Morning Buzz: Anxious Time For Some USC Fans

USC season-ticket holders were supposed to find out yesterday afternoon who got tickets for coveted road games like Notre Dame, Nebraska and Oregon. But the deadline passed without any notices on the road games. Of course. Can’t say I’m surprised. One reason it matters is because some fans are actually worried about attending what is potentially the last USC-Notre Dame game. Not that the powers … Continue reading Morning Buzz: Anxious Time For Some USC Fans

USC Notes: Football Spin At Its Best/Worst

This is the spin that Lincoln Riley wants, to say the 110,000-square foot McKay Center, which opened in 2012, is “average at best.” It’s a rationalization for the $200-million football building that Riley demanded as soon as he got hired. It’s funny this video highlights the McKay Center while criticizing it. USC hopes the new, much-needed $200 million performance center takes the Trojans to another … Continue reading USC Notes: Football Spin At Its Best/Worst

USC Morning Buzz: When Is Northwestern Game?

USC opens its season against Missouri State, which is making its FBS debut. “USC will do whatever it wants in the season opener,” College Football News unsurprisingly writes in its season preview of the Bears. Lincoln Riley must be thrilled. USC is selling this shirt in the bookstore with the wrong date for the Northwestern game. It obviously printed the shirt before the game got … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: When Is Northwestern Game?

You Can’t Always Judge Coaches By Awards

This is pretty funny. When John Bolton was named NCAA West Region men’s assistant coach of the year last week, he had already left the USC track and field program. Sources said he and head coach Quincy Watts clashed during the season so he quickly departed as soon as the season ended. USC even announced another assistant had taken over Bolton’s duties a day after … Continue reading You Can’t Always Judge Coaches By Awards

Morning Buzz: An Outrageous Attack On USC’s Storied Accomplishments

If the media do anything well, it’s fawning over their subject matter. Still, I never expected that Sunday would see a ridiculous claim from multiple writers in Omaha, Neb., that LSU was “college baseball’s greatest-ever program” after the Tigers won their eighth NCAA title. Did they forget that USC has won 12 NCAA titles? It started with Scott Rabalais, a sports columnist for the Baton … Continue reading Morning Buzz: An Outrageous Attack On USC’s Storied Accomplishments