USC had the No. 1-ranked recruiting class, no questions asked.
The problem is there is a cottage industry of media/fans who overhype everything at USC, especially the recruiting class. They have done this for months . . . and months.
So is it a surprise that some of the fans that naively listen to these people are then frustrated when the freshmen struggled in the fourth quarter?
It’s like a slap in the face because they never hear anything but how perfect everything is and they cannot comprehend growing pains.
And then the fanboys have to come back by saying, hey relax, they are freshmen. Yes. We know. But you overhyped them for at least a year!
Wolf should give what he calls the “SC fanboys” a little more credit than that
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Besides, some of the freshmen like Mosley did quite well
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Some of the frosh delivered big time, particularly Mosley and Wafle. Bowman, Riddeaux, Alston, Baker, and Dixon-Wyatt look like they will be excellent.
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67′ eggs- alley!
O.T. Moreno said to receive $4 billion for LAA
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KAM: Now get rid of the fake rocks and waterfall in the bleachers.
DON: That is a pathetic holdover from the Disney era.
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The guys holding up the Juice Box boxes are the only ones with any shade
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The Juice still making people feel good!
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KAM: OJ is bringing more joy to people with the new docuseries on the Investigative Discovery Channel!
DON: The docuseries will air on back-to-back nights on Tuesday, September 8, and Wednesday, September 9, at 9/8c on ID. It will also be available to stream on HBO Max
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Yes, white people will never get over it.
As Seinfeld used to say, “That’s a shame.”
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10 pts, wolfman!! no other beat writer has the guts to call out the homers, fanboys and Company Men who populate their fan base and welll DOGGY, the trOJies are loaded with all three!! conversely, Bruin fans are world-renowned for being circumspect and objective. that comes from having dominated the college sports world for decades. when you have Wooden, Kareem, Arthur, Rafer, Jackie, Bill, Anne Meyers, Lisa Fernandez etc etc, you don’t have to gin up the program with such juvenile hype!!
#BeLikeBucket
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Congratulations on possibly having one of the absolute worst ADs in the history of UGLY sports.
DEI hires like Foster and Jarmond set them back years. Rumor is this is Cronin’s last year as well.
It sucks to be a bRuin.
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DON: You notice the ucla honk didn’t mention any bruin football players
KAM: The bruins blew their chances in 1967 and 1998
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KAM: And 1946 and 1952 and 1966 and 1969 and 1976 and 1982 and 1987 and 1988.
DON: Choke jobs all.
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you’re correct, i missed the legendary Troy Aikman, the only NFL QB to win 3 outta 4 Super Bowls!!! the UCLA Pantheon of Sports Greats is a very crowded one! i could also mention Heisman winner Garry Beban, gunslinger Cade McNown the only QB from either school to run the table 4-0 vs rival!!! finally Jonathan Ogden the greatest O-lineman in history narrowly edging out Munoz (foreign born, so pt. deduction)
#ThankYouForYourInterestInUCLASports
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How dumb can you be?
Anthony Munoz was born in Ontario, CA!
Jeez, you are stupid!
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DON: Wolf changes subjects so often that the insults from the previous postings lose their sting
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Since the topic is hype, a sportswriter once said that “Hype is supposed to overpromise and underdeliver, not overpromise and overdeliver”
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Were any of Chuck’s gutties mentioned above in the last 30 years? 40 years?
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One more true frosh shoutout to Boobie, who blocks like nobody’s business:
https://www.si.com/college/usc/football/usc-trojans-freshman-boobie-feaster-impresses-debut-underrated-play
Boobie’s parents came from Texas to watch the game. His dad said that the heat inside the stadium was worse than Texas, and his wife, who had to have medical treatment for heat exhaustion, got blisters from the seat she was sitting on.
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Was it the freshman? Should we relax?
Or was it Riley? These late game collapses have been happening repeatedly with Riley – with starters. This looked just like all those games. Unable to finish. Unable to put the dagger in. Letting teams back in and allowing them confidence. Tulane anyone? This has been happening since these freshman were in jr high.
We shouldn’t relax because it’s Riley. Riley has yet to fundamentally turn around ANY of the weaknesses that have plagued his tenure.
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