Lincoln Riley says “there is a sense of urgency” at USC this season.
But it was a year ago I constantly used the same phrase and wrote USC needed a sense of urgency because it was the last season with Caleb Williams and in the Pac-12 Conference.
Instead, Riley screwed around and kept Alex Grinch and coached arrogantly.
Now there is a sense of urgency with LSU, Michigan, Notre Dame and Penn State on the schedule. Wonderful!
- I’m told USC coaches hope defensive back Greedy Vance emerges in training camp because of his football moxie. It’s a trait lacking the past two years in the secondary.
- Offensive lineman Gino Quinones is back after missing last season with a knee injury. He is getting some reps at center. How much playing time is available there with USC’s best lineman, Jonah Monheim, playing center.
- It’s too bad Tim Tessalone retired because he will miss all those new media opportunities with the Big Ten Network. Oh wait . . .
OLYMPICS MOMENT OF THE DAY
https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.jsThe Olympic surfing semi finalists had a WHALE stop by. #ParisOlympics 🐋 pic.twitter.com/r14xWnLTm4
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 6, 2024
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
What a whale of an Olympics
Kamel-a: According to the latest polls people think you are better with the economy than I am
Stump: Yeah, money– I expand pockets while you reduce them
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Football pactice in August is akin to spring practice in baseball. Everybody is starting out 0-0, everybody is optimistic about the upcoming season, and all want to forget about last year
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Kamel-a: Oh I don’t know, we might ‘break-even’ on that one
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Kamel-a: Have you ever thought about what goes into the ‘budget’
Stump: Well, yes I have
Kamel-a: That was rhetorical, what do you pin our primary differences on?
Stump: How much time you got?
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