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USC Morning Buzz: Let’s Analyze The Schedule

OK, here is my analysis of USC schedule:

Lincoln Riley has massaged the schedule to his liking: Notre Dame out. San Jose State, Louisiana and Fresno State in. USC should start the season 4-0 before it plays the biggest game of the year vs. Oregon at the Coliseum. If the Trojans win, they will be in an excellent position to make the playoff. If they lose, they will need to beat either Ohio State or Indiana while also avoiding any unexpected slip ups.

That is easier said than done because there are some legitimate trap games. USC will host Washington, travel to Penn State and face UCLA at the Rose Bowl. None of those games are considered sure-fire victories. There is also a trip to Wisconsin.

It all means there is a razor-thin margin of error for meeting expectations. Three losses doesn’t get you into the playoffs.

  • Dartmouth pitcher Nate Kugler has committed to USC. He was 2-4 last season with a 3.35 ERA.

17 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Let’s Analyze The Schedule”

  1. KAM: Enjoy the journey not the visit. There are some little Super Bowls in SC’s schedule like Oregon and Ohio St.

    DON: I would be happy with wins over those two schools notwithstanding any Playoffs

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  2. KAM: It’s nice that SC is becoming a ‘player again on the national stage

    DON: You know that SC at Penn St and Indiana will be a big deal for the locals. The Trojans carry a reputation of once being an elite team and still are a tough out

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      1. We have as good a chance at becoming “a player” again with LR at the helm as Insane Gabby does of not posting nonsense for the rest of the year. Heck, even the rest of the month!

        Not gonna happen.

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  3. Scott, this was a good realistic analysis of the USC schedule. No one can say that this is an easy schedule. If the Trojans can win ten games, they deserve to be in the playoffs. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. “No one can say that this is an easy schedule. ” I think Scott just did Dan.

      “Lincoln Riley has massaged the schedule to his liking: Notre Dame out. San Jose State, Louisiana and Fresno State in. “

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      1. You are right, Plow. Of course ND would make it a tougher schedule than San Jose State. Scott likes the tradition of playiing ND without considering the strength of the overall schedule and marquee games. Scott should be asking ND when they are going to join the Big Ten. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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      2. KAM: No, he is saying Riley Coyote got his way and ended the greatest intersectional rivalry in the history of college sports. USC is no longer the tradition rich program that fears no opponent. Now it’s is no different than Stanford or UCLA, just trying to make the playoffs some day by avoiding hard pre-league opponents.

        DON: John McKay and John Robinson rolled over in their graves.

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      3. Gabby: USC offered to play ND the first or second game of the season. Marcus Freeman said yes but the ND administration rejected the proposal. Scott omits that in his post and suggests Riley wanted to replace ND with San Jose State which is not the case.

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      4. Part of the reason the USC-ND rivalry even started was because South Bend/Chicago folks wanted to get out of the area when winter was moving in and visit our wonderful climate. Absolutely no reason other than cowardice to change something that worked for 100 years.

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  5. Scooter,

    Let’s say that SC does make the playoff and nd is the final game, that is the championship game. Does Riley run away from the game and forfeit like the chicken that he is, or will the ghosts of Mckay, Robinson, and the coach who won SC’s first championship appear and put an ass whoopin’ on Riley?

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  6. I responded to Fake Gabby but once again Scott removed my post. This post did not reference anything political nor any racy language. I guess if Scott doesn’t care for the personality of the blogger that influences what stays and what gets removed. Doesn’t sound like a journalistic standard.

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  7. Hey Scott. Why was this post removed but Gabby’s original post was not?

    Right Real Gabby. Every Marxist/Fascist group starts with an attack on free speech – Lenin, Stalin, Mao, Castro, ect. They do things such as instituting speech codes in colleges, demanding false pronouns when addressing transvestites, encouraging MSM to advance the party narrative only, shutting down any opposition speech on social media outlets such as Meta, Twitter, and Google, and attempting to institute a department …

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