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Morning Buzz: USC Connection To College Football Playoff Controversy

Every story seems to have a USC connection.

Baylor athletic director Mack Rhoades has stepped from the College Football Playoff committee, where he is chair, and taken a leave of absence at Baylor.

According to Outkick, an initial investigation involved allegations Rhoades put his hands on a player before the Arizona State game, followed by a physical altercation with an assistant coach.

The player was former USC tight end Michael Trigg. Outkick reported Rhoades wanted to know why Trigg was wearing a yellow long-sleeve undershirt while Baylor wore all-black uniforms.

 ‘What the (expletive) are you wearing that yellow shirt for?’ Rhoades allegedly said.

He also reportedly physically accosted an assistant coach after the game and Outkick now says there are new charges “which do not involve Title IX, student welfare or NCAA rules. They also do not involve the football program.”

This is just an aside, but no shock a former USC player was wearing a T-shirt with a color that might not have been part of the official uniform. It’s not unusual at USC.

  • Thankfully, the USC bookstore was carrying Makai Lemon’s jersey yesterday and not just No. 80 jerseys for the punter/No. 3 QB.

You can also get Jayden Maiava’s jersey in white.

44 thoughts on “Morning Buzz: USC Connection To College Football Playoff Controversy”

  2. BUT, is the bookstore offering 32 jerseys?

    Not going to go well this Saturday. Riley will continue his record of 5-12 versus ranked teams. He’s 0-6 versus ranked teams on the road. That’ll be 0-7 after next Saturday.

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    1. I’m more optimistic since the game is at home. The X -factor will be rain. But that could play to USC’s advantage since it could make Iowa totally one dimensional. Their QB rushes 10 or more times per game on RPOs, in which you can probably take the “P” out of the RPO. Maybe a spy would be effective.

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      3. Cool reference from Mad Magazine!

        [I think the predictions of bad weather are gonna actually help us — everybody’s on notice of how physical this game is gonna get. My ONE concern is Desman Stephens —I heard him interviewed — he seems WAY nice —not a run stopper mentality]….

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  3. Players get around a lot these days…I remember when we lost Trigg, who looked like he might be the second coming of Charles Young. He was tall, big, fast, very athletic. I recall he transferred to somewhere in the SEC and now he is at Baylor…go figure.

    Which also makes me recall Romello Height, who transferred to USC from Auburn as an edge. He was injured on the first series in the first game he played, was injured, lost for the year. He transferred after that, he might be on his 4th or 5th school now.

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    2. Trigg went to Ole Miss with Jaxson Dart. I recall that it was considered a lost to USC. They did not want him to transfer.

      I can’t imagine an athletic director attacking a big, young, athletic, tight end. Well, at least not Jen Cohen. Maybe Carol Folt after a few drinks.

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  4. Scooter,

    You brought up a good point. I remember back in the 70’s, the entire team wore shore white socks and black shoes with none of this shirts showing or panty hoses showing. Now adays, they wear one arm pullups or leg pullups and crappy shoes. That is from the head coach Riley. He is a pacified puss with no discpline. That is why he loses the big games. the team has no discipline

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    1. YOU NEED TO STOP WATCHING USC FOOTBALL ……..

      YOUR MENTEL HEALTH AND SELF CARE ARE FAR MORE IMPORTANT

      PS……the magats want you to post a racist joke…. I am sure you have many

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      1. KAM: What is “MENTEL HEALTH” and why are you always shouting here? No one listens to you anyways.

        KAM:  Brain dead vile antisemitic and racist Board Pest Board Cancer Cowardly Gabby aka Sparrow Calypso aka TebowObama aka Charlie Bucket the UCLA Fan aka The Guy who posts as Buddhakarma & So Cal’s Wife & Michael Guarino & Trojan RJJ & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and TrojanFan 1-3 & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and KATHY and Foreskin Thoughts and SCOTTLOVESTHEROOOOOTTÞ and Manureman and eric  and Smacky is the Board Racist:

        Gabby

        March 18, 2025 at 4:54 pm

        size matters when you have to supplement your old lady with a massive black d i l d o.

        “Once you go black you never go back”

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      2. Sybil grows angrier and angrier at folks she’s never met….

        #WhichKeepsHer…

        #FromDoingSybil..

        #SoSad

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      3. KAM:
        You need professional help, Cowardly Gabby. Maybe you can get in on the counselling with your fellow Sore Loserman Democrats: As reported by Punchbowl News, Jamie Raskin, the House Judiciary Committee Ranking Democrat Member, has enlisted psychologists to help Democrats on the panel cope with President Donald Trump’s presidency. If the recruitment of psychologists by a House Democrat leader doesn’t convince skeptics that TDS is real, I’m not sure what would.

        The purpose of the session, according to multiple attendees, was to counsel Democrats about how to approach conflict and effectively combat what Raskin described as “authoritarian styles of speech.” Another attendee said Judiciary Democrats were also advised to avoid devolving into partisan mud-slinging — a more common hallmark of the House Oversight Committee, which Raskin previously led as the top Democrat.

        During a retreat last week for Judiciary Democrats, Raskin — the ranking member of the key panel — hosted Jim Coan, a University of Virginia professor of psychology, and Hal Movius, a consultant who specializes in “negotiation,” “influence,” “emotion regulation,” “leadership” and “organizational development.” Coan’s “recent work emphasizes the neural systems supporting social forms of emotion regulation,” according to his bio with UVa. The retreat was held at the Library of Congress.

        DON: Cowardly Gabby sure could use some intensive treatment by Dr. Doan.

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      5. #MichealWillProbablyNeverFixMichael

        that cocnut really phucked him up between the ears……vegetable

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      7. KAM: Decades ago Charlie Bucket gave herself away when she talked about “The Cadre.”

        DON: The Cadre are Charlie Bucket aka Cowardly Gabby’s multiple personalities.

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  5. DON: College football with its relatively new pay-to-play philosopy has created a segment of carpetbaggers who go where the money is best.

    KAM: Some kids go to 2 or 3 different schools in pursuit of the money

    DON: Can’t blame them. Out of about 10,000 college players each year, maybe 2% will ever see any NFL money

    KAM: But with the money being thrown around in football these days, some of these kids might be financially set for life while still in college

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    1. A lot of the “big uglies” aren’t getting so much. QBs are nailing it. Michigan’s QB (maybe he will be great one day, he was mediocre versus USC) is getting $12.5 million, courtesy of Larry Ellison. Now, that could set a person for life.

      $3 million per year, net of taxes = $1.7 million to invest per year.

      $6.8 million invested after four years, split between Nasdaq 100 and other diversified funds = $900,000 average return each year, including dividend reinvestment.

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      1. trojan1967,

        There is a stock called Annly. It is a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT). They must pay 90% of the earnings to the stock holders and they keep 10% for adm fees. Theyh rate of return quarterly is 10%. I bought some at $6 per share and it is up to $20 per share. Their investments are in propety in NY. Now with the commie mayor in town, who knows what will happen.

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      2. KAM:

        Plow Horse

        November 8, 2024 at 1:28 am

        In the West Hollywood and Palm Springs circles, Cowardly Gabby is known as a fistee, not a fister. He has taken a lot of abuse. Hasn’t been able to fart since a summer he spent in San Francisco in the mid eighties.

        DON: Hee Hee!!!!!!!!!!

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    2. KAM: The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) is reportedly considering a $2.4 billion investment in the Big Ten Conference, which would involve acquiring a 10% stake in a new entity called Big Ten Enterprises. This deal aims to provide significant financial support to the conference and its member schools, although it has faced opposition from some prominent institutions like Michigan and USC. It turns out SC and MICH are right!

      DON: Since 2022, California’s main state pension fund has committed $282 million to a Chinese venture capital firm that has been investigated by Congress for its close ties with the Chinese Communist Party. 

      Experts warn these investments are not only risky, given China’s record on property rights and growing economic challenges, but undermine the security of the United States and its allies. 

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    3. Most of these players will blow their money. Mike Tyson earned 300 million and blew it all. There is an old Irish proverb – “put a poor man on horseback and he’ll ride the horse straight to the devil.”

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  6. DON:: With so much movement by the college footballers, there is less school loyalty

    KAM:: Doesn’t matter because it’s the alumni’s ‘school loyalty’ that counts, and they still root like heck for their favorite school

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      3. I never believed the suicide story. But if the Hillary affair really happened, I could believe it.

        No higher form of regret than that!

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      4. KAM; DEMOCRATS MAKE FOOLS OF THEMSELVES. AGAIN: This Says It All: Democrats Block the Release of the Epstein Files. You’ll see a lot of ignorant dopes saying the Republicans blocked this, because a Republican was presiding over the house when the unanimous consent resolution was blocked.

        DON: It was, however, Hakeem Jeffries who refused to consent. Hakeem Don’t Like It!

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      5. No higher regret than having an affair? Did I read this correctly?

        NO higher regret than an affair?

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      7. 🤦‍♂️

        No higher form of regret than killing yourself (over having an affair with Hillary), because you know you can never live that one down!

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      8. Cowardly Gabby had an affair with a Gerbil and the Gerbil committed suicide. The Gerbil described the relationship as “being in a dark hole, that you cannot escape, and the hole gets bigger and bigger, and then a terrible odor kicks in. I thought I was in hell.” Cowardly Gabby devastated. It was the most meaningful relationship in his life. The only time he was truly happy.

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      9. Cowardly plow horse had an affair with a Gerbil and the Gerbil committed suicide. The Gerbil described the relationship as “being in a dark hole, that you cannot escape, and the hole gets bigger and bigger, and then a terrible odor kicks in. I thought I was in hell.” Cowardly plow horse devastated. It was the most meaningful relationship in his life. The only time he was truly happy.

        So, plow horse went back to using his old lady’s rubber toy, aka “Tiny The Dildo”

        Maureman hardest hit!

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      10. KAM:

        Plow Horse
        JULY 24, 2023 AT 9:33 PM
        Unfortunately Chickens$#@ Gabby, there is nothing righteous about you.

        Your a gutless, lying punk, that hurls insults on the handicapped, the homeless, or bloggers’ wives, mothers and daughters and then scurries away like a scared little mouse. You belong on the Biden/Harris re-election committee. You will find kindred spirits there.

        Go and leave the Inside USC blog alone

        DON: YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  7. SYBIL RE-READS HER OWN POSTS……

    #…ThenRepliesToThemUnderDifferentNames…

    #ItTrulyDoesn’tGetMorePoignantThanThat…

    #[SomethingOutOfDostoyevsky]

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    1. MAUI FRAUD RE-READS HER OWN POSTS……

      #…ThenRepliesToThemUnderDifferentNames…

      #ItTrulyDoesn’tGetMorePoignantThanThat…

      #[SomethingOutOfDostoyevsky]

      (soooooo true)

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      2. —we’re all basically saying the same thing: “she never made any sense….but she’s getting worse”….

        #Didn’tThinkItWasPossible

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