Month: July 2024

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USC Notes: Four Players Won’t Be 100 Percent To Start Camp

USC coach Lincoln Riley said today that four players will not be able to go 100 percent at the start of training camp on Friday. The players are Carson Tabaracci, Makai Saina, Jadyn Walker and Kalolo Ta’aga. The 2027 Big Ten women’s basketball tournament will be in Las Vegas. The 2025 and 2026 tournaments will be in Indianapolis while the 2028 tournament will be in … Continue reading USC Notes: Four Players Won’t Be 100 Percent To Start Camp

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Morning Buzz: Why Does USC Struggle To Say Right Things?

You know what is annoying about the current uncertainty around the USC-Notre Dame rivalry? Notre Dame seems to be saying all the right things about continuing the historical rivalry while USC gives mixed messages. “We have every intention in the world and every desire to keep that USC-Notre Dame game going for as long as it possibly can,” Notre Dame athletic director Pete Bevacqua told The … Continue reading Morning Buzz: Why Does USC Struggle To Say Right Things?

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USC Morning Buzz: The Least Favorite Night Of Year

The Salute to Troy kickoff barbecue dinner will be held August 23rd at Allyson Felix Field (Cromwell Field). This is not Lincoln Riley’s favorite night of the year. USC head coaches have always hosted the event. Riley has yet to do it. He scheduled a recruiting event two years ago at the Coliseum the same night as Salute to Troy and showed up late to … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Least Favorite Night Of Year

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Surprise! USC Loses Another Southern Recruit

Stop if you heard this song before. Four-star cornerback Dominick Kelly from Tampa has decommitted from USC and committed to Georgia. How many Southern decommitments is that? Four? Five? And yet people were getting excited over the weekend when Xavier Griffin of Gainesville, Ga., committed to USC. It’s great to recruit these guys but you have to actually sign some of them too. Continue reading Surprise! USC Loses Another Southern Recruit

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USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Noise As Practice Beckons

It’s officially the first week of practices, as USC starts Friday at 7 a.m. at Howard Jones Field. I’m going to keep track how many times Lincoln Riley (and anyone else in the program) talks about ignoring the “noise” from the outside. Noise means anything that is said that a coach doesn’t like. Clay Helton used to love the term too. It’s an attempt to … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Noise As Practice Beckons

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USC Sunday Buzz: Do You Trust Commitments?

Does anyone trust USC to keep a recruit from Georgia’s commitment for the next 17 months? For one thing, will any of the coaches who recruited him leave USC between now and then? This is Carroll’s Bar in Galway, Ireland. No sign of Pete Carroll. 40,000 people watched Taylor Swift’s concert on the hill today in Munich, according to the local police. Others 74,000 were … Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: Do You Trust Commitments?

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