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USC Morning Buzz: Competing Is A Lost Art

Do football coaches want to compete anymore?

Lincoln Riley vs. Notre Dame is a prime example they do not.

Now the American Football Coaches Assn. (AFCA) is recommending the College Football Playoff be expanded to as many as 24 teams.

Why? Because the coaches only care about their job security. The more teams in the playoff, the more coaches who can keep their jobs.

Do you think Riley objects to an expanded playoff? He’s demonstrated he can’t make a 12-team playoff at USC despite the millions invested into his program for NIL and extra staff support.

The sad part is the fans who defend Riley would be the first ones cheering on inclusion in a 24-team playoff as a sign that USC “made it.”

  • Let’s see what Eric Musselman thinks about a 76-team NCAA Tournament. Will he admit its too many teams or embrace it as a way to finally make the tournament while at USC?

54 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Competing Is A Lost Art”

  1. hi john,wen i wuz wawshin meye wyfs boyfrends car,i wuz thinckin taht we gotta haff tha linesmans eff we gunna wunna compeat fir tha champeeyinchips,dos u agrey,thanx alot

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    1. EVEN THOUGH YOUR SISTER-WIFE HAS A “BOYFREND……ARE YOU STILL TAPPING IT……..SLO PA-TROLL WAS ASKING….

      HE’S JEALOUS, FOR SURE

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      1. Many trolls feel powerless or overlooked in their daily lives. Online, however, they find a space where they can exert control, provoke strong reactions, and experience a sense of importance—all through negative interactions. Trolling is an extension of deeper personality issues that show up across different areas of life. While some behaviors stay digital, the underlying traits—low empathy, high defensiveness, and a tendency to blame others—often cross over into the offline world

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  2. Scott, Scott, Scott, you are like a dog with a bone; you just can’t let go of the ND game. How can you say that LR does not like competition when he is competing in the best conference in the country. ND does not like competition because they were not willing to accommodate the Trojans who play a much toougher schedule than ND. And, yes the playoffs will be expanded because we are part of a money making society…..ESPN, Fox, CBS, etc. love more playoff games for the money as do the universities who also like money. Maybe ND will finally join the Big Ten so that they can play the Trojans every year as the legacy game along with UGLA.. Scott, start a campaign to get ND into the Big Ten. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. SCOTT IS DESPISED AROUND USC COACHING CIRCLES

      HIS ROOTED ANIMOSITY NEVER FAILS HIM….

      WAIT FOR IT……THE USUAL BUTT-SNIFFS WILL THROW SHADE FOR THE WASHED-UP BLOGGER

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      1. People who are grandiosely narcissistic are outwardly confident, interpersonally dominant, and attention-seeking. People who are vulnerably narcissistic tend to be shy, socially retreating, and interpersonally sensitive while also seeing themselves as not getting the credit, attention, or fair treatment they deserve.  

        Individuals high on either (or both) dimensions can be reactive to online criticism—but they may respond in different ways. Grandiose narcissists tend to lash out with anger or insults, often defending their inflated self-image and sense of superiority aggressively. Vulnerable narcissists, on the other hand, may feel deep shame or insecurity, even while being equally prone to reactive forms of aggression.

        This explains why some trolls seem defensive and emotionally fragile beneath the surface, while others are all bravado and bluster. The internet provides fertile ground for both to engage in behavior that protects or boosts their self-image, whether through self-promotion or tearing others down. 

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      3. Scott brings old fashioned sports writing to life a half dozen times a day every day—-

        #OnlyAWhollyJoylessPervertCouldMissThat….

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      4. WINNER-WINNER CHICKEN DINNER…….MAUI-FRAUD WAS THE FIRST ONE TO TAKE THE BAlT……NOT SURPRISED…….

        HE WILL S*CK THE ROOT UNTIL THE FLAV0R CHANGES……AND NOT MISS A DROP………THAT’S SOME TALENT…..

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      5. Dying words of would -be assassin after getting nailed in the chest & head by Secret Service: “They took the bait!”

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      7. Sybil really rates a visit from FBI —I hope Scott alerts Justice Department to the sick rhetoric he spews here …

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    2. KAM: Riley Coyote had no idea USC was leaving the Pac 12 when he took the job.

      DON: Lincoln Riley fled from Oklahoma because he knew he couldn’t compete in the SEC.

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  3. 24 teams? Sheesh, I understand the incentive to squeeze every last dollar out of college football, but this really a bad idea. Last year, the bottom would have been something like SMU or South Florida. Solid teams, but what is the point?

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    1. You know the point

      MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

      And guess what ? Joe Dufus will still watch SMU play South Florida even if they have no business in the playoffs and Joe Dufus will probably gamble on the game.

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      1. At least we Premium Members of the blog are located closer to the horse’s head…. Sybil, as a lesser member, is located ……

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      2. THE HEAD YOU SPEAK OF IS CALLED THE GERMAN HELMET……

        CAREFUL, IT SPITS WHEN AROUSED…….SOME HAVE LOST AN EYE.

        NOTICE THAT PT HAS A PATCH OVER HIS LEFT EYE……HE CLAIMS IT WAS DUE TO A DOOR KNOB

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      3. what you call “beating a dead horse”, i call “sugary sweeet scooops”!!

        #EarthCovers3/4OfEarthWolfCoversTheRest

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  5. Great comments by everyone. At least, Scott did get everyone commenting. So, in that regard I have to pay him a compliment. And, 1967 was a great Trojan year…..first win at South Bend in many, many years. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  6. that’s some hard-hitting stuff, wolfman! of course the usual knee-jerked reactions from the fan boys come pouring out like angry bees outta a hive!! still trying blame the Rudys for the absence of Domers game even though Lil’ Lord Riley is on record wanting avoid the possibility of a late season loss, if AI is to be believed, you played the Rudys either late nov/early Dec for LA games, or mid-Oct for South Bend games, same pattern for 99 years!! SC’s sudden demand to blow up the schedule was obviously a deal killer and they knew it, the Rudys schedule their games years in advance as everyone knows.

    #MoveToMountainWest

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    1. No reason to have changed something that worked for decades. This was on Riley…a coward who may as well have suggested the game be played in Barstow! (Knowing that no one with any sense is going out there.)

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    2. Charlie’s talking like a guy who doesn’t remember his team is averaging 2,000 paying fans and 4 wins a season this century…

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      1. we got our Dream Team of coaching, now, with Cronin/Chesney/Savage, thanks for the GUMBALL, Mickey!!

        #BruinsRising

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      2. BRUINS RISING [in 2nd floor Men’s Room of Administration Building…and first floor Men’s Room of Law School ….and basement Men’s Room of Undergraduate Library…. and…..well, you get the ‘point'”]…….

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      4. Sybil gets job as New Yorker Film Critic, turns in reviews of first 5 films he’s assigned: “lame, lame, lame, lame and…lame.” Later that day armed security guard escorts Sybil [with all his valuables in shoe box] out of the building…….

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      1. Charlie presents a bit of clever original stuff, a lot of very unclever original stuff, a lot of stolen material [my personal favorite]….

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  7. If the College Football Playoffs expand to 24-teams, it figures there will be at least 5 teams each from the Big-10 and SEC

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    1. Ha! The top teams will play each other in the regular season, then again in the conference championships …and then again in the playoffs ….it will be SO exciting!

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      1. … I’ll be Swooner-In-Chief —[I can’t take another year of my in-laws asking “will USC ever make the playoffs?”]…..

        #HopeTheyExpandTo48

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      2. IN-LAWS?……..THE PEOPLE WHO LAUGH AT YOU AND TRY TO AVOID YOU AT ALL COSTS.

        SMART IN-LAWS…..

        PS……I HEARD THEY JUST PICKED UP SOME “86 47” SHIRTS……SWEEEEEEET!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  8. Under the 12 team BS,

    5 bids were guaranteed to the champions of the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12, and SEC, plus the highest-ranked champion from the remaining Group of Six conferences (AAC, CUSA, MAC, Mountain West, Pac-12, Sun Belt) plus ND gets in if they are ranked 12th or better.

    At-Large Bids : The next seven highest-ranked teams, regardless of conference, fill the remaining spots.

    If they go to 24, you’ll see ND, ONE from either the AAC,CUSA, MAC, MWC, PAC 12 or SUN BELT, the 4 automatics and 18 from the BIG 10 & SEC

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  9. KAM: Andrew Schulz *CALLS OUT* Charlamagne for “JUSTIFYING” WHCD a s s a s s i n a t i o n attempt on T r u m p

    CHARLAMAGNE: “Some of these policies have hurt people so much that some folks are willing to risk it all.”

    SCHULZ: “Well, now you’re justifying it … It’s plain and simple.”

    DON: Charlamagne is a Mainstream Moderate D e m o c r a t like Cowardly Gabby and T r a n n y Bruin. You can’t have a nation where half the people are v i o l e n t nuts like this.

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    1. Dem reply: “Just cuz no other society in the history of the world has operated at this level of violence doesn’t mean we can’t!”

      #”There’sAlwaysAFirstTime!”

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      1. SAYS THE GUY WHO CHEERED ON THE JAN 6TH INSURRECTlON

        HYP0CRITE…..

        (WIPE THE CHlN……YOU MISSED A SPOT)

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      3. An insurrection is a violent, organized uprising against established government authority. It involves rebellion, often aimed at overturning laws or overthrowing the government. Key elements include violence, conspiracy, or armed uprising.

        YOU SEEM TO HAVE A SEVERE CASE OF CONFIRMATION BIAS…..SEEK HELP

        PS….#Phuck,You’reStupid

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      5. They are too stupid to realize how moronic they look referring to it as such, Michael. Several hundred UNARMED people were never going to insurrect anything.

        June 27 proved to anyone with any common sense that the election had, in fact, been stolen. (MSM had conned the dumbest among us into voting for a candidate who didn’t exist, as he was presented to the voters.) But it was far too late to do anything about it.

        That night, all the dummies who had gotten conned in 2020 finally caught on to what the rest of us had known for more than FOUR YEARS! We’ll never know who was running the country for four years. It is the biggest scandal in our nation’s history!

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      6. KAM: The Palisades Fire ends up being one of the most destructive acts of Democrat t e r r o r i s m in modern history.

        DON: The arsonist Rinderknecht searched “free Luigi Mangione,” “let’s take down all the billionaires” and “let’s k i l l all the billionaires” before setting the Lachman Fire which ignited the Palisades conflagration: 12 k i l l e d, 6,800 homes destroyed. Now that’s an I N S U R R E C T I O N!

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  10. Musselman doesn’t care about NCAA Tournament expansion as long as they keep paying him, and his son the 5 million bucks he earns his salary. I have to bet his son with hardly any coaching experience is pulling in at least 500-750 k as a assistant.

    Musselman will be gone after this season just watch. He has some talent this year but he can’t coach, and other coaches like Mick Cronin in the Big 10 will have more wins in the conference with less talent.

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  11. Never a fan of Kamala but she endorsed Bass this week.

    Seriously?

    Bass is an abysmal failure in everything she touches or should I say torches.

    Bass does not deserve a second term.

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    1. She didn’t deserve a first term.

      But anyone who said otherwise during the last election was accused of being racist & sexist. We had some idiot say that here.

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