Here’s a question: How many adjustments does Gary Patterson make during games? Based on the Rutgers game, not too many.

A former colleague of Patterson attributes it more to arrogance than anything else.

“He’s going to do what he likes to do. He’s in the College Football Hall of Fame. What is anyone going to tell him?”

• Has Lincoln Riley let Gary Patterson speak to the media since the season started? It might be nice to hear what Patterson thinks since he runs the defense.

• Marshawn Lynch came to USC on Thursday as a guest at Pete Carroll’s class.

• And now for some history (with an Oregon flavor):
• Wide receiver J.K. McKay against Oregon in 1973. USC won, 31-10.

• Imagine back in 1985, the Oregon cheerleaders actually passed out T-shirts for their game against USC in Tokyo (The Mirage Bowl). I got mine because I hung out with the cheerleaders in Tokyo one night before the game.

• They don’t make coaching staffs like they used to. This is Oregon under Coach Jerry Frei. Some of the assistant coaches include John Robinson, two-time Super Bowl winner George Seifert and Cal/Arizona State coach Bruce Snyder.

All of them stayed at Oregon from 1967-71. Snyder got hired at USC as running backs coach in 1974, no doubt because Robinson was the offensive coordinator. Snyder then worked for Robinson with the Rams from 1983-86 and got paired with Robinson a fourth time as a UNLV assistant coach from 2003-04 under Robinson.

• There was no better atmosphere for a basketball game than Mac Court. The upper levels shook during games when the crowd got going.

Here’s USC playing there in 1978.

• Who are these teams playing at the Coliseum? It might not look exactly like a USC team but it is as the Trojans donned gold helmets in 1957. The opponent is Oregon. The Ducks defeated the Trojans, 16-7. USC ditched the gold helmets after the season, perhaps because it went 1-9 that year.

• Is Oregon bringing its cheerleaders tomorrow?

• Look at this press release as USC heads to South Bend to play Notre Dame in 1959. It includes a refreshingly honest injury report, unlike the stuff Lincoln Riley spews out now. And a detailed travel itinerary (those were later abolished by Tim Tessalone).

PICTURES OF THE WEEK

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Linda Harrison

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Imagine a cheerful Saturday morning in 1975 when the three networks would run wall-to-wall cartoons. At 11 a.m., things suddenly took a bleaker turn (if parents paid attention) with the appearance of upside-down scarecrows, some menacing apes and a scary voice announcing the show. Yes, it was time for “Return to the Planet of the Apes.” And kids like me were glued to the TV set watching.