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Morning Buzz: Does USC Tradition Matter Anymore?

It’s no secret that Lincoln Riley is no friend of tradition to USC football.

Just look at his feelings toward the Notre Dame rivalry, which is lukewarm at best.

But a former staffer said that Riley was against hosting recruiting dinners with great players from USC’s past.

Most schools try to bring out their biggest former stars to recruiting dinners where high school players rub elbows with the great players from the school’s past.

The source said the recruiting staff respectfully said it was a good thing to have former players show up at recruting functions.

The response? OK, but tell them not talk about the Pete Carroll Era.

That’s a great attitude to have toward one of the greatest periods in USC football history.

  • USC women’s basketball was upset by Iowa on Sunday, 76-69.

But the Trojans earned the respect of the Hawkeyes’ crowd when Coach Lindsay Gottlieb had the team stay on the court after the game and watch the retirement jersey ceremony of superstar Caitlin Clark.

“We had decided prior to the outcome of our game that we were going to stay out there to be part of that,” Gottlieb said.

45 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: Does USC Tradition Matter Anymore?”

  1. Wow, a sports ‘courtsy’ extended by SC to watch the opposing team’s retirement party. What were they going to do,, walk out of the party?

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      1. Musselman may turn out to be a good coach and turn the basketball program around, but he’s still a p r i c k

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  2. So I’ll also assume no players from the McKay era are allowed, which was more successful than PC’s. No players from Robo 1, which featured an OL that some pro team’s envied and no players from the PC era because that makes the Boy Blunder look like the joke of a head coach he is.

    And this clown gets 10 million a year, a ” Chief Of Staff “, all the recruiting staff that he wants, a new football facility, a driver, not having to attend alumni functions or campus events, THANKS BOHN !!!

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  3. Wiley figures it takes energy on his part to ‘entertain’ Famous SC guys from the past, at least to socialize with them a bit. And that’s not his thing.

    Besides, Wiles is dealing with a state of mind that says “I can’t believe this is happening to me”– the present is too real and the past is already forgotten

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  4. Today’s footballers don’t think like the footballers when we were kids, it’s primarily about the money now- ‘What’s in it for me’ stuff

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  5. The ‘market is setting “price-tags” on the various footballers, thus evening out the field for the top 20-or-30 competing football-schools

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  6. -The SC women’s basketball team lost to Iowa on the Hawkeyes’ home court, not a real upset, but with the Trojans forgetting that there were other ‘Hawks on that team besides their retiring ‘star

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  7. -Can’t blame Wiley for being faint about the SC-ND rivalry; making the Playoffs often goes through Notre Dame and SC wins only 1/3 of the games in South Bend

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    1. Mexico’s prez just slapped trump around like a p i n a t a.

      Putin, Biden and Xi are laughing there a s s—–off.

      wait for it….fake Gabby to respond with the typical stale stupidity

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      2. Panama entered into an agreement to allow China to operate the Canal zone. This represents a security risk given that some of our Navy ships continue to pass through the Canal. After Trump threatened to take back the Canal, Panama has now agreed not to renew their contract with China which expires in 2027 and will attempt to persuade China to leave the Canal before the expiration date. Another win.

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      4. Yet ANOTHER example of how dementia, incompetence & weakness was not the way to go in 2020. But the morons who voted for it actually tried to deny those traits were in any way exhibited by our previous administration, resulting in much of the death, destruction & suffering that we saw over the past 4 years.

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      5. And Dementia Central aka Cowardly Gabby has it completely backwards as usual. She needs to start doing the opposite!

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  9. Not sure why Riley doesn’t want to talk about the Pete Carrol Era. I suppose he doesn’t want his team to be compared to those teams. I think that is a mistake. I recall Riley talking about the potential of the USC program when he left Oklahoma and indirectly cited the Carrol Era. “USC is in the middle of Los Angeles, one of the great cities of the world with tremendous opportunities for its graduates; powerful alumni base; great academics; great local athletes t recruit; unmatched football history; beautiful weather; ect. It may take us a few years but we are going to have the Coliseum rocking.”

    Well, maybe he’s right not to mention it given his 7-6 record with loses to Maryland and Minnesota.

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      1. Cowardly Gabby weeps: Chuck Schumer warned Americans over the weekend that stuff from Mexico would become expensive because Mexico would retaliate against Trump’s tariffs and never give in. Today, they gave inhttps://x.com/CatchUpFeed/status/1886453488244207817?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1886453488244207817%7Ctwgr%5E45af32f93b948e2b0b119664a5926aacd6637521%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F700254%2F

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      2. trump folded like a cheap suit and didn’t have the balls to follow through with his campaign promise.

        the guy has yet to address the economy .and inflation. He’s selling eggs at close to.$10 a dozen

        JOE IS LAUGHING HIS A S S OFF.

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      3. Where’s the link that states Joe is “laughing his ass off”?

        Now she is stupid enough to think she speaks for Joe. LMAO

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      4. He imposed tariffs, Mexico caved, Canada will soon, how did Trump not do what he said he would ? Oh wait, you’ve got the IQ of a cabbage, maybe.

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  12. U.S. consumers will see higher prices at the gas pump from President Donald Trump’s decision on Saturday to apply tariffs on Canadian and Mexican oil, according to analysts and fuel traders.

    where is the outrage from slo.cal…… he cried everyday about the price of gas when Biden was in office

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    2. Poor Cowardly Gabby was lied to by the criminal Schmucky Schumer! Chuck Schumer warned Americans over the weekend that stuff from Mexico would become expensive because Mexico would retaliate against Trump’s tariffs and never give in. Today, they gave in

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  13. CLR’s refusal to embrace the greats of USC’s past is characteristic of a narcissist. People like this are really insecure and they do not want any of the spotlight on anyone else except them. This is why when USC losses, it’s never CLR’s fault. It’s either the players, the officials, or some other outside entity.

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  15. -But paying the Chipper 6-million was a bit over-the-top, even by ‘Vegas standards. 4-mil probably would have done the job, but the ‘Raiders wanted to make a big splash with their first ‘Raid’

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  16. DON: I can relate to this football coach Pete Carroll making another comeback and having the time of his life. We’re both singing, “Back in the saddle again”

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  18. Scooter,

    Musselman is winniing with a new team. He might make the tournamanet with bigs wins over top 25 programs.

    Get rid of Riley. he is the perfect woke, sissfied, and political crap coach. he is too nice. He comes right from Freddie Blassie’s image of a Pencil Neck Geek.

    Baseball starts this month. Too bad SC has to go to Irvine to play. They hopefully will make the tournament.

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    1. Panama’s President has ended the country’s Panama Canal deal with China, immediately following a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Are we tired of winning yet, Cowardly Gabby?

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      1. Their deal with China wasn’t supposed to end until 2027. If Biden or Harris been in office as that date approaches, the deal would have been extended 20 years or more!

        Peace Through Incompetence & Weakness only resulted in bloodshed. Dims don’t care when the lives lost aren’t their loved ones. They’re incredibly selfish.

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