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USC Morning Buzz: There Continues To Be Drama With QB Recruitment

USC has continued to “strengthen its relationship” with four-star QB Husan Longstreet of Corona Centennial, according to On3.

Nothing I’ve heard from USC sources currently indicates Longstreet intends to flip his commitment.

So what is USC up to? Isn’t USC going to get five-star QB Ju Ju Lewis, who remains committed to the Trojans?

I have to say I tired of Lewis’ recruitment a long time ago. He committed to USC but has been visiting colleges and sending mixed messages for awhile.

It’s a little rich that USC is now recruiting Longstreet harder. It probably could have gotten him a lot earlier since he lives in Corona.

  • Defensive line coach Shaun Nua said expectations for defensive end Braylon Shelby are “probably higher than anybody on the team.”

That is going to place a lot pressure on Shelby. It also means if he makes mistakes, which are natural, people will remember this quote.

  • USC announced that visitors to campus will continue to be required to register even when classes begin August 26th. This is a continuation of a policy that started during last spring’s lockdowns.

USC is also going to build a permanent gate/fence at the McClintock Ave. entrance, where thousands of students enter campus. That should be nice and smooth once school starts and everyone tries to enter the same entrance.

OLYMPICS MOMENT OF THE DAY

Alice Finot of France finished fourth and set a European record in the steeplechase, then proposed afterward.

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12 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: There Continues To Be Drama With QB Recruitment”

  1. It used to be that a footballer courted the college, now it’s the other way around with the “insane taking over the hospital”

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  2. Interesting would be to compare the differences between a top quarterback and an average quarterbacks– what is the effect he has on the game and rate them a percentage, say 60% (all these guys can Play) to 100%

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  4. The new NFL kickoff rule is a dandy– The kicker still kicks from his 35 yard line, but the rest of the kicking team lines up on the opposition’s 40 yard line with the receiving team lining up only 5 or 10 yards away.

    In this way with the kicking team at the receiving team’s 40 it seems long returns will be difficult, but there will be more returns because the kicking team is penalized to the 30-yard line if the kick either goes out of the end zone or is touched down by a receiver

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  8. Oh I don’t know, there’s nothing better than digesting information and throwing opinions out there with or without an audience

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  9. And besides, one of the other SC blogs only prints stories once every 2-3 days, not at least once a day here, so blogs come in all sizes and shapes

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  10. Back to the topic… why court multiple QBs? Well, its obvious: “commitment” means nothing. Its a safe play for a QB recruit to “commit” early (and have a landing spot), but if a better situation arises at another college and the “commit” school flounders (i.e. loses games it should win, doesn’t look like its on a success-vector) the QB candidate can take his services elsewhere if there is interest (and there should be). If the team does well, then the “commit” can just follow-through and look great doing it…

    So for the program (lookin’ at you, LR), knowing that each QB will only stick to their commitment when the program has the attributes of success… it behooves the program (LR) to ‘hedge bets’ and cultivate other QB recruits to both mitigate the risk of losing the franchise QB “commit” – and also, but to a lesser degree, encourage competition between QBs for the starting job (in the event the program actually looks like it can survive and thrive… in the Big10 in LR’s case).

    Now substitute “QB” for “any self-respecting player on either offense and defense” – and to a lesser degree, it should hold. But the QB is the most important position on the field, and the greatest single determiner (in general) of the football team’s success…or failure.

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