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USC Morning Buzz: The Difference Between Genuine And Forced Stunts

Chad “Charmin” Bowden made a splash (literally) when he walked to the top of the diving platform Saturday in the USC swim stadium at Swim with Mike fundraiser and jumped in the water.

Did he know Pete Carroll did the same thing years ago?

The difference was Carroll did it as a way of taking part with Swim with Mike and interacting with his players. Bowden seemed to make it about himself. For example, he wore a pullover and long pants when he jumped into the pool. It felt like a stunt. Carroll dressed appropriately.

But let’s remember Bowden also dressed like a leprechaun a few years ago at Notre Dame. So it’s nothing new.

  • Guard KJ Lewis of Georgetown visits USC today. He averaged 14.9 points and 5.1 rebounds last season.
  • USC is ranked No. 10 in the nation in today’s Baseball America poll.

Iowa led the Big Ten with a .318 batting average and was held to a .163 average in three games over the weekend. Unfortunately for USC, that kind of thing mattered much more last weekend when it played UCLA and the pitching faltered.

For many fans, they don’t follow the team closely until the Crosstown Rivalry. The same goes with track and field, when the dual meet is the most important thing.

16 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: The Difference Between Genuine And Forced Stunts”

  1. Scott, you still have not answered the question, where you at the Family Fun Day, and did you try to interview Chad or Jen? Must you always be snarky, the sweep of Iowa was excellent and yes UCLA has a great baseball team and a pretty good women’s water polo team. And, are you really commenting on how Chad was dressed when he jumped into the pool. You never cease to amaze me with your deep search for negatives….please find joy in your life for a happier life. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. Wolf is trying to show you that what PC did wasn’t a stunt, that USC sports across the board don’t so well against their crosstown rivals in most sports, and how USC bent over for their pathetic head football coach to build his dream football building without securing the money in advance and now can’t find anyone to finish paying for it.

      Dan, maybe you should meet up with Kenny Hart, you two would get along just fine.

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      1. As a public school, what is the amount of money being paid to UCLA basketball players. Is it the same amount that was paid to their players in the Wooden era by Gilbert, Pauly, etc. If players are now pros, then offer multiyear contracts. Jazzy going to the Bruins would be a big loss. Are NIL sponsors going to have their logo on jerseys. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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      2. Budda, Scott is just being snarky as usual. Uncle Pete did lots of stunts like players pretending to jump off buildings and bringing celebrities to team meetings. Why is Scott criticizing Chad for having fun and doing stunts? And, why is he comparing everyone to Uncle Pete when during the Carroll era he was his super critical self even with Uncle Pete’s success All I want from Scott is good, honest reporting about USC sports. He doesn’t need to entertain m. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    2. Ambitious is 100% right…. but he doesn’t appreciate Scott’s brand or Scott himself. Scott is not only our resident Bad Boy…he’s a big fan of Montaigne’s famous motto: “I don’t follow the etiquette of polite society. I would rather offend strangers once than myself every day.”

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      1. MG, thanks for always teaching me something that I didn’t know. The quote is great. You are so right about Scottie being one of a kind. If I want USC sports journalism, I can go to the USC Peristyle Podcast with Ryan Abraham and his crew. I always appreciated the insight of Dan Weber and Harvey Hyde. Scottie is more of an opinion writer than a journalist. While Scottie’s snarkiness gets to be too much, the comments from you, Plow, SoCal and others are good reading. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  2. Jeff Goodman, a longtime college basketball insider who now works for the Field of 68, reported that the average price for power conference point guards is $3 million-4 million, wings are going for $2.5M-3M and big men are the most expensive at $4M-5M.

    “For a proven all-conference player, it is $2.5 million to start the conversation. What you’re going to see a lot of people doing is budgeting a lot of money for starters and then not building in a lot for depth or bench guys. You’re going to see a lot of teams that are top heavy.”

    This past season, there were only a handful of teams with payrolls in the range of $10 million or more, led by Kentucky at a reported $20 million. But that number is expected to increase significantly across the board. Getting to $10 million feels like the basement level for high-major programs that want to contend.

    Ya think USC is going to spend 10 million on basketball players ???????

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  3. wolfman, Jazzy spotted at Coachella with Sienna Betts!! she posted a pic of them together on her IG so many consider this a clue. well she better move fast, players from all over country are trying to sign on the Lady Bruins, the hottest team in country!!

    #LimitedAvailability

    PS: UCLA baseball winning streak up to 27!!!

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    1. I hear the NCAA is looking into ucla’s “womens” basketball team, they think some of the “women” are actually men, hell, four of them had 5 o’clock shadow in the finals, get them better razors Chuck !!!

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      1. Same goes for their women students…. and professors…..and trustees…. and donors…..

        #….And,Especially,Fans

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  4. Interesting how Wolffie, who used to belittle Pete when he was coach now commends him and compares the present coaches, who he wishes to belittle to him.

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  6. Leave Wolf alone already, he is what he is. Changing Scottie would be like trying to drive home some common sense to the elderly MAGAs on this blog

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    1. LOL! As if people who were surprised the night of that infamous first debate have any common sense.

      Typical Libtard…accusing the other side of what THEY are guilty. She gives herself away every time.

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