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USC Morning Buzz: Here Comes The Season!

It’s game week. Are you getting goosebumps?

Noon at the Coliseum on Saturday. Should be a nice, cool, refreshing atmosphere. A huge crowd (lol). Much better than playing Notre Dame in November. Sir Lincoln of Riley certainly thinks so.

USC is paying San Jose State $1.4 million to play in Saturday’s game. So that is what it cost to replace the Notre Dame game. Great business.

  • Maybe the most interesting part of the game will be whether freshman QB Jonas Williams gets to play. It’s not like you can draw serious conclusions about the defense when they are facing San Jose State.
  • Did you see Matt Leinart did not know what was hidden inside the Trojan horse?

This on the heels of USC flubbing the meaning of the Odyssey on social media last month. I guess more people need to take the Greek mythology course at USC. It used to be one of the required freshmen courses.

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    2. KAM Maybe that held him back in the NFL. How much of Matt Leinart was Naamie Chow’s tutelage?

      DON: He wasn’t able to make the jump to the NFL.

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  2. Matt was outstanding, including demolishing the favored Sooners, 55-19, it could have been much worse if Pete hadn’t called off the assault, and beating the domers in South Bend with his assisted sneak, which included playing on a field with freaking long grass that was intended to slow the speedy Trojans.

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    1. Matt was a perfectionist and a leader. He cried before he played his last game against UCLA. Pete was worried….but he sent in easy stuff until Matt settled down….and came through as he had many, many times before.

      Which Trojan Quarterback ever loved playing the position more?

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        Tall, unkept and uncut grass? Here’s another Notre Dame tradition I don’t miss: getting jobbed by the refs at South Bend. Poor Larry Smith and dumb, weak Clay Helton watched drives halted —not by the N. D. defense but by incorrect marks and bad calls.

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      2. Matt overcame reconstruction of his left shoulder and elbow surgery to win natties. Now, that is a Trojan, ladies and gentlemen.

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  3. KAM: Did we ever resolve whether Wiley was at the Tribute to Troy event this year?

    DON: Like a good movie that is dealing with a true story, a little extra pizzazz is sometimes added to enhance it as in “Hollywood is calling”

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    1. KAM: Search Assist

      Lincoln Riley did not attend the annual Tribute To Troy event this past weekend with his usual lame excuses.

      DON: How does Lincoln Riley’s absence from Tribute To Troy impact USC’s fan engagement?

      Lincoln Riley’s absence from Tribute To Troy may negatively impact USC’s fan engagement, as events like these are crucial for building community and connection between the program and its supporters. Fans often look forward to such gatherings to celebrate the team’s history and current achievements, and his absence could lead to disappointment among the fanbase.

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  4. HAWR HAWR HAWR!! wolfman, it boggles the mind that a SC grad could be so truly clueless about such a prominent bit of SC trivia!! this epic failure is nothing less than a humiliating kick to the crotch of all trOJies!!! great catch, wolfman!!! You’ve done it again!!!

    #SoCalBrainSurgeonsOnPublicDisplay

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    2. I believe that Chuck conveniently forgot that gutty WR Freddie Mitchell couldn’t answer who was the first president, or pretty much anything regarding US history.

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    3. At least he didn’t end up driving a forklift a few months after finishing his collegiate football career, the way Bruin Eric McNeal did. (I wouldn’t normally knock a guy making a honest living. But Matt learned what he needed to, in order to provide a very nice life for him & his family.)

      Many people, such as Barack Obama, get very far in life without being able to speak English at a 3rd grade level.

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      1. SoCal, you really showed your ass with that bigoted comment! By the way they actually did a study of the presidents’ vocab skills and your hero, the Big Peedo came in dead last with fourth grade level speech skills!!!

        #LowIQDude

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      5. Obama?

        Apparently, your ability to recognize intelligence never made it past recess. He taught constitutional law at the university level. But sure, tell us more about his vocabulary problem.

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      6. Obama the night before the election: “Get out and vote, whether you vote for John McCain or ‘MYSELF’.”

        WRONG. Unless you’ve already used “I” or “me” as the object of the sentence, odds are “myself” doesn’t belong and in this case it certainly did not!

        Its only correct uses are as a reflexive pronoun (I hurt myself) or intensive pronoun (I did it myself).

        It’s grade school English, you moron. A former Editor of the Harvard Law Review should know this, but Barack does not.

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      7. Eighteen-year-old comment(pathetic), that’s what you brought to the table? You didn’t find a devastating argument; you found a grammar error old enough to vote.

        Imagine being so desperate to score a point that you have to exhume a grammar mistake from 2008. At least try to find an argument that’s still alive.

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      8. LOL! She asked for me to tell her more about it and I did!

        I could cite several more, but that one always made me laugh. It wasn’t a one-time “mistake”. It was something he said incorrectly on many occasions because he didn’t realize it was wrong.

        They hate being embarrassed & proven wrong and will even lie about having been. But that’s their MO.

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      9. Eighteen-year-old comment(pathetic), that’s what you brought to the table? You didn’t find a devastating argument; you found a grammar error old enough to vote.

        Imagine being so desperate to score a point that you have to exhume a grammar mistake from 2008. At least try to find an argument that’s still alive.

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  7. hey wolfman, (chortle) i had to examine the video carefully, but i could finally read Professor Leinart’s response to the question! he wrote (HAWR HAWR) “Gold/Treasure”!!! even Ice-T got it right!! now, the trojans have been depicted by Homer as the dumbbells of the ancient world, now thanks to the Professor, the modern world is covered as well!!

    Wolfman, i already see the desperate attempts of Whataboutisms starting to emerge!! i suppose they’ll be bringing up Hillary’s e-mails shortly!!! HAWR HAWR!! wolfman, your soaring intellect is shamefully wasted on these SC rubes!! it’s never too late to join the Bruin camp!!

    #Don’tBeAHero

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    1. Update: The consensus among modern historians is Odysseus placed gold and treasure [and Hostess cupcakes] inside the horse to celebrate King Priam’s 67th birthday.

      #MattKnewThis

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      1. KAM: Search Assist

        This statement is incorrect; Odysseus did not place gold and treasure inside the Trojan Horse to celebrate King Priam’s birthday.

        DON: Instead, the Trojan Horse was a deceptive ploy used by the Greeks to gain entry into the city of Troy during the Trojan War.

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      4. Ditto!

        [btw, I don’t know which students are smarter going into our respective universities, Charlie….but due to the current faculties at each, we’re all about the same coming out]…..

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  8. KAM: But bruins are encouraged by a fine quarterback, running back and linebacker

    DON: Well, that’s 3 positions covered, how about the other 19?

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    1. one season away, I just hope we can give you guys a good game this season.

      maybe we can roll a huge Bruin Bear onto the field, and Bruins players can come pouring out onto the field!!

      #TrOJiesAlwaysFallForThatOne

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  9. KAM: San Jose St is more than a 5-touchdown underdog to SC

    DON: The Trojans would get in better practice if they just had an intra-squad scrimmage

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  10. DON: One difference between college and pro ball is that in college you have somef teams that probably shouldn’t be playing the game with what they have, whereas in the pros parity assures there are no easy games

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  11. KAM: At least the following week SC moves up in class as merely a 3-touchdown favorite over Fresno St.

    DON: These types of games are not properly preparing SC for Oregon’s speed

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  12. KAM: Truth is the SC-ucla game is more fun when both teams are pretty good

    DON: ucla’s Cheesney is a start but they need another year. Same with SC. They’re pretty young and have a bit easier schedule in 2027 with games at Ohio St and Washington and home against Indiana

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  13. KAM: 3 losses and you are out of the Playoffs

    DON: But it used to be with that first loss a team was almost always out of the National Championship race

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    1. If we beat Ohio State and Oregon and Washington at home …and UCLA in the Rose bowl, I think we can lose to Penn State, Indiana and somebody else on the road and still get into the playoffs….

      #YouCan’tBe9-3,Beat#1&#2TeamsAndArchRivalAtTheirHome..

      #…AndNotGetToPlayoffs

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  14. Sorry folks I just don’t see any true leaders , and coaches with fire on this year’s USC team. I see a trip to the Alamo, or Las Vegas Bowl at best. -Losses to Ohio State, Penn State, Indiana, and either UCLA or Wisconsin on their home field will be the last straw for the “The Life of Riley”- (note: anyone remember this TV Show starring William Bendix)

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  15. Matt should have taken Greek Mythology instead of ballroom dancing that last semester.

    Not excited for the season. The image of Riley’s confused face on the sideline is depressing.

    Can’t believe I am saying this, but I want Kiff back. Can’t believe it.

    He’s still Kiff, but the Saban coaches rehab cured him of his worst tendencies.

    It’s a redemption arc for SC and Kiff.

    SC always does best with a coach who is a character. Hardly a bigger character in cfb than Kiff at this point. McKay loved trolling too.

    At least Kiff knows and would HONOR the SC traditions. He’s the guy who did 50-0 vs UCLA. Still scoring in the 4th Q. He gets it. To maximize Bruin pain is a hallowed SC tradition. Kiff wouldn’t dodge ND.

    And seeing all the LSU corndogs go ballistic would be delicious.

    Come home Joey Freshwater.

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