UCLA fired offensive coordinator Eric Bieniemy and is expected to hire Indiana QB coach Tino Sunseri.
I’m mentioning this because as far back as the season-opener against Hawaii I’d heard that Bieniemy’s playbook was way too big and a problem for the team.
It’s good for the rivalry that DeShaun Foster is not messing around. He has hired one-time USC assistant Demetrice Martin to coach the secondary and is expected to replace offensive line coach Juan Castillo.
Is Lincoln Riley going to hire the new linebackers coach or will he just pawn it off to D’Anton Lynn?
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
The first thing Norm Chow did when he came to USC was to trash Paul Hackett’s L.A. County wide play book and simplify everything. And we all saw the results. Translation, these NFL Playbooks are ten pounds of crap in a five pound bag.
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I was going to make the same comment about Hackett, it was obvious to me even before Chow came. Remember the number of false start penalties his teams had? All due to the players thinking rather than reacting. But the biggest proof of this was in the 1980 Rose Bowl. That team with a historically great offensive line only had 10 points well into the 4th quarter until Robinson told Hackett (his OC on that team) to simply run White behind Munoz on the last drive.
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Hackett got this reputation as an offensive genius because he coached with Bill Walsh, and for some reason people bought into all of that despite his offenses being mediocre at best. Hackett tried to be cute in that game and show the midwesterners from Ohio State what West Coast football was all about, despite have an all world offensive line that could’ve pounded Ohio State into submission.
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And now his son Nathaniel has gravy-trained off Dad’s name.https://www.newyorkjets.com/team/coaches-roster/nathaniel-hackett
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Oh please leave it to Lynn. Riley’s Rolodex ran out as soon as he got off that plane from Norman.
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Jack Del Rio left Wisconsin following a DWI. He’s available, would love to come to USC and is cheap.
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Woke Carol won’t allow it.
Our girls start round 1 of NCAA volleyball tournament in 5 minutes vs UTA! GO TROJANS! BEAT THE MAVERICKS!!
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Lady Trojans beat the Mavericks 3-0. Advance to round 2 tomorrow at 4:30!
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Against #3 Texas….https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/volleyball-women/d1/2024
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Was hoping Corpus Christi would upset Texas in their first round play. Gonna be a tough one!
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Gundy may be on his way out at OSU. I doubt he’ll be unemployed long, if that’s the case. Heck, if Clay can get a job as quickly as he did!
HE’S 57! HE’S A MAN!!
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Scooter,
SC will be 6-6 next season and the good players will leave while SC gets lower ranked players. After that SC will go 5-7. Eventually they will be a bad team with a losing record
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The 2026 schedule is brutal!https://fbschedules.com/2026-usc-football-schedule/
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congratulations to the women’s volleyball team. One down, five wins to go.
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congratulations to the women’s volleyball team. One down, five wins to go.
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USC WR Kyron Hudson enters the Portal.https://www.latimes.com/sports/live/ucla-usc-football-ncaa-portal-tracker
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Jahkeem Stewart Faces ‘Gold Digger’ Criticism Over Alleged $2M USC Commitment Dealhttps://www.essentiallysports.com/high-school-football-news-jahkeem-stewart-faces-gold-digger-criticism-over-alleged-two-million-usc-commitment-deal/
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So Colorado cuts a deal with Lewis for $915,000, if he sticks around, and SC dips into its deep pockets for a reported $2,000,000 for Stewart. Football colleges have become like the NFL, only with more freedom of movement
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The colleges no longer pretend these are student athletes. They are mercenaries who aren’t around long enough to learn the school fight song before they leave for another gig.
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Jahkeem is getting $2 million per year or $10 million total for 5 years…They learned the hard way from Bear
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-But ‘bought-and-paid-for’ footballers has not dampened tv ratings with the Playoffs playing a big part
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Worst ever:https://x.com/catturd2/status/1865027061116457175
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Anyone with a triple digit IQ knew a Biden Presidency would be the failure that it has been. So sad how many people do not love the country enough to have avoided this. Not to mention all the other countries who have been affected by our current incompetence & weakness. So many lives lost, both foreign and domestic. 😢
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That excluded Cowardly Gabby aka Kathy.
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However, for the average football fan something has been taken away from their favorite college team, like amateur standing
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Debunked – the great Diversity, Equity and Inclusion myth practiced at USC..https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/debunked-the-great-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-myth/
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–On a roll, got a few past Mr. Censor, or is it Mrs Censor
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Just In: CBS News reports that Joe Biden is preparing to issue preemptive pardons for Liz Cheney, Adam Schiff, Anthony Fauci, Gen. Mark Milley, and top aides of his administration because they are all criminals who betrayed America to serve the Deep State Regime.
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Gabby,
With due respect, the answer is no, it is never old to pile on Riley. I am hoping that he gets a wiff of the complaining and does a self reflection and changes his approach to the game.
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Hasn’t this incessant piling on Wiley gotten old yet?– He’s here to stay, probably for 3 more years. The public’s cries for Helton’s firing went on for years and had no effect as SC stood pat
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The Brainless Rah Rahs’ newest Talking Point is Lincoln Riley is a victim.
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Wiley has the reputation among coaches that despite some questionable play-calling, overall Wies is good at offense. Not all coaches are
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Lincoln Riley’s inadequate 2024 play-calling at USC:https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/other/the-truth-about-lincoln-rileys-inadequate-2024-play-calling-at-usc/ar-AA1uJwTc
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KAM: With this 12-team format I’m getting into college football
DON: I just hope 3-loss Alabama sneaks in with its exciting quarterback. Come on, it is ‘Alabama’ afterall
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At the end of Year 3, USC has yet to find its identity under Lincoln Rileyhttps://www.latimes.com/sports/usc/newsletter/2024-12-02/usc-football-lincoln-riley-the-times-of-troy
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-Probably a safe bet that these league championship games become like the dinosaurs did– vanish. It’s now all about the playoffs
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Senile Joe/Kamala White House Worked Directly with the City of Chicago to Place Immigrants Across the State While Leaving Homeless Chicagoans to Freeze
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A problem with playoffs is that despite each team having stellar seasons, only 1 wins while the other 11 go home thinking only about their last loss
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Lincoln Riley could not figure out how to use USC’s best weaponshttps://trojanswire.usatoday.com/2024/12/03/lincoln-riley-play-calling-issue-usc-football/
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If the Bowl system were in place and these 12 teams were paired against each other, you would have 6 winners instead of 1
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Lincoln Riley Learn From Michigan Wolverines Failures?Nope!https://www.si.com/college/usc/football/usc-trojans-football-lincoln-riley-learn-michigan-wolverines-failures-offensive-line-big-ten-analysis-miller-moss
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It is a longshot to win a Champonship today. No more Alabama title runs. Even the Top-4 teams need 3 wins and the remaining 8 teams need 4
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Colleges are starting to charge different amounts for different majors. There are pros and cons to this. The cons worry me more – do we really want to push people into the cheapest majors to teach? – but decide for yourself.
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High-profile coaches are probably good at handling criticism because they have had plenty of practice at it with each loss. I read where one coach said criticism of him was like 2 flies on a rhino’s back. In other words, he didn’t think much of it
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CNN Democrat Propagandist Jake Tapper wonders if Climate Change is making earthquakes stronger. A seismologist has to tell him there’s no evidence of that.
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The only time they insert the “without any evidence” standard is when Trump says something. Biden, Kamala and anyone else on their side can speculate about anything without having that qualification inserted. The ABC team, (Mary Bruce, Martha Raddatz, Jonathan Karl, David Manure) are notorious for doing that.
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Cowardly Gabby never provided proof for her screeds.
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Some of the stuff she came up with was hilarious! Pulling stuff out of her arse and claiming she had debunked something!!
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