Would Eric Henderson have gone to the Washington Commanders if D’Anton Lynn was still the defensive coordinator? Probably.
But once USC hired Gary Patterson, Henderson couldn’t get to the NFL fast enough.
As a former Patterson colleague told me this week, “Gary’s the type of guy where you could be having dinner with your wife or girl friend and he’ll just walk up to you and start talking about something he saw on film. He’s never thinking about anything but football.”
That’s great if you are a former Patterson player or coach from the TCU days, but for these guys at USC, it’s a culture shock they won’t want to stick around for.
- Eric Musselman said Chad Baker-Mazara has a grade one knee sprain and will not practice today or Friday. USC plays Penn State on Sunday.
- This is a funny clip involving former USC safety Bryson Shaw with ex-Ohio State player Steele Chambers because it never actually mentions the football, coaching or winning when comparing the Trojans and Ohio State.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
“all you had was Bush and Lienert…The arrow is going down” ouch. two NFL flops. this Shaw kid has the desperate tone of a Scientologist arguing L. Ron Hubbard is still alive.
#SouthernCal’sACult
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I checked the 2026 team recruiting rankings for football. I kept looking for the gutties, page after page…finally found them at number 63! Worse than their big brother Cal Bears! Tell me it isn’t so!
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According to Phil Steele UCLA’s schedule is a “gift.” The Big Ten responded to Phil’s characterization by saying, “UCLA is a pus*y team that needs all the help it can get…..we intend the meet them halfway.”
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Thanks to everyone for educating me about the convoluted mind of Scott. I do appreciated everyone’s analysis of USC coaching and football in general when it is objective or stated as opinion. Win or lose, I am a Trojan. One of my daughters went to UCLA so I do cut them some slack unless they are playing our Trojans. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962
P.S. I agree with Plow Horse…..I want coaches obsessed with coaching.
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Scott, I really don’t understand you. You compain when the coaches aren’t intense enough; then, you complain that Patterson is too intense. Please make up your mind and get over the fact that players and coaches leave nowadays. My bet is that Lynn and Henderson got great offers that they couldn’t refuse. The object in playing and coaching is to get better job offers based on the money and position. If you are asking, would I take Lynn and Henderson and Belk over Patterson, Gonzalez and whoever he brings in for DL. My answer would be Patterson because he has the better resume.
Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962
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Dan, you make some solid points, but don’t you EVER suggest the wolfman is wishy washy.
#Wolfman’sWordIsGospelHere
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I would defer to anyone more knowledgeable than me about Scott. I just wish that he would make a case for the kind of coach that he prefers. If he complains about everyone, then what does he want and why? Dan, Class of 1962
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#HisReasonsAreHisAlone
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And Ambitious’ questions are his alone…. and my posts are mine alone [this is beginning to sound like dialog from an Ed Wood Movie]…..
#”TheMartiansAreOutThere&IAmOutHere&YouAreOutThere”
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Wolfie often plays both sides against the middle and his constant negativity is his favorite schtick trick
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Ah! Exactly.
7 Dimensional Chess [taking into account magnetic waves traveling faster than the speed of light when they intersect]….
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Bryson Shaw has a unique perspective given he played for USC and Ohio State. Really enjoyed his back and forth with his former OSU teammate. Shaw says USC is clearly the better decision based on the school, academics, environment, weather, marketing opportunities, NIL, facilities, ect. However, the one thing he did not mention was coaching and development and he played under Riley and Lynn. In fact, it sounded as if coaching had very little to do with his decision on where to go to school.
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Makes sense when you think about it….
#…[ButIStillThink2026WillBeLincoln’sYear]
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Glad to hear that Patterson is obsessed with watching film and talking football with his assistant coaches. If that is a problem with the assistants, get rid of them. Coaches should be obsessed with the game. Carrol and Chow used to put in 20 hour days evaluating film.
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Love the Kiffin story where he walks into Pete’s office and Pete is involved in a non football discussion with someone over the phone…Kiffin goes “Coach! What are you doing?! There isn’t time for this!!”
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