FOOTBALL

USC Morning Buzz: It’s Always Good When Former Players Speak Out

Most former USC players are not happy with the cancellation of the Notre Dame series.

Among those who have spoken out is radio host Sean Salisbury: “Both universities should be ashamed of themselves. I don’t care whose fault it is. I’m not cutting my university any slack on this. We should never have been to this point.”

That’s a much stronger take than another former USC QB (Matt Leinart).

  • The Sparks announced they will honor former USC basketball player Lisa Leslie with a statue outside Crypto.com arena It will be unveiled Sept. 20.
  • Here is the rest of my offensive depth chart. There could still be some movement in training camp or flipping of positions but these are the core players.

And I still think the offensive line is a question mark although most media view it favorably.

LT/Elijah Paige/Sr../Keenyi Pepe, Fr.

LG/Tobias Raymond/Jr./Kaylon Miller, So.

C/Kilian O’Connor/Jr./Tobias Raymond, Sr.

RG/Alani Noa/Sr./Breck Kolojay, Fr.

RT/Justin Tauanuu/So./Elijah Vaikona, Fr.

PK/Ryon Sayeri/So./Caden Chittenden, So. 

P/Lachlan Carrigan, So./ William Weisberg, Fr. 

52 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: It’s Always Good When Former Players Speak Out”

  1. since SC always seems to have a cadre of Polynesians, a soon as Bitcoin gets back to $125K, i am proud to announce the opening of Bucket’s Hawaiian BBQ across the street from SC’s ShawShank-like penitentiary walls!!

    All the HI favorites, Span Musubi only $1.00 on Fridays (in honor if wolfman’s legendary Fri Blogs), featuring the Pete Carroll Sandwich (100% Ham) and the Wolfman Sandwich (Beef Tongue w/ spicy mustard).

    Of course, wolfman eats for free.

    #C’monCrypto

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. How about the Terry Donahue ? Made from pounded taro root, this fermented, pastel-like starch is known for a thick, gummy texture, sour taste, and aroma that some compare to paste or sour glue

      Or the John Wooden ??? A stew-like dish made with spinach-like luau leaves, coconut milk, and squid/octopus, often criticized for having a slimy texture and fishy, metallic taste.

      Or the Bruin Softball Team ? This chilled layered pie consists of a base of chocolate pudding and whipped cream topping, and in between, there is a layer of haupia (a gelatinous coconut pudding made with coconut milk, cornstarch, and sugar). The pie also contains an outer shell, a pie crust that’s baked until golden brown. Before serving, this Hawaiian staple is usually garnished with chocolate shaving over the whipped cream topping. Haupia pie can be found as a signature dish at most coffee shops and bakeries in Hawaii.

      Or the Red Sanders aka Dirty Monkey ?? A mix of rum, Kahlua, banana liqueur, cream of coconut, and chocolate syrup. It often tastes like a banana split mixed with a piña colada, which can be far too rich, sweet, and heavy.

      Liked by 3 people

      Reply

  2. OPEN THE HOLES AND KEEP THE POCKET CLEAN, AND THIS SHOULD BE A TOP 5 OFFENSE,

    DEFENSE IS THE QUESTION MARK…… WE HAVE SOME HOPE WITH PATTERSON RUNNING THE SHOW

    FIGHT ON!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  3. Funny, how the “moderator” never tells Bucket this. Gee, I wonder why. LOL!! (No I don’t. We all know why.)

    WHAT DOES YOUR REPLY HAVE TO DO WITH INSIDE USC.

    I KNOW IT’S HARD, BUT TRY TO FOCUS ON THE THREAD TOPIC

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

      1. KAM: WHAT DOES YOUR COMMENT HAVE TO DO WITH INSIDE USC.

        DON: PLEASE LEAVE YOU PEST!

        THANK YOU!

        Like

      2. WHAT DOES YOUR COMMENT HAVE TO DO WITH USC.

        PLEASE, STOP STALKING A BLOG MEMBER

        THANK YOU

        Like

      3. KAM: Spencer Pratt: “We need to clean up homeless camps, get rid of the drug addicted everywhere, prepare for fires better, and lower taxes.”

        Nithya Raman: “We need to ban the normals from cooking hamburgers.”

        DON: The LA Mayoral Race right vs. left paradigm perfectly illustrated. Cowardly Gabby, being a street bum, supports Nithya.

        Liked by 1 person

    2. A shame that Becerra is now ahead in the polls.

      Going to be interesting to see if CA is stupid enough to go with more of the same, that has gotten us here for the better part of the last 20 years!

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

  4. Killian O’ Connor is too small for major college football.

    Move Tobias Raymond now the backup center to the starting center, and slide in Kennyi Pepe to replace Raymond at guard. Pepe, is probably the key recruit USC has needed on the offensive line for a long time, and should start right away he is that good.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  5. I actually like Killian at C. He may not play at the next level, but his football smarts are off the charts. It was noticed when he went out with the injury against Illinois. His being limited in spring probably sets up his recovery for playing this season pretty well. But that said, we do have talent behind him in Tobias Raymond, who is definitely not in the J’Onre Reed mold, but who has not yet played any snaps at center. Kennyi Pepe is a beast, and might very well be the best of our latest recruiting class, and I think he will get his playing time soon enough.

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

    1. Agree that we should probably stick with O’Conner. Center can be a tough position to just plug and play. Justin Dedich was a better guard than center. Jason Monheim was a better tackle than center.

      I think Elijah Vaikona may start. He is huge – 6’8′ and 365 lbs. and is quick for his size. The Penn State transfer said that Vaikona is his toughest match-up. “He’s too big to run through and hard to run around. I haven’t been able to figure him out.” He also looked good in very limited playing time last year.

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

  6. Those are a lot of freshmen backing up the first string linemen. They may be talented but the offensive line as a whole takes time to develop

    If SC just took care of business and was competitive in October at Notre Dame the Trojans would not have been asking for a change to September

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  7. KAM: CLAUDINE LONGET, CHANTEUSE AND ACTRESS WHOSE CAREER ENDED WHEN SHE SHOT HER LOVER, DIES AGE 84. She played the female lead, opposite Peter Sellers, in Blake Edwards’s 1968 film The Party, but she was best known for her appearances on the weekly television show hosted by her husband, Andy Williams.

    She was, in Williams’s words, “a beautiful, athletic, slender, petite brunette with large doe eyes”. From her spouse’s side, she radiated a mixture of glamour and wholesome domesticity. On the set of Williams’s famous Christmas specials, she would cast protective glances towards the couple’s young children as they unwrapped parcels under the studio tree.

    But few stars have made the journey from idol to pariah quite so swiftly and irreversibly as Claudine Longet who, on the afternoon of March 21 1976, s h o t her lover, the champion downhill skier Spider Sabich, with a .22 h a n d g u n at their chalet in Aspen, Colorado.

    DON: Scott must feature her pic tomorrow!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

    1. Claudine forfeited her right to appear in Friday’s sacred lineup the moment she killed Spider…

      #…InsideUSCHasRules…

      #…Right?

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

      2. So Cal: The all Black jury in Los Angeles did not find that OJ was innocent. They found that the prosecution failed to prove that he was guilty in accordance with the “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard applied in criminal cases.

        In the civil case in Santa Monica, the jury found that OJ killed his wife and Ron Goldman by a “preponderance of evidence” standard. Further, they found that he acted with “actual malice” toward his victims in accordance with a “clear and convincing” evidence standard and awarded punitive damages against him.

        At best you can say OJ was acquitted of the murder charge in the criminal case. No jury found that he was innocent – i.e. did not commit the crimes. To the contrary, the civil jury found that he did commit two counts of murder and the evidence offered in support of the verdict was clear and convincing.

        Liked by 2 people

      4. Plow Horse, as many others, still doesn’t get it.

        In this country, you are innocent until proven guilty. He was NOT found guilty, therefore REMAINS innocent.

        I know millions of people don’t like that. But it’s a simple fact.

        Like

      5. Sane Gabby, IF OJ did it, he is paying for it now. But any person who is a true believer knows that it’s only for God to judge. The only jury that counted here said, “Not Guilty!”

        Like

      6. KAM: No offense but one jury said he was found liable for the wrongful deaths of Nicole and Ron in a civil trial and ordered to pay $33.5 million in damages.

        DON: Nevada gave him just a taste of the justice he is getting now as he pays for his crimes for all eternity.

        Like

      7. Read! LOL! The only jury that COUNTED!

        A money grab has zero to do with a criminal conviction.

        Like

      8. And yes, Sane Gabby, IF he did it, he is paying for it now.

        But I do my best to walk the walk. (Though I fail often.) So it’s not for me to say whether or not he’s paying for anything right now.

        Non-believers are free to say what they like. But I know his color weighs into a lot of it. Wagner, Blake, Spector and other white guys who have killed their women don’t get nearly as much hate.

        People lie to themselves about race being part of why they feel the way they do.

        Like

    2. Robert Kardashian is still at at O. J.’s side —Johnnie [who was a sly good guy] has asked to be relieved from the case…….

      Liked by 1 person

      Reply

      1. So Cal: I don’t get it? Innocence and acquittal are not interchangeable terms. Juries acquit criminal defendants everyday in cases where they believe the defendant likely committed the crime but the evidence did not reach a “beyond a reasonable doubt” standard.

        You say ” Wagner, Blake, Spector and other white guys who have killed their women . . .” Really? Wagner was never charge with the murder of his wife and Blake was acquitted of the charge and yet you say they are killers why maintaining that OJ was somehow found innocent by a jury – i.e that he did not kill his wife. That is simply not true.

        Slapped you around like a pinata on this one So Cal. Bam! Crotch kick! OUCH!

        Barstow.

        Like

      3. I should have known it was you with the first post above. The real Plow Horse never would have stated this: “The civil jury found that he did commit two counts of murder.”

        Plow Horse is an attorney and is smart enough to know the civil jury never had anything to do with two counts of murder. Those are criminal charges.

        Quit being a coward and posting as other people.

        Liked by 2 people

  8. USC 2 OR 1 in 11 innings – after giving up game tying run in bottom of the 9th Trojans emerged victorious in the 11th

    USC overall 42 – 12 Conf. 22 – 8

    Game 2 tonight 6:05 pm @ OR

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

  9. KAM: Yale’s use of race resulted in a Black Medical School applicant being as much as 29 times higher odds of getting an interview for admission than an equally strong Asian applicant with similar academic credentials.

    DON: This overt racism would be bad enough in ordinary university admissions. It is made so much worse by the fact that it’s a prestigious medical school that trains the doctors we will one day trust with our lives. I wonder is USC does the same thing in the name of DEI?

    Liked by 3 people

    Reply

    1. If Yale and UCLA do it you can bet that USC does it…

      btw, Carol’s old party school, UCSB, has a problem with rapists strangling co-eds in the dorms….. hope the inevitable lawsuit ends the UC system….

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

    2. King/Drew Medical Center in Los Angeles applied the same standard as Yale in their hiring and admissions practices – skin color over merit. It didn’t end well.

      Liked by 2 people

      Reply

  10. KAM: I still don’t get why SC and Notre Dame would have kicked a a ‘100-year old football tradition’ to the curb

    DON: If I had been in charge I would have told SC, “You will keep on playing at Notre Dame in October”

    KAM; Yeah, but now with this pause in the Series, the Irish might agree to play in September

    Like

    Reply

  11. KAM: Oh, I have to compliment you on being so gracious over in China. I especially liked how you clapped for the young kids waving American and Chinese flags

    DON: I’ve never seen anything like it

    Like

    Reply

  12. KAM: China’s Xi was not enthusiastic about helping you out with Iran.

    DON: Amazing, huh?– And he gets about 1/3 of his oil needs from Iran. China has more at stake then we do

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  13. I’m waiting for Scott’s glowing report about the Trojan baseball win in Oregon, and another sterling pitching job by Mason Edwards. Two great starters and one good reliever can do some damage in the CWS. Also, waiting for Scott to report on his attendance at the donor, player party at LR’s house. I read that LR was a gracious host. Big Ten track and field championship starts today. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962.

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  14. KAM: And boy, I don’t know if you saw Xi’s ‘Taiwan Question’ coming up, but it was a doozy

    DON:. Xi fondly talks about Taiwan’s “independence,” and yet warns us of possible “clashes and conflicts ” if we don’t “handle it properly”

    Like

    Reply

    1. If a certain prez of the United States could think on his feet he would have said “we’ll talk about Taiwan when you get the hell out of our hemisphere.”

      Like

      Reply

      2. Why meet?

        China’s right to control its neighborhood is connected to our right to control ours. Time to get down to brass tacks.

        Like

  15. KAM: Political issues aside, what was your overall feeling about China?

    DON: As I have said, ‘China is a “beautiful and incredible place.” Especially the children, so warm and disciplined

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

      2. Suggestion Department: Don’t engage in passive counterpoints — delete the “might” —you’ll feel better.

        Like

  16. DON: In all the sports, baseball is the most difficult to win. The top teams win just over 60% of their games, whereas in football you have teams winning in the 70-80% range and 80% in basketball

    KAM: –And winning streaks. Pretty unusual to see a 10-game winning streak in baseball

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  17. Speaking of court cases, this Cloobeck case sounds pretty crazy!

    Amazing that he would be stupid enough to try and help that con artist!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

  18. Not good when the press gives USC Baseball and Great Head Coach Andy Stankiewicz little recognition. Coach Andy should be the NCAA Baseball Coach of the Year! What a job he has done re-building the USC Baseball Program even without a home stadium for two years.

    The USC Baseball team reflects the Character of the Coach. Andy, was a very gutty little player, and this team played like it last night in beating Oregon on the Road in extra innings. Two up in the standings on Oregon one more win clinches hosting a regional in the NCAA Tournament with a 42-12 record.

    Can this team make it to Omaha.? With Coach Andy we have a chance, but clearly this team needs stronger No.2, and No.3 starting pitching.

    USC now has a top baseball program again. USC should extend Coach Andy’s contract until he wants to retire NOW. Although AD Mike Bohn made alot of mistakes during his tenure at USC he deserves an applause for making 1 good hire, and that was Andy Stankiewicz who is one of the best in college baseball today.

    See you in Omaha soon!!! Might not be this year, but it’s coming soon under Coach Andy. Wrap it up boys tonight with another win over the Ducks in Eugene!

    Liked by 1 person

    Reply

Leave a comment