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USC Loses Center For The Season

USC’s starting center, Killian O’Connor, suffered a non-contact injury in practice that will cause him to miss the season, Lincoln Riley announced.

Who knows what the non-contact injury was? O’Connor was expected to be a team captain this season.

So who starts at center now? The coaches will probably try a few candidates, like offensive guard Tobias Raymond, who took reps at center in spring practice. Maybe sophomore Kaylon Miller. Stay tuned.

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  2. KAM: Apparently football is so rough that a player can be hurt even if he’s not touched

    DON: All things being equal, I would prefer a non-contact injury

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    1. KAM: No depth.

      DON: This was the one are we had to go injury free to have a chance this season. On the depth chart have freshmen backing up Killian .

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      2. A lot of people don’t get it yet: this is a killer…….

        #WeHaveGreenReceivers…

        #WeDon’tNeed&Can’tAffordAGreenCenter

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  3. See both OH St. and ‘the princess’ are having ‘patches’ stitched on the sides of the unis for 2026? Note the # of Big10 already inked deals (IL, MI St., & WI)

    List of Uniform Patch Deals for the 2026 Season (7/29)

    ‘the princess’ has ‘SOFI’ maybe they’ll match those fruitopian uniforms ‘the lambs’ frolic about in. clocking in btwn 18 – 20 mil p/yr
    OH St. ‘JP Morgan’ $17 mil p/yr

    This is exempt on any NIL cap nor no ‘sharing’ with any other school

    What says thee USC?

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  4. Sunnova! Center the 2nd most important position on OL. But better to have someone go down now so you can prep the backup. These dudes are already at a disadvantage due to extensive weight loss!!

    #GetTheseDudesSomePizza

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  5. Injuries are always the big unknown every season. I feel so sorry for O’Connor; he has come a long way to develop as a first stringer. Hopefully, the new five year eligibility period will allow him to play another year. Thanks for the update about his possible replacements. Thankfully, we have much better OL depth this year thanks to some great recruiting. Fight on, Dan, Class of 1962

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    1. I think we need to look at this honestly —huge loss for USC….Riley really is snake-bitten…. the Caleb injury was one thing…but, crap, this happens every year… it’s like a curse …. #Lincoln:YouNeedToChangeSomethingYou’reDoingInPrivate

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      2. KAM: Purdue’s new Athletic Director, Tommy McClelland, didn’t hold back in his introductory press conference

        🫣

        “We are here to win championships. If you don’t want to win championships, go to Indiana.”

        DON: Hey, doesn’t he know Indiana won the national championship in football last year?

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      2. Go away, Cowardly Fake Gabby, you pest. 26 years of your impersonations, threats, doxxing, obscene rants, and animal videos are enough

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      3. KAM: Scott, can you block this Cowardly Gabby person’s IP address? The constant violent threats, impersonations of real posters and obscene political rants have no place in a USC sports blog. Please, do the right thing and make this blog respectable again

        DON: Thank You!!!

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  7. DON: If the McKay Center is considered less than par only 10 years later, why was it built so insufficiently?

    KAM: It was Wiley who insisted on having a replacement for McKay, the new state-of-the-art ‘Football Building’. They claim the quality of these training centers is a consideration for recruits

    DON: Wiley might one day not leave much of an SC football legacy behind him, but he made the ‘Football Building’ happen

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  8. DON: I read that SC still owes $25-million for the Football Building. I bet they find the money somewhere

    KAM: Just look at the numbers on the tv contracts, through the roof. And now the tv-gods want the Playoffs expanded from 12 to 18 or even 24. Those tv-lifers know it is all about the Playoffs and the money to be had

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  9. DON: SC just lost its center, one of the cornerstones of the offensive line along with left tackle

    KAM: They asked one of their linemen to move over to center, a position apparently he has never played

    DON: –That guy is in for an awakening. You have some madman footballer ready to bowl into you, and all awhile the poor center has to be bent over looking through his legs to snap the ball

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      2. Let’s put it this way, John: USC beats Tulane — 17 replies. USC loses to Tulane in last second —117 replies.

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      3. KAM: We will never know how fans will reply if we beat Tulane…

        DON: Since we haven’t beaten them in that last 80 years.

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  11. KAM: The Dodgers’ new guy Tucker is an interesting study. Last year with the Cubs they cheered him, yesterday as a Dodger they booed him unmercifully

    DON: Nothing personal. In sports you’re either for my team or against me

    KAM: That and the fact he makes $60-million per are turn-offs

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