t know. ”
    BOT ” What about the claims made by the female black professor from Vanderbilt ?”
    Gay ” Haters gonna hate, what can I say. ”
    BOT ” Now, about these anti Semitism claims, can you address those ?
    Gay ” Black Lives Matter, have you seen those people in Gaza ? They are pretty close to being brothers and sisters, and Jews look white, need I saw more ? ”
    BOT ” Great. Well, we’ll be in touch, but if we were you, we’d start looking for property here in Los Angeles, if you know what we mean, haha. ”
    Gay ” Fantastic. I hope I can do for USC what I did for Harvard. “

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    1. This would be a lot funnier if it weren’t so likely to happen …
      #YouMightBeOffOnTheDate,Though…
      #…2026IsPrettyFarOff….
      #…AndGayIsAvailableNOW

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      1. USC has their white version of Claudia Gay

        USC 12/2021

        USC has been embroiled in a free speech quagmire over tweets posted by Yasmeen Mashayekh, a 21-year-old, Palestinian civil engineering student whose statements include, “I Want to Kill Every Motherfucking Zionist,” “Zionists are going to fucking pay,” “LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA” and, “I fucking love [H]amas.”

        So far, the administration’s response has failed to satisfy anyone, with professors accusing school leaders of being more timid than they would have been if another minority were targeted, while students say they feel threatened, and demand Mashayekh’s expulsion. But Mashayekh and her supporters say they’re the victims here.

        On December 1, 60 faculty members sent the latest in a series of letters to USC President Carol Folt, Provost Charles Zukoski, and board of trustees chair Rick Caruso, urging the school publicly rebuke Mashayekh and take action “to distance USC from her hateful statements,” theLos Angeles Times reports.

        “The silence of our leadership on this matter is alienating, hurtful, and depressing,” the letter read. “It amounts to tacit acceptance of a toxic atmosphere of hatred and hostility.”

        In their December 3 response, Folt and Zukoski said that the issue “has disturbed us deeply as we understand very well the hurtful impact of the statements on Twitter that you quoted, not only to those who are Jewish but also to those of us who know how harmful antisemitism is when left unchecked.”

        USC officials say that when they first learned of the tweets this summer, they pulled Mashayekh—who is an undergrad but also takes graduate courses—from her job as a paid mentor for the Viterbi School of Engineering, but she still apparently works as a “diversity, equity and inclusion senator” for the Viterbi Graduate Student Association.

        Folt and Zukoski told the faculty that it would be against state law “for the university to remove anyone from a student-elected position based on protected speech.”

        They add that the school is working to “deepen our understanding of manifestations of antisemitism on campus.”

        USC Chemistry professor Curt Wittig, who signed the faculty letter, counters that in turbulent times, when the world starts looking for scapegoats, such assurances are little comfort.

        “Jews were the main target of that scapegoating in the first half of the 20th century,” Wittig tells the Times, noting a recent spike in antisemitic attacks and other hate crimes.

        Calling the administration’s response “a deflection memo,” Wittig says Jewish students he’s spoken to feel threatened, adding, “We expect something a little more forceful.”

        Biology professor Judith Hirsch concurs, telling the paper, “If a Jewish student had written the same tweets about Palestinians, we would be equally distressed.”

        Although the tweets had been deleted, self-described watchdog group the Canary Mission posted a video to Twitter on November 22 highlighting some of Mashayekh’s tweets, the Jewish Journal reports.

        Previously, the group Stop Antisemitism had also tweeted about Mashayekh, causing the organization Palestine Legal to claim in July that, “USC responded to the smear campaign by quietly removing Mashayekh from a post celebrating women leaders at the engineering school. After Palestine Legal intervened, Mashayekh was added back to the post.”

        Palestine Legal has not responded to a request from Jewish Journal to explain what post they were referring to, but students and members of the community at large have responded by demanding Mashayekh be expelled.

        For its part, USC Viterbi School responded in a series of tweets, “The individual is a member of a graduate student group that is self-organized, elects its own council members, and does not set the university’s policies… Even though the statements at issue are legally protected, we understand they are disturbing. USC rejects and condemns hatred in all its forms.”

        Mashayekh now tells the Times that, as a result of her tweets being republished, “I don’t feel safe on campus,” adding that she’s received death threats. Her supporters are circulating a letter of their own, asking USC to issue a statement “that demonstrates support for a student who is currently being disproportionately singled out.”

        One of Mashayekh’s republished tweets has been getting extra attention for including the phrase “yel3an el yahood.”

        While some say that translates to, “Curse the Jews,” Mashayekh insists it is merely “the term Palestinians use for the population that is occupying their land.”

        She further explained, “Zionists will do anything to make Palestinians look anti-Semitic because Zionism clings onto Judaism as a lifeline the same way white supremacist in the KKK cling onto Christianity to gain credibility. Don’t be fooled.”

        Mashayekh also contends that “yel3an” does not translate to “curse,” but is simply “a request for God to cast judgment.”

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      2. Exchange the word black or mexican or asian or gay or trans for the word zionists in her rants and see how long Mashayekh would last at any college in america. They would deport her. But use the word Zionist or white or jew or christian and NOOOOOO PROBOLEMA….let’s make her a tenured professor.

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      3. “I Want to Kill Every Motherfucking Zionist,” “Zionists are going to fucking pay,” “LONG LIVE THE INTIFADA” and, “I fucking love [H]amas.”

        At USC, the above is apparently protected speech. Carol Folt said that the school is engaged in an effort to “deepen our understanding of manifestations of antisemitism on campus.” You must be kidding. This is arguably worse than the President of Harvard’s statement and she just resigned. (Has anyone checked Folt’s dissertation for plagiarism.)

        “Kill the Zionists” is not protected speech in California or any other state. Would love to see the legal citation. And it clearly violates the code of student conduct because it constitutes a threat of violence and harassment against an ethnic and religious group. This is an opening to terminate Folt, Caruso and the BOT should take it. If that happens, donations would skyrocket.

        Meanwhile, Texas just enacted a law that prohibits all DEI policies or offices on public college campuses.

        https://www.texastribune.org/2023/12/28/texas-new-laws-dei-ban-colleges-universities/

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  5. My guess is that USC is going to be focused on evaluating transfers with more years to play and more upside potential. If the new focus is really on development and they think they have the coaches to do it, then recruiting more great athletes that need some development rather than mediocre guys with lots of experience is the way to go.

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      4. I don’t see colors or ethnicities or sizes or religious preferences—I only see football players…
        #I’mAuditioningForAPositionInTheFrontOffice

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      5. You would not be hired.

        As so many are today, especially the current U.S. Administration, so may other things should be considered AHEAD of qualifications!

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      6. That NDSU D-Lineman looked great in his high school highlights although I’m not sure what kind of talent he was playing against.

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      2. Oregons going after him? Forget it!!!! It’s SC’s promises versus Oregons Brinks truck. Which do you think that he will choose.

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      3. Your wish has been [partially] granted, parcelman —- LR HAS decided to move on….
        #…UnfortunatelyNoOneWantsHimTheMoment..
        #..ThingsMightChangeIfHeGetsToBig10ChampionshipGame..

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      5. I don’t want him to move on. He deserves a couple more years. Give the guy some time. I actually think SC will be really good next year.

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