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USC Morning Buzz: Never Be Surprised

This is an odd one. I spoke to a former USC defensive player over the weekend who said the Trojans did not have a defensive playbook when he played.

What is a defensive playbook? Usually it contains defenses and adjustments, your philosophy, examples of situational football. It can be as detailed as a coach wants.

If USC didn’t have one, it would be highly irregular. It also might explain a few things.

It’s kind of hard to believe, so who knows. But you can never be surprised, apparently.

“It would be irresponsible,” a coach who faced USC said Monday. “A coach should be held accountable if that is the case.”

86 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Never Be Surprised”

  1. Scott – we can’t get much out of what you’re saying unless you divulge what era the said player played in. Then we’d know who his coach was, and what defensive scheme was used.You could do all of this and still keep the player’s name confidential.Sloppy journalism at best.

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    1. Totally correct, without some background on what years this player played, it could have been anyone from the Tollner to the Riley era but I’d say it wasn’t Grinch since he was over the top with schemes. Hackett had Bill Young as his DC, I seriously doubt PC had no playbook, Kiffin had Orgeron & Pendergast as his DC’s, Sark had Wilcox. Helton had Wilcox, Pendergast and Todd Orlando as his DC’s.

      Off all those guys, my guess is Orlando, if the story is even true.

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      2. You got a point there, amigo – I don’t think Scott has chiseled through enough bedrock yet to hit bottom.My money’s on the chiseler, of course.

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      4. MG……your boi grabbbyy is starting his shit again….I gave him a polite warning and he’s pushing me. I have the feces videos all ready to go. We can go back to the way it was a short time ago.

        My patience with his guy is thin. I have never posted under Frank or Tebow.

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      5. [Spoken as though I were Laurence Olivier playing Prince Hamlet] —
        I say let the Truce endure —- Let us continue on as the brothers we have been, lo, these last weeks…..
        #Amen

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  2. Who knows what era (or century) this defensive player played ball in,
    but I thought Grinch’s system was too difficult to learn which would imply that it was reduced to writing

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    1. 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 is afraid to meet PlowHorse and settle their feud once and for all.

      Plow Horse
      JUNE 22, 2023 AT 8:33 PM
      Gabby: I didn’t use the term “white guy.” The CEO of Ocean Gate used the term white guy. I suppose that reading comprehension isn’t one of your strengths. But since you brought my wife into it, something that you would never do if we met face to face, let’s meet up Mr. keyboard tough guy or are you going to chickensh*t out like you normally do. I work out at a boxing gym in Pasadena, CA. Name a date and time and I will make a reservation.

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      1. Wipe the drool, you fucking freak and stop being an instigator. You pull BS one more time and I’m back to shitting in the blog and we can all blame you.

        Get back on your meds and stop acting stupid….I am not Frank or Tebow….

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      4. I already proved it mutliple times…REMEMBER?

        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young, convicts herself again:

        Gabby
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 11:33 PM

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 11:03 PM

        You are so obvious, you psychotic .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you!

        Guilty as charged!

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      6. Here’s my favorite Gabby sock puppet Frank Young looking stupid post:

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 7:48 PM
        How the fuck did this reply end up here?

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        grabbbyy
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 8:26 PM
        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young lapses back into her Cowardely Gabby obscene persona. She just can’t stay with the script!

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 27, 2023 AT 7:25 PM
        Where have I used obscenities?

        DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 7:48 PM
        How the fuck did this reply end up here?

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        grabbbyy
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 8:26 PM
        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young lapses back into her Cowardely Gabby obscene persona. She just can’t stay with the script!

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 27, 2023 AT 7:25 PM
        Where have I used obscenities?

        DOH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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      8. more comprehension issues which led to more crying from you…..FUCK OFF OLD MAN!……Let’s meet up and see if you can really take a punch…..

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      12. you said bringing family into it was childish…….You look childish…….fucking hypocrite
        you need a good ass whipping……

        stop the crying

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      14. so you paid my mama a dollar(cheap-ass) and she kept asking you “Is it in yet”……that’s a YOU problem…..must suck being hung like a pimple…..ouch!

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      16. you just made a comment about my mama…….O’wait that just didn’t happen I was reading your comment wrong….right!

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      17. Not me. I wouldn’t give your mama 2 cents. The old man crying was her latest victim. That’s why you keep posting his video. Don ‘t lie.

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      21. PS….. ONCE AGAIN, my comment flew right over your head……must suck to be slow between the ears. You are really stupid, I am serious!

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  5. gotroy22, now here constantly posting under different names is in complete denial of his past life.
    Is this because of
    a) embarrassment
    b) fear
    c) insanity

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      4. I have nightmares of an 80-year-old humpback slapping me around……please don’t remind me. We should have a friendly meet-up and see who can take a punch?

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      2. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young convicts herself again:

        Gabby
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 11:24 PM

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 10:59 PM

        You are so obvious, you psychotic .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you!

        Guilty as charged!

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      3. When Bond finishes off Grant [in From Russia with Love], he takes his gun and says “You won’t be needing this anymore, old man.”
        #….But…
        #….GrantLookedYoungerThanBond….

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    3. TOOOOO FUNNNNNY!…….you triggered grabbbbyy and the troll lost it. He had to repost some lame-ass comments from 8 months ago to feel better about himself. According to slo cal that’s childish behavior

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    4. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young convicts herself again:

      Gabby
      JUNE 20, 2023 AT 11:38 PM

      Frank Young
      JUNE 20, 2023 AT 11:43 PM

      You are so obvious, you psychotic .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you

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      1. you senile troll…..you sound fucking lost…..Frank Tebow and Gabby are all different people…..stop acting like a little bitch and instigating shit……Here’s a simple idea, void reading all comments posted by the three names mentioned….problem solved.

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      2. You were proven over and over agian to be using the Frank Young sock puppet and you stil deny it!

        Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young, convicts herself again:

        Gabby
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 11:33 PM

        Frank Young
        DECEMBER 29, 2023 AT 11:03 PM

        You are so obvious, you psychotic .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you!

        Guilty as charged like the Senile Joe Crime Family

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  6. I guess most of us are working on one form or another of aliases
    God forbid if they talk to their friends the way they write on Wolf’s blog

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    1. Slo cal continues to use the MAGA approach so friends and family now hide from him. He takes pleasure in giving us his daily Biden update!

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      2. stop the crying…….the videos made the intended impact……you don’t see gradddyy posting 50 Biden comments daily, lifted off “X”…….. It’s called cause and effect. knucklehead

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      3. Lying again about who started crying. It’s above in black & white with time stamps, yet she tries to pretend it’s not there. Oh no, she’s not mentally disturbed. LOL

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      5. Speaking of Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young, she is so stupid she keeps convicting herself:

        Frank Young
        JUNE 20, 2023 AT 2:11 PM

        Gabby
        JUNE 20, 2023 AT 2:26 PM\

        You are so obvious, you psychotic loon .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you!

        Guilty as charged!

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  7. Scooter,

    If it is true what your wrote, then the head coach should have been fired due to breach of contract. His job is to produce the best team to his ability. He did not ensure that. This is disgusting but seeing the slopiness in the athleletic dept, it would not suprise me.

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      1. Sparrow,

        Agree and it depends on how hard the school wants to go after him. However, if they did go after him, they would have to hire a defensive specialist and breakdown tape to see if the dc was doing a good job or not.

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  9. No one mentions that Riley lost his team last year – they wouldn’t tackle on defense and some would not block on offense. A starting DB left the team and hasn’t been back. A starting OT stopped blocking and now transferred. It’s not just about fixing the D. They won bowl because the players rallied around MM. What happens in 24 if the O underperforms too? Riley is a O-Coordinator not a coach. Has he set off field standards and discipline yet that Hyde pointed out?

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    1. Riley is a really good coach. He’s still learning. What is he about 40, maybe 41? When Nick Saban was 40 he had been a HC one year. He had won 9 games as a HC. At the same age LR has won 74 games. I think that they will have a very good team next year and make the playoffs.

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      2. He’s not Saban. Not now…..but we can’t predict what he will be unless, of course, we are Nostradamus.

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      3. Riley acts like he doesn’t want to coach much longer. Did you read the article on him last year ? It’s like he was or is going through a mid life crisis. Do you really believe he had pneumonia last year ? Guy is fragile and aloof.

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      5. I noticed it the moment it posted and corrected myself. Unlike you, who claims something right there in black & white for all to see doesn’t say what it does. Talk about cognitive lapses!

        Go ahead, lie about that, too.

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      6. you sound pathetic……just like MG was calling you a half-wit and you claimed he was talking about someone else….you have cognitive lapses quite often…..so stop the crying…..your perception is not reality …old man

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      7. Great, SC pays $120 million to Bohn’s Folly to have an internship. Since Pete left 15 years ago, SC is the place to come where you can make all sorts of stupid mistakes on and off the field, go to rehab and learn the hard way on our dime so you will someday be a good coach for another team like Texas or Ole Miss.

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      3. either you and Scott are the same person or you both suck the same cock……the breath reeks….just saying

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      4. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young, she is so stupid she keeps convicting herself:

        Frank Young
        JUNE 20, 2023 AT 2:11 PM

        Gabby
        JUNE 20, 2023 AT 2:26 PM\

        You are so obvious, you psychotic loon .You only appear when Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young appears, you support her leftist kook agenda in lockstep and you completely ignore her disgusting vulgar obscene posts. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young fills the blog with impersonators and made up posters … just like you!

        Guilty as charged!

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  10. I don’t know if coaches “lose their team” because college kids want to show-off their stuff, so it makes sense they are trying their best no matter if they respect the coach or not

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    2. John —You’d think [having the brains they were born with] college players would be aware of just how much they’re hurting their NFL stock when they “act out” on the field —– but you’d be wrong. The Trojan post practice pressers were replete with attitude and indifference. The missed tackles and blocks after the Notre Dame loss [culminating in the absurd loss to UCLA] were evidence of a coach “losing his team.” Nobody can tell me the Trojans were giving it “their all” for the second half of the season.

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