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Monday Buzz: Did USC Take Advantage Of Its Receivers?

When people hyped up USC’s receivers last season or next season, it’s hard not to remember that a mere seven years ago (2019), USC had Michael Pittman, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Drake London at wide receiver.

Tyler Vaughns and Velus Jones were also part of the receiving corps.

Did USC take advantage of it? Well, Kedon Slovis passed for more than 3,500 yards. But the Trojans went 8-5 and lost to Iowa in the Holiday Bowl.

  • I mentioned in November that USC was in a strong position to land five-star forward Christian Collins of St. John Bosco. Now I hear Collins is expected to commit to the Trojans.
  • Former USC basketball players Duane Cooper, Dwayne Hackett and Yamen Sanders were among those who attended Friday night’s screening of the George Raveling documentary,  “Unraveling George” at Crenshaw High School.
  • USC swept Pepperdine this weekend at Dedeaux Field. Kevin Takeuchi had six RBI.

8 thoughts on “Monday Buzz: Did USC Take Advantage Of Its Receivers?”

  1. Yes I remember those receiving years. Clay Helton couldn’t build an offensive line so he decided to go to the air raid. He hired Graham Harrell who didn’t seem to care if the line blocked for the quarterback. J.T Daniels absorbed too many hits and had to sit out the 2019 season. Kedon Slovis stepped in and looked great as a Freshman but he too was injured with multiple concussions and hits to his throwing arm. It is an absolute shame what Helton and Harrell did to these young athletes. They were never the same after playing a year in that offense.

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    1. Slovis nearly lost his right shoulder/elbow versus Iowa in the bowl game.

      The idea behind the air raid/spread offense is that it can be useful when you have an overmatched offensive line, so the goal is to keep the defense guessing and off-balance to try to compensate for an O-line that can’t compete straight up. That is the complete antithesis of what USC should be.

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      1. KAM: Just think, Pat Haden could have hired Ed Orgeron to be our coach after he beat #4 Stanford but that effete snob picked Drunk Sark instead.

        DON: And Drunk Sark imploded leading to Hugs Helton. 8 years wasted.

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  2. Finally, some positive comments from our resident journalist, Scott. The starting pitchers this past weekend against a traditionally good Pepperdine team were excellent. I am very impressed with the coaching.

    We did have three NFL all star receivers a few years ago, but we also had Clay Helton as the head coach.

    Great news about Christian Collins especially if Arenas stays for a full year……both players are worth the NIL money.

    Thanks, Scott, you are redeeming my faith in your journalistic ability. RIP George Raveling. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. College athletics is structured such that we want Arenas to play “well”, but not “too well”, since if he performs “too well” then he will be a lottery pick and we lose him after less than one season. SMDH.

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  3. So true, the NIL needs to be better than the starting rookie salary. We are in the pros now in college sports. The new GM seems to understand this reality. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  4. KAM: Fire UCLA professor Mark Tramo: E p s t e i n affiliate, Good D e m o c r a t and p e d o p h i l e enabler just like Cowardly Gabby!

    Over 7,000 people signed a petition calling for associate professor Mark Tramo’s removal. 

    A University of California Los Angeles professor’s online profile was removed from the school’s website after his name appeared in the files, according to KTLA.

    DON: More bad news for Cowardly Gabby!

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