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Morning Buzz: Is It News USC Plays Friday?

Do people realize USC plays a game tomorrow?

The buildup to the Las Vegas Bowl feels almost non-existent. There was certainly more buzz in previous visits.

The first time USC played in the Las Vegas Bowl, it was Pete Carroll’s first bowl game. The second time Steve Sarkisian had been hired and watched the game but did not coach.

If you want Lincoln Riley to create buzz, forget it. Riley did show up at a community service event in Las Vegas that the bowl game organized on Monday. That’s more than he seems to do in Los Angeles.

It’s going to be interesting to see how many USC fans head to Las Vegas with so little fanfare.

  • This is the starting lineup for the skill positions the last time USC played Texas A&M, which was the 1977 Astro-Bluebonnet Bowl. USC won, 47-28.
  • USC rushed for 374 yards and passed for 246. Texas A&M rushed for 486 yards.

Look at the individual stats:

RUSHING – Charles White (USC) 21-187; George Woodard (TAMU) 27-185; Mike Mosley (TAMU) 20-180; Dwight Ford (USC) 13-152.

Ford had a 94-yard TD run. Rob Hertel (11-15-248 yards, 4 TDs) threw two TD passes to Calvin Sweeney.

USC fell behind, 14-0, and then scored 34 straight points.

21 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: Is It News USC Plays Friday?”

  1. This season is it for Riley, as far as having my support. The program has regressed and I’m predicting 2025 to be as bad if not worse than 2024.
    Scott

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  2. Yes, we realize SC plays TA&M at 7:30 tomorrow. It’s the only game for me; you can have the playoffs filled with schools for whom I could care less

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    2. You would think someone who is supposedly a lawyer would know the phrase is “could NOT care less”. What he wrote implies that he DOES care, at least on some level, and that it is possible for him to care less than he does. A horrible comprehension of the meaning of basic words.

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  4. KAM: But darn you, Donald Trump, for getting me hooked on SC football this year

    DON: If you liked them this year you should have been around in the Carroll years, unbelievable run

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  5. DON They were only 6-6 this year, what’d you like about them?

    KAM: How every one of their games came down to the 4th quarter; I’m not a big football fan but I deeply felt the drama of the matter

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  6. KAM: So you like A&M?

    DON: Probably the way to bet, but I like this new quarterback SC has notwithstanding his 100-yard returns the other way

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      1. All she did was lie about who she was and what she believed in. Smart people knew that and did not vote for her.

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  7. Another reason for the college guys to hit the portal is to avoid possible injury playing an extra game, their bowl game

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  8. The coaches themselves have said it– college football is a “market” where the ‘meat is on display for the buyers’

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  9. But you cannot blame the college kids for being opportunists, trying to get a good financial deal for themselves. For most of them this is the most money per year they will see in their lifetimes

    BUT there has got to be implemened some rules and regulations for this runaway ‘train’ i.e 26 kids leave Oklahoma

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    1. You’re a lawyer, you know any impingement on the free market by the NCAA is going to get struck down now. The NCAA Era that gave us the McKay, Robinson and Carrot Dynasties is over forever.

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  11. USC didn’t even make it to the “Pop Tart Bowl”, which somehow has two ranked teams (Miami vs. Iowa State). SMDH…I hope the young guys on the team make a statement tomorrow night, including RB Bryan Jackson.

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