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If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

USC actually comes out in good shape financially by trading Andy Enfield for Eric Musselman.

They make about the same money but USC gets a $1 million windfall because Enfield’s buyout ($2 million) was more than Musselman’s ($1 million).

  • Am I the only one who thinks it will be a jarring transtion for Kobe Johnson to go from Andy Enfield to Mick Cronin?
  • USC basketball players Kaitlyn Davis and McKenzie Forbes have formally filed to be included in the WNBA Draft. They had an extra year of eligbility if they chose to use it.
  • During Andy Enfield’s tenure as basketball coach, USC had:

Three university presidents.

Four athletic directors.

Six football coaches.

  • The word in college basketball circles is SMU turned down Musselman for Enfield. We’ll see how that works out.
  • The University of Washington wants to hire former USC assistant coach Tony Bland. A three-year show cause order, which prevents Bland from coaching in college basketball, should expire later this month.
  • And now for some history:

MARV GOUX STORY

Marv Goux, the legendary USC player/coach, could scare any player.

In 1962, Goux reportedly stood above an injured player at USC practice and said:

“Listen, you’re not hurt. Get off the ground. No one’s ever died at Bovard (Field).”

  • When USC played Navy in 1949, George Tirebiter was not amused by Navy mascot Bill the Goat. To his credit, the goat isn’t backing down.

But it was not the goat regularly used for Navy games. Instead, Navy used a goat that lived at Naval facility in Compton.

RECORD HOLDER

When Earl McCullough ran track for USC in 1968, he was also the world-record holder in the 120-yard high hurdles. He was the favorite for the gold medal at the 1968 Olympics, but they were held in October that year.

McCullough, who was also a wide receiver, was drafted with the 24th pick by the Detroit Lions in the 1968 NFL Draft and opted to play football instead.

WINNING TICKET

The Bay Area Weekender is a thing of the past thanks to the move to the Big Ten. But in 1975, USC QB Vince Evans drew the winning ticket from a Mortar Board contest that allowed two students to have an all-expenses paid trip to San Francisco for the USC-Cal game.

  • Actor David Prowse, who played Darth Vader in the original Stars Wars movies, spoke at Bovard Auditorium on Nov. 27, 1979. When he showed a film clip of Darth Vader in Star Wars, the students hissed.

“What a lovely reaction,” Prowse said. “Please — more.”

David Prowse signs autographs at USC
  • Do you think Eric Musselman will ever meet with USC faculty and staff like Stan Morrison did in 1979?

RESTAURANT OF THE WEEK

The Shrine Auditorium used to have a coffee shop? Imagine when they filmed the scene from King Kong at the Shrine, where Kong breaks his chains at the theater. The cast and crew could just go eat lunch or dinner inside the auditorium. Those were the days!

King Kong at the Shrine Auditorium

A RICH HISTORY

Can any other university claim two Japanese Prime Ministers were alumni like USC?

Here’s Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki visiting his alma mater in 1975, talking to USC President John Hubbard. Did you know former NFL linebacker Takeo Spikes was named after Miki?

Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also attended USC.

USC president John Hubbard (left) talks to Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Miki.

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON

  • Here’s an anecdote on Eric Musselman’s father, former Minnesota coach Bill Musselman.

A USC INSTITUTION

The 32nd Street Market had a grand re-opening at its new location in 1975 when it moved to the just opened University Village. USC student Chris Econ shops at the new market.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

It’s a return appearance by Linda Ronstadt, here singing “Desperado.”

PICTURE OF THE WEEK

The L.A. Traffic Commission wanted to promote its new plastic paint that dried in 90 minutes in 1955. So what did they do? Of course, they got two actresses (Rita Moreno, Virginia Leith) to come down and try it out (in heels). It really was a different world.

68 thoughts on “If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column”

  2. -Don’t believe SC was too motivated to save $1-million when they’re paying $15-mil every year to its 2 main coaches

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  3. Wolf makes another reference to the good old days, this time it is 1955. What changed?– The vitriolic ‘Demolishers-Repossessors’ hatred

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    1. In 1955 the wouldn’t have believed you if you told them in 2020 we would an elect an old man with dementia who would act like a dictator and attempt to shut down free speech & lock up his primary political opponent. They wouldn’t believe that could happen here.

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      1. Not to pick on you, So Cal, but this is the type of incendiary accusations that perpetuates the hatred and leaves America afloat with no one to captain the sinking ship

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      2. The way slo cal talks, you would think Biden is the one running from the law.

        Trump has absolutely no politicak platform. His entire existence is using all means to avoid prison at the expense of shitting on the Constitution.

        Joe is the lesser of two evils!

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      3. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young is oblivious to all the crimes Senile Joe committed. Yet he was excused for many of his crimes because he is senile!

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      4. You preachy libtards are to blame for America’s decline and fall. You use Open Borders to flood the country with tens of millions of illegal aliens to terrorize the citizens, use lawfare to twist the law to persectute your political enemies and do catch and release with real criminals. It is infuriating to watch your Democrat Party destroy the USA in real time

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      5. you sound like a babbling buffoon…….

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

        fucking freak!

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      6. You aren’t a baboon, you are the Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young.

        You love your senile lying Dictator!

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      8. you’re posting opinions, not facts…..fucking dumbass doesn’t know the difference between the two….not surprised

        There you have it folks, the blog dunce

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      9. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young can’t handle the FACT that his Dictator was found to be too senile to be tried for his many crimes!

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      10. Joe’s attempt to create a Disinformation Governance Agency to shut down anyone who disagreed with him was right out of “1984”!!

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      12. hey dumbass…..LJ threw out some.bait and you were all over it like stink on shit…..fuxking mental midget

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      13. Hey Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young, you actually defend this doddering old pervert:

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      14. So Cal says the truth and now that’s

        ” incendiary accusations that perpetuates the hatred and leaves America afloat with no one to captain the sinking ship ” ???

        Old Joe is demented ( it’s not a stuttering issue ), he’s also a crook who sold his country for his own profit.

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      16. You are the Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and need incarceration at Atascadero State Mental Hospital. You support flooding America with murderous illegal aliens

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  4. Musselman is definitely better than Enfield, just hope he can tone down his idiocy and recruit the local talent and not just rely on the portal.

    Linda Ronstadt, dated that dunce Jerry Brown, was engaged to George Lucas ( how did Wolf miss that ? ), did so much coke that her septum had holes in it and now she’s got Parkinson’s, but she could sing !

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    1. Jerry Brown, who turns 86 this weekend, may have been a ‘spaceman’ with some of his wild ideas, but the man was no “dunce”

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      2. Jerry Brown allowed state employees to “collectively bargain” or strike for higher wages and benefits. Perhaps the most destructive single act of any California politician. 

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    2. Ronstadt did cocaine, huh– That is remindful of a Robin Williams joke when he said, “Cocaine is God’s way of saying “You’re making too much money”

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      2. Nope, that was a Robin Williams quote.

        Yep, Ronstadt did tons of coke. Stevie Nicks did so much coke that she did the same thing to her nose as Linda. Crosby, Stills & Nash were called the Frozen Faces by their manager because they did some much coke. Jackson Browne had a horrid coke habit.

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  5. Bye Bye Broney, we hardly knew you.

    36% shooter

    26% from the 3 line

    67% free throws

    4.8 points agame

    Good luck in the D League or overseas. If you’re daddy wasn’t China LeBron James, you’d be a nobody.

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    1. Speaking of Daddy…

      If there’s no NBA interest, daddy’s gonna call in a favor. Duquesne’s new coach, Dru Joyce, was a high school teammate of LeBron’s and a longtime James family friend.

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      2. Senile Joe for 25th Amendment 2024

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      3. LMAO! Says that “Trump for prison” is the goal, yet claims above that Joe’s dictator behavior is just an “opinion”.

        They don’t get any stupider than the Village Idiot.

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      4. you fucking stupid sack of shit……if you said Joe’s behavior is that of a dictator, that is a FUCKING OPINION!

        They don’t come any stupider than the blog dunce……the fruit loop doesn’t know the difference between an opinion, belief or fact…….he looks like a fucking idiot……why do you fools put up with this freaks stupidity?

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      5. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young hates it that America despises her corrupt Dictatoe Senile Joe as much as we despise her!

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      8. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young for Atascadero State Mental Hopsital 2024. You lie as much as your Dictator Senile Joe!

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      9. Yeah, Grabbbyy, in all of the pictures of the bridge that collapsed I still can’t see those train tracks Joe claimed to have used “thousands of times”. LMAO

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  8. Sports, what sports?– Interesting how the Dodgers’ brass strong-armed an innocent couple out of Ohtani’s first Dodgers home run. That ball may have been worth $50,000 or more

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    1. Well, the same sentiment others express about the P12 Network is how I feel about TWC & their handling of the Dodgers’ games. Ridiculous of them not to allow providers to offer it a la carte, to those of us willing to pay for it.

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  9. Wolfie does put up football pictures that depict the violence of the “sport,” what with that one above showing suclas and Trojans having clenched fists as they attack each other

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  11. You’re telling me that Robin Williams stole a joke from Richard Pryor? Are you sure it wasn’t the other way around

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    1. that fools is so limited he can’t recognize the difference between an opinion and fact….yet calls someone a liar over his obvious stupidity…..

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      1. Says the person who lies on here more than anyone.

        You got caught above confirming my statement, but are too stupid to see it. That’s a YOU problem, Village Idiot.

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      2. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young is so limited she can’t tell the difference between truth and lies:

        Gabby
        FEBRUARY 22, 2024 AT 7:09 PM
        you’re the only limp-dick who gives a shit what I said 8 months back … ….. I FUCKING LIED…..I FUCKING LIED…….AND NO ONE GIVES A FUCK BUT A FREAK LIKE YOU…..

        GO FUCK YOURSELF WHILE A DECIDE WHAT HORSE SHIT VIDEO TO POST

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      1. One day she admitted it!

        Gabby (original)
        JULY 8, 2023 AT 3:06 AM
        no one is going to fight someone over comments made in a blog…..plow is an old man just popping off…and you fucking know it…

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      1. In the “old days” joke-stealing among comics did not happen, but with today’s crowd “anything goes” and besides, there is no copright or patents on ‘jokes’

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    2. Board Skunk Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the Bruin Fan aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young has devoted over 20 years of her life to spamming this site daily with her lies and obscenities. She is as pathetic as her Dictator Senile Joe. Even The Rock has wised up about Senile Joe.

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      1. Wow! A lot of people won’t admit how stupid they were for thinking a Biden Presidency would be anything but the failure it has been. His 2020 voters have so much blood on their hands.

        Good for him! Some people learn from their mistakes. Many others do not.

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      2. you’re going to have blood on your hands after I slapped you around like a pinata…….limp-dick pussy boy….aka The Pedo

        PS…..Joe wants to let you know, thanks for the free rent….

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      3. You ran like the yellow belly coward you are when Plow Horse said put up or shut up, Cowardly Gabby!

        Fake Gabby ducks when called out!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 10:23 PM
        Gabby is the biggest pussy on this blog.

        Still waiting for dates, Mr. keyboard tough guy.

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