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USC Sunday Buzz: Weekend Wrap-Up

Wisconsin has more atmosphere at its graduation than USC has at its football games. The Trojans play at Camp Randall Stadium on Oct. 24.

  • USC forward Jacob Cofie has had a good weekend at the G League combine, according to NBA scouts. So what does that mean exactly? Why is he there when he said he was coming back? Is he raising his profile for next season? Or if he really catches the eyes of NBA teams, will he remain in the NBA Draft?
  • USC baseball swept Nevada this weekend and finished the regular season with a 32-1 record at Dedeaux Field. The Trojans will play Oregon next weekend with both teams fighting to earn the right to host a regional. Whoever wins the series will likely host a regional.

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  2. 32-1 at home! That is an impressive record. It would be impressive even if they had a cupcake schedule. Any team can lose a baseball game. Off pitching performance, ect. An 75% winning rate is elite and we are above 95%.

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    1. SC didn’t beat any team that’s actually good, got hammered by ucla, Oregon St and for some reason, Nebraska. Team is better but not there yet.

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  3. Lincoln Riley has paved the way to the future — Florida State and Georgia agree to call off series.

    #CoachRiley:SoFarAheadOfHisTimeIt’sNotEvenFunny

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    1. Thanks for the news MG. I guess Scott forgot to report that Kirby Smart is afraid to play a top team as a nonconference game. Whatever happened to the ND series against Michigan….hmmm who chickened out? What about the ND and Ohio State series? Is ND afraid that they will lose more than three games and not be in the top 12 in the polls to be guaranteed a playoff spot? Florida also stopped playing Miami on a regular basis if at all lately. Has Scott noticed that the rivalry games are either now in conference or between in state public schools. Times change…so when is ND going to join a major conference for football? Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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      1. The biggest reason ‘the princess’ is set on being ‘independent’ is they get a ‘seat’ a ‘set aside’ for their ‘input’.

        I do think conferences are slowly morphing to their end. I realize the massive money they are able to garner ‘but’ those who most recently joined the big four (USC, Ucla, TX, OK, Stanford, Cal, UT, CO, OR, WA, etc.) upon their completing their contracted commitment to the current conference will be able to move on. Would all do so? Probably not but if there is no reason to stay save a berth in post-season but huge gain to solely keep without having to share, royalties etc. with other programs why wouldn’t they do as ‘the princess’ has and even more render the current exalted ‘solo’ place of ‘the princess’ to just be no different than USC, Ucla, OR, TX as ‘independents. There is even a more credible change – a mega-conference of top tier programs with an elevator moving programs in and out based on previous seasons record but a core of 16+/- programs.

        I’ve also seen ‘the princess’ is aware they have a lousy schedule and are now lining up – commencing 2028 – with TX 2029 AL & IN etc. which is directly due to USC telling them ‘…you need us far more than we need you…’ But if you look at the rest of their schedule it is still the ‘6 ACC’s cherry picked’ and then the other 6 ‘ service academies BYU, etc…

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      2. rusoviet, great analysis. Scott wants to go backwards to traditional days while the entire college football landscape is moving in the direction that you described, but he wants to blame USC. USC and UGLA are being realistic. Larry Scott had a window of opportunity with the Pac 12 network to get Texas and Oklahoma into the conference and be one of the big boys, but he opted to enrich himself by starting a separate network with him running it. Doing this while the Big Ten and SEC and the ACC were aligning with ESPN and making more money for their schools. Remember, Larry Scott was all about parity, not standing up for USC vs. the NCAA, and bragging about televising the spring sports. Thanks again for the analysis. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  4. If you have a 24 team playoff, it dilutes the importance of the conference games. As long as you win 5 or 6 conference games in the BIG or SEC, your team will likely make a 24 team playoff. The only exception is if the team loses games in its non-conference schedule. Consequently, it makes sense for teams to weaken the non conference schedules and that is exactly what they are doing. A question arises as to why this is good for the average sports fan. Of course, it is not. But more games will be played which will equate to more television revenue. On the down side, fans may begin to lose interest in the regular season games much like what has happened in the NBA. Fans love rivalry games and those games are being systematically eliminated.

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    1. “May begin?!!” LOL

      That has already happened. We used to plan our other plans around USC football kickoff times. Now, it’s an afterthought. I’m sure we’re not alone.

      The introduction of the transfer portal & NIL were bad enough. But add to that the death of the Pac-12 and now the ND series?!

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      1. It has happened to you So Cal but television rating are still very high on a national level. The question is what happens to those ratings if they eliminate rivalry games. The season opened with Texas vs. Ohio State last year, No. 1 vs. No. 2. Massive television ratings. Those days are now gone.

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      1. The difference between regular season viewership and the playoffs may never be the same as it is with basketball. But I think we’ll see a drop off in regular season ratings. Maybe not with Top 10 matchups.

        But as a USC fan, we won’t be as excited about USC vs bottom B10 teams as we were about bottom P12 teams. Why? Because we enjoyed watching all P12 games, so the fact we got to watch the Beaver or the Cougars WHILE WATCHING OUR TROJANS was a cherry on top. Whereas now, we don’t really care about B10 teams as much, especially those at the bottom.

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    3. Plow, you answered your question about nonconference games. How much money does a school make from attendance increse of say 10,000 versus the TV revenue from playing in a playoff. And, let’s face it, as much as we may like rivalry games, we value playoff participation more. In this day and age unless it is a conference rival like UCLA, Ohio State and Michigan…..the nonconference schedule can’t help you unless you use them at the beginning of the season as a preseason game or play a real weak sister like they do in the SEC before big in conference rivalry games. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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  5. There are no signs of college football popularity on the decline. And maybe the proposed 24-team playoff will increase interest with more colleges in the running at season’s end

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  7. KAM: So you are visting China’s head man Xi to discuss possible governances of AI development and proliferation. I presume you want to limit the command and control of Ai’s nuclear weapons

    DON: I took care of the Iran nuclear problem, and I am on good-enough terms with every country that has them

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