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USC Morning Buzz: Colleges Crossing Paths On Recruiting Trail

USC defensive coordintor D’Anton Lynn and Oregon coach Dan Lanning were at Bonita High School in La Verne on Tuesday. Oklahoma was also there.

Bonita features four-star linebacker Noah Mikhail, who has 34 scholarship offers. Lincoln Riley visited Bonita last week. Oregon defensive coordinator Tosh Lupoi was there two weeks ago.

Nothing happened Tuesday but that doesn’t mean it never does.

In 2000, USC had just fired Paul Hackett but defensive line coach Ed Orgeron continued to recruit even though the Trojans were without a head coach. One day, Orgeron went to Valencia High School, where he just happened to run into UCLA assistant coach Gary Bernardi.
“What’s he doing here?” Bernardi told a Valencia coach within earshot of Orgeron. “Does he still have a job?”
Witnesses said Orgeron adopted his infamous glare and they thought he was going to need to be restrained following the comment.
Orgeron remained upset enough that following Pete Carroll’s hiring, he requested to recruit the San Fernando and Santa Clarita valleys, so he could specifically go head-to-head with Bernardi.

  • Kudos to the Scottsdale Saguaro High School coach, who gets it with this tongue-in-cheek tweet Tuesday.
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  • Andy Enfield had a courtside seat at last night’s St. John Bosco-Mater Dei basketball game. That means he was the third-best coach at the game. At best.

66 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Colleges Crossing Paths On Recruiting Trail”

  1. ” Andy Enfield had a courtside seat at last night’s St. John Bosco-Mater Dei basketball game. That means he was the third-best coach at the game. At best. ”

    Classic Scott Wolf, and he’s not wrong.

    THANKS HADEN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      1. I think Wolf got it right, if there was another D1 coach there, Andy was 4th best, if there was another high school coach there, 5th best. If my old grade school basketball coach, who was also the janitor uh building maintenance man, was there, Andy might be better than he was, we ran two plays, the same one, to the right and left !

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      3. …btw, karma, we didn’t have ANY plays when I played CYO basketball….
        #GetTheBallDownCourt&PassOrShoot[YourChoice]
        #[TheSameKindaBasketballAndyTeaches]….

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      4. Not so fast, So Cal —Nostradamus predicted “an anti-Christ will lead the world into a thousand year war…”
        #Joe:”ImWokingOnIt,Satan….
        #….JustGrantMeALittleMoreTime”

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  2. Oregon as usual will out recruit USC in its own state. Steve Sarkisian is another example of a coach out recruiting Lincoln Riley. Let’s hope things change, and the Trojans staff keeps the top players at home

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    1. Lets see, you go to Oregon which means money up front from Uncle Phil’s war chest, smoke weed and play video games all day and probably not go to class, what’s not to like for an 18 year old ?

      Oregon is flat out buying their roster, they are playing the NIL game and doing it well, if the other schools don’t want to play, that’s on them.

      Jen Cohen said in a recent interview that the NIL rules are probably going to change going forward, but I’d bet SC still sit’s on the sidelines no matter what.

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      1. Dear Karma,
        Were you a little bit disappointed in Jen’s “we -need -to- sit -on -the- fence- &- not -move- in- any- direction- until -these- rules -are -clarified” attitude?
        #Jen’sNotAWarTimeConsilignari[IHaveNoIdeaHowYouSpellIt]….
        #[AndI’mNotGonnaLookItUp]

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      4. EAT SLEEP SHIT BIDEN ……24/7…….RINSE AND REPEAT

        (i see why the relatives avoid you, I would do the same)

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      5. MG, I don’t think Jen’s calling the shots on NIL, and even if the rules change, I don’t see SC playing the NIL game very well.

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      7. Did you see the Babylon Bee headline: “Biden cleverly tries to divert attention from Civil War by starting World War”?

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      8. karma —as usual you demonstrate more savvy than me —-[but I’d like it if Jen stood up a teeny bit to President Folt & USC’s Crack Legal Department]….

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      10. The Village Idiot having to make shit up again. What a sad, pathetic life.

        I’d wish her a great day, but it’s obvious from her posts that’s just not possible.

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      11. you took the bait AGAIN!…… It must suck having Joe in your head 24/7, such a sad pathetic life. Try a new hobby to help take your mind off of Joe.

        Tell Mrs Slo cal to hang in there. I feel for her……

        PS……any progress on the single-wide…..asking for a neighbor!

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      12. Thanks, Grabby! I’ve been pronouncing it more like Billy Crystal in “Analyze This” [when he had to slap Jelly for laughing at him]….

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      13. Calling out your stupidity is not taking the bait. Quit lying to yourself the way you do about everything else. All you do is show each & every time why you’re the blog’s Village Idiot (& so many other great names posters have given you).

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      14. TRIGGERED AGAIN!……. It must suck being you!. I feel sorry for the people who are forced to interact with you.

        I hope you can find some joy in your life instead of the constant animosity.

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      15. “I hope you can find some joy in your life instead of the constant animosity.”

        Always accusing others of what she’s guilty. Actually stupid enough to write that after she is always the one to chime in with lame, childish attempts at insults because her life is so miserable! Doesn’t get any funnier than that! Thanks, Village Idiot!!

        Anyone looking at this objectively only needs to look at the time stamps above to see that I am spot on! Quit lying to yourself. You only make yourself look more & more foolish. Make all the excuses for it you want. No one is buying it.

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      16. Once again …“I hope you can find some joy in your life instead of the constant animosity.”

        If you don’t like what I have to say then ignore me instead of letting your narcissism get the best of you. Show some restraint……….YOU CAN DO IT!

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      17. Hearing the head of the collective, it sounds like USC is somewhat closing the gap and will have more resources.

        Cohen’s interview didnt impress me. She sounds like a perfect bureaucrat – everything she says sounds good, but means nothing. Hopefully there is more substantial work going on behind the scenes.

        USC is in better shape for the 2025 recruiting season. I cant imagine that Henderson cant land a few big fish on the d-line/edge. There are a bunch of CA linebackers that are good. We dont have problems recruiting CB and safeties, so not worried there. With a top QB, I cant imagine we wont get top receivers. So it comes down to the o-line and whether Henson can land some big fish. Then throw in one running back that is elite and a tight end that is elite. Not saying it is guranteed, but having the best QB in the nation in 2025 will make things easier.

        I dont know if the wearesc recruiting service is any good, but it has USC listed as top 2 probabilities for 75% of the CA top 100 prospects. Oregon has commits from a CA QB that we dont want and one receiver that we probably do want. Some of the other players have Texas and Ohio State as top probabilities.

        With NIL money in play there is no program that will be able to put a fence around local recruits. Maybe Ohio State and Georgia can get close.

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      18. Take your own advice, Dumbass. Ignore what I write.

        Until you do, I will call out your lies, excuses, stupidity & hypocrisy any time I choose. Amazing you’re too stupid to see the cause & effect. No one is surprised. Almost a dozen have pointed it out, but you always lie to yourself about that.

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      19. Double triggered…..I bet the BP is spiking…….relax.

        Do you understand that you’re a clown and I am fucking with you…..My interaction with you is just a game I play to get under your skin. But you’re too limited between the ears to comprehend.

        PS…. there are not a dozen different people who post on this blog, dipshit!

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      20. Yeah, yeah, still trying to make excuses for her narcissistic behavior. Too funny!

        As I stated, you’re only lying to yourself. Get help, as so many have suggested. You need it badly.

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      21. Triple triggered!…….you’re so obsessed with me. I am slapping you around like a pinata and you keep coming back for more. We are laughing at you!

        You’re a clown and cheap entertainment……

        Go find something productive to do and stop responding to me….you look pathetic!

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      22. “We” = she’s hearing the voices again. LMAO

        Always in denial about what so many have said. Sad. 😦

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      23. It’s hilarious how I throw the bait out and you chase after it.

        Any progress on removing the cloud above your outhouse. I heard the EPA is going to fine you….ouch!

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      24. Says the Village Idiot after SHE couldn’t resist crying about the t-shirt. Damn, amazing anyone could be this stupid.

        Oh yeah, that’s right. It’s not her mental instability that didn’t allow her to resist. It’s her “entertainment”. Too stupid to realize what that says about her life. LMAO!

        Not to worry. She’ll continue to make a fool of herself with each & every post!

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      25. Sounds like you got a clapped ass…….love it!………

        Hope you find something productive to do. Try fixing the single-wide. I heard it’s one big eye-sore.

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  3. Gary Bernardi also coached at USC under Larry Smith, he was also a WR’s & TE coach at Fountain Valley High School in the mid late 70’s when Edison was kicking the shit out of everyone. FV & Edison had some good games, don’t think FV ever came out on top.

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    1. You made me look– Fountain Valley beat Edison and won the title in 1978 and 1988 and also beat them in 1987. Other than that I have no idea what their record is

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      2. …so, in a sense, Enfield has brought USC basketball into the limelight?
        #….TheWayEpsteinBroughtPrisonConditionsIntoTheLimelight…

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      4. Personally, I’ll never forgive Bibby for taking the starting point guard position from my buddy, Terry Schofield [actually, I’ll never forgive Wooden for that —Bibby was just the “incidental beneficiary”]….

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      5. If only Schofield had been a buddy of Sam Gilbert, things would have been different.

        Isn’t it interesting that if one googles “wooden ucla organized crime”, so many links pop up.

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      6. My Friend Owns:
        “That doesn’t make him a bad person.”
        [Come back, Owns! I shouldn’t have to do all the heavy lifting for you]!

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      9. I just wanted to make sure I read your wish correctly, Grabby —did it start out with the words “Haden” and “Courage”…?

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  5. There pops up Pat Haden’s name again, and not in a positive vein, but if the old saying of “find the good in the bad” is applied then I recall when he was the ND announcer how one time he said about something or another, “That is illegal in every state except Utah”

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    2. Pat’s actual quote was, “If only that were legal in every state but Utah”….
      #TerrifiedPlayByPlayGuyAnnouncedRetirementAfterBroadcast

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    1. Forget it….we’re competing with Oregon. He’s still talking SC because Oregon hasn’t yet shown him the Brinks Truck. Once they show him that it’s “Adios SoCal, hello Eugene”. I predict we’re not going to get this guy.

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      1. I think Tosh Lupoi got fired from the Browns and Bama in succession. Yet recruits still buy his BS. Much rather have Henderson and Lynn.

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