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USC Morning Buzz: Do You Trust Lincoln Riley Or Matt Rhule Less?

Remember when Lincoln Riley said he was going to get more involved with the defense after his first season?

It worked out so well he fired Alex Grinch (or was forced to fire him).

Riley then hired D’Anton Lynn, who had one year of experience as a defensive coordinator.

The defense had some moments last season, except in the clutch (of course) but then all the homers claimed this was finally the year for stellar defense.

Boy, were they wrong.

Road games seem to particularly vex Riley and Lynn, so will Nebraska be a problem? Frankly, lowly Purdue was a problem and required a pick-six by a 360-pound defensive lineman (barely seen since) to secure a victory. Nebraska will be a cauldron compared to that.

Nebraska tailback Emmett Johnson is the second-leading rusher in the Big Ten, averaging 104.6 yards per game.

Quite a dilemma. Trust Riley and Lynn or Matt Rhule.

  • Notice how after the loss to Notre Dame no one talked about the Shillelagh, which remained in South Bend for the third straight year. What are the odds Riley even knows what the Shillelagh is?
  • Monday was the 75th anniversary of the release of the classic film, “All About Eve,” which is a must-see for anyone. It was ranked No. 16 in AFI’s list of the 100 best American films.

Marilyn Monroe has only a small role but practically jumps off the screen and captured the attention of audiences who wanted to know more about her.

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47 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Do You Trust Lincoln Riley Or Matt Rhule Less?”

  1. KAM: I have to jump in here and make a defense for the defense. The SC boys play hard

    DON: This is on the SC offense too. They play games too close and leave it up to the defense to bail them out

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  2. KAM: Speaking of offense the Dodgers’ last night was toothless and worrisome. L.A. needs more timely hitting, more runs, but where do you find it?

    DON: -And this Toronto team is the real deal. Each Blue Jay hitter makes the pitcher work

    KAM: Winning the world series would ‘explode’ the entire Toronto town. After winning yesterday the ‘Jays fans were seen in mass jumping up and down like pogo sticks

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    1. KAM: ‘What the F*** Did You Just Do?’ New Book By Jonathan Karl of ABC News Recounts Obama’s Stunned Call to Democrat Congressional Leader Nancy Pelosi After She Betrayed Him and Endorsed Harris!

      DON: Obama thinks he is running the party but he gets no respect. He’s out there today calling for censorship of the media and internet (once the Democrats get back in power, of course).

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    2. Dodger Ownership: Those Canadians are nothing but shallow nationalists —with a dash of Anti-Americanism thrown in—we, on the other hand, represent globalism [hope that’s an equal source of inspiration]….

      #GuessWe’llFindOut

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  3. KAM: Censored again. Let’s change the subject, but isn’t it great to know America has been our land since the 1600s. Of course we took it from the Indians

    DON: Like the joke goes “What did the Indians call America before the white man came?– Ours

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    1. KAM: What did they call America before the  ancestral group of Ancient North Siberians and East Asians  came on the Bering land bridge?

      DON: The Indians brutally warred against each other, took each other’s land, practiced slavery, human sacrifice, cannibalism and oppressed their women before the white man came and yet Democrats still promote Rousseau’s “Noble Savage” myth that they were somehow better than the rest of the world.

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      1. –No matter their manners or culture habits, the Indians were the owners of America because they were here first

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      2. KAM: Owners? Where are their deeds to their property?

        DON: They were squatters who had no more right to the land than anyone else. They didn’t respect the rights of fellow Indians and invaded them regularly and took women prisoners. You Democrats are historical illiterates.

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      3. “The Indians were the owners of America because they were here first.”

        By that logic the group that calls themselves Palestinians have no right to the land occupied by Israel. The Jews can trace their heritage back at least 3,000 years with the occupation of Jerusalem by King David in 1,000 a.d. The temple walls and artifacts and the Torah are a testament to this occupation. There is no historical record of a so called Palestinian occupation. No buildings, no artifacts, no government, no writings, and no cultural history. They largely come from Jordan. Charlie Kirk asked a self identified Palestinian antisemite dressed in a hijab “name one cultural trait that is uniquely Palestinian – music, food, dress, dance, art, ect – no response.

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  4. DON: American history is a beautiful thing looking back 400-years and what we have built-

    KAM: A fair living for most Americans but not all

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    1. KAM Americans today live much longer at a higher standard of living featuring electrification, indoor plumbing, air conditioning, refrigeration and central heating  than even Queen Victoria enjoyed.

      DON: Democrats are historical illiterates.

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    1. KAM: Barack Obama says the quiet part out loud — it’s time to “experiment” with “new forms of journalism” with “government regulatory constraints.” “Part of what we’re going to have to do is to start experimenting with new forms of journalism and how we use social media in ways that reaffirm facts and separate facts from opinion. We want diversity of opinion. We don’t want diversity of facts. That, I think, is one of the big tasks of social media. By the way, it will require some government regulatory constraints…”

      DON: Democrats love censorship as long as they are the ones doing the censoring.

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      1. The rub is that Obama and the Globalists alone decide what is a fact. Gore told us that global warming was an existential threat and this is an irrefutable scientific fact on the level of gravity. He claimed that in little more than a decade it would melt glaciers, shrink the ice caps, cause a rise in sea levels, wipe out the polar bear populations, cause an increase in hurricanes, tornados, and droughts. None of this was true. It was grab for greater government power so they could take away your gas burning car and tell you to take the subway while they fly in private jets. The damages they caused to the world economy based on this falsehood is incalculable. Thankfully, Trump has largely stopped it. “Drill baby drill.”

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  6. KAM: ‘We don’t want his likeness on campus’: Mainstream Moderate Democrat Socialist students protest Charlie Kirk statue where he was assassinated by a fellow Tranny-loving Democrat.

    DON: Democrats are the Party of Intolerance.

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  7. KAM: Marilyn Monroe had a great line about loquacious people: “You won’t bore him, you won’t even get a chance to talk”

    DON: I liked how Marilyn was told to “Make him happy” as she smilingly strolls over to meet a man

    KAM: And at the end of that clip was the actress yelling “Amen” or ‘Aaaah Men?

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    1. KAM: BOMBED IN THE USA: Movie About Trump Hater Bruce Springsteen is Turning Out to be a Box Office DUD.

      DON: Bruuuuuuuuce is just a tired old preachy lib now.

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      2. I like his 2 or 3 most popular songs. But never got into him.

        We’ll watch the movie when it hits cable. We enjoyed Jeremy Allen White in “Shameless”! He bears no resemblance to him, so we thought it an interesting choice. Curious to see his work in this role. (But not curious enough to see it in a theater.)

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      3. BTW, I have to laugh at this being posted on the exact same thread as a fool making fun of Latinos who want to use their middle names!! JEREMY ALLEN WHITE!!! LMFAO

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    2. Great cast and dialogue. Thanks Scott. You left out Sanders “go over to that man he is a producer.” Monroe “Why do they always look like unhappy rabbits.”

      Always liked George Sanders who frequently played a cynical womanizer and always did it well. And as they say, Bette Davis did not really act. She just showed off for the cameras.

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      1. Check out Davis in Jezebel or Now Voyager Plow. [Brando is the true master of showing off for the camera —so brilliantly that he throws the whole film off kilter].

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      3. Agree MG. Brando in On the Waterfront and Streetcar Named Desire steals every scene. How about Jack Nicholson in The Shinning, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Batman, and As Good As It Gets. Don’t think he was our greatest actor but always entertaining.

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      4. I bet Nicholson learned a ton about stealing scenes from working with Brando in Missouri Breaks —pay attention to their first scene together where Brando repeats all Nicholson’s lines with a devilish grin [Jack: I saw a man blow a woman’s head off while she was carrying a pale of water”…..Marlon: “A pale of water”….. Jack: “Well, that was the first time I heard the term “regulator”…Marlon: “The first time”].

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    1. You may be right PT although I am hoping you’re wrong. Thankfully, Nebraska’s defense will not be able stop our offense. Trojans are a 7 point favorite. I think that is about right. Look for a high scoring game.

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    1. KAM: If you had to put a face on why men have abandoned the Democratic Party and aren’t coming back any time soon, this would be it.https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1983294106320482315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1983294106320482315%7Ctwgr%5Eba80bd908d6e61ed88d371e7c933bdcd1c605abd%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F753582%2Flol

      DON: Liberal podcaster Jennifer Welch suggests the Dem establishment needs to get on board with wanting conservatives d e a d or else far-leftists will come “after you in the same way that we come after MAGA.” Welch: *Plays video of protester celebrating Kirk’s m u r d e r.” Welch: “Listen up, Democratic establishment. You can either jump on board with this, or we’re coming after you in the same way that we come after MAGA. Period.” This is Cowardly Gabby Mainstream Democrat Party dogma…

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    1. KAM: What’s Up With TV Anchors Adding an Accent When Pronouncing Spanish Names?

      We’ve all experienced the ‘accent road bump’ during a TV news program. That’s where an anchor or reporter comes across a Spanish word or name and suddenly there’s some very noticeable pronunciation gymnastics. It’s time for this absurd practice to stop.

      DON: Rob Finnerty asks why anchors pronounce Spanish-sounding names with an accent, starts talking in an Irish accent to prove how ridiculous it is. “As I’ve said before, I am Irish. And if I was moderating that debate, would the host introduce me as Robert James Finnerty, don’t you know the little lad that he is Robert James Finnerty?” “If the host was Chinese, would they then introduce that person with a Chinese accent? I don’t think so. Stop it.”https://x.com/CollinRugg/status/1983232925530542311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1983232925530542311%7Ctwgr%5E3a6612843b1f7de417e3dd91fa5e2c91cab35463%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F753543%2Flol

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      1. We get on the Left for crying about the stupidest things. I think this is one where someone on our side is doing exactly.

        My wife & I are amused at the local latina news reporters who say their names in a manner that makes it difficult for us to understand. But if that’s the way they want to say their name, BFD. And if someone else introduces them the same way, again…BFD.

        I watched that thinking he was going to maintain the accent while speaking, the way Kamala & AOC have during rallies with ethnic groups. He did not.

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    2. KAM: Rotund Mainstream Moderate Democrat Billionaire Illinois Governor J.B Pritzker could feed a family of 4 for the winter.

      DON: At least until March!

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  11. KAM: Big game for Nebraska and its quarterback Raiola. The Huskers still haven’t made up their minds about Raiola, but he is smart and a leader

    DON: Equally big game for SC. Wiley would like to have a chance at a Playoff berth at least up until he plays Oregon

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    1. KAM:  It was never about the cocaine. It wouldn’t have been all that surprising if the coke was indeed Hunter Biden’s, would it? The real story here was the alleged go-to reaction of the head of the Secret Services and others to destroy the evidence — just one more example of the rot of corruption throughout the Senile Joe Biden presidency that Cowardly Gabby, Tranny Bruin and trojsteve9 love so much.

      DON: The Secret Service played cleanup for Hunter on numerous occasions- they are completely corrupt.https://x.com/susancrabtree/status/1983211780089491558?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1983211780089491558%7Ctwgr%5Ec4c0e402870cfa66061268013829c3f9d2c24f9d%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Finstapundit.com%2F753594%2Flol

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  12. Road games are tough for USC, as will be Iowa. Imagine losing to Huskers, Iowa, Oregon, and the gutties. Would that be enough to pull the plug on LR? Buy out would likely be $65 million or so, but assume that it could be negotiated down.

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    2. I think they likely win all their home games. That is 7 wins. (Five against relatively easy opponents.) They already beat Purdue, so 8 wins is minimal and they likely land with an 8-4 record. They will not beat Oregon in Eugene. Very disappointing but enough to keep the recruiting class intact. Riley is safe until 2027 as long as recruiting goes well.

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      1. One thing to remember —we will probably be at full strength against Oregon — all our starting d-line, all our starting o-line, our best runner….and nothing to lose cuz we’ll be big underdogs…

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      2. Full strength will be of little consolation at Autzen.

        At home, we might’ve been able to keep it from being more than a two score game. But there? I’m not so optimistic.

        As always, love your optimism and hope you’re right!

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