Has anyone at USC the past 10 years ever expressed a doubt about the buyout policy with football coaches? Lincoln Riley is currently holding USC hostage with his massive buyout ($50-60 million). But before that, there was the same issue with Clay Helton. Helton got $4.2 million from USC in 2024 and has made $13 million since being fired. He was the third-highest paid employee … Continue reading Who Does These USC Buyouts?
This comment from Lincoln Riley on Gary Patterson caught my eye. “His impact will be immediate, elevating our defense and strengthening the culture we’ve built,” Riley said. The culture we’ve built? What’s that? Giving up a 35-yard touchdown pass in the Alamo Bowl on third-and-20? Giving up 500 yards to Illinois? Letting Notre Dame rush for more than 300 yards? Letting Tyler Warren catch 17 … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Gary Patterson Inherits Already Built Culture?
USC went into Wisconsin today and beat the Badgers, 73-71, to stop their mini two-game losing streak and get their NCAA Tournament hopes back on track. But . . . Alijah Arenas was 3 for 12 from the field and is now 6 for 27 in two games this season. Continue reading USC Wins Narrowly At Wisconsin But Not Everyone Stops Slide
USC analyst Adrian Klemm is the frontrunner to become offensive line coach at Alabama. Did you forget Klemm works at USC? He’s been everywhere: UCLA, Oregon, the Pittsburgh Steelers, the New England Patriots. Naturally at USC he coached on the defensive side despite always being an offensive line coach. I guess USC thought the offensive line was so well coached it didn’t need his help. Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: An Assistant Off To Alabama
Former Stanford and San Francisco 49ers star QB John Brodie died yesterday at age 90. And there was plenty of USC connections. His brother, Bill Brodie, was a quarterback on the USC freshman team in 1956, graduated from USC and was also an apartment manager just off campus in 1959. John Brodie’s daughter, Diane, was a tennis player at USC and a membere of the 1985 … Continue reading Saturday Buzz: There Are Always USC Connections
It took awhile but USC finally announced the hiring of Gary Patterson this morning. Like I said before, here is what someone who coached with Patterson told me about him. “It will be a good hire if they get the old Gary Patterson and not old Gary Patterson,” he said. Either way, it will be an upgrade from D’Anton Lynn. And once again: To give … Continue reading USC Finally Hires Gary Patterson
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