First off, be sure to check out this week’s podcast below. It includes a hard-to-believe recruiting nugget that sort of says it all about USC recruiting now. Have you read anywhere else skepticism about Clay Helton‘s comment that Clancy Pendergast and some defensive coaches watched NFL film last week to put in a game plan to stop Khalil Tate? Think about it. Tate has played … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Coachspeak Of Clay
It looks like cornerback Greg Johnson will return and play Friday while defensive ends Christian Rector and Drake Jackson will not. Jackson will still in a boot Tuesday. Why would you risk Jackson anyways for Colorado if there was a chance he could return for Oregon? Hunter Echols and Caleb Tremblay will start in place of Rector and Jackson. Continue reading USC Injury Update
Below is a pretty extraordinary tweet from Florida athletic director Scott Stricklin seeking a home-and-home series with teams from the ACC, Big Ten, Big 12 or Pac-12. Is USC listening? Nope. Steve Lopes, the senior associate athletic director at USC, handles football scheduling and has effectively eliminated all marquee home-and-home series. If you don’t believe, check the future schedules here. So I’m highlighting the tweet … Continue reading Someone Tell USC That Florida Is Looking To Schedule Games
The NCAA interviewed former USC assistant coach Tony Bland about two weeks ago, according to a source. This confirms USC is one of the schools the NCAA is investigating following the FBI investigation into college basketball corruption. Bland was sentenced to two years of probation and 100 hours of community service in June. I’m also told USC is conducting another internal investigation of USC basketball. Continue reading NCAA Investigating USC Basketball
QUARTERBACK Kedon Slovis missed a lot of passes and played maybe his worst game of the season. It happens. Fortunately for USC, it happened against Arizona. He can’t play like that against Oregon. GRADE: D+ TAILBACKS Some people don’t like when I say USC recruits USC. You think Kenan Christon is at USC so he can play for Clay Helton? He committeed three months before … Continue reading USC-Arizona Report Card
There are at least 20 players on the USC injury list today. Maybe 2-3 will return this week but last year’s strength coach, Ivan Lewis, must be laughing at the criticism he received from me and others. I warned the night Aaron Ausmus was hired that it was “retread hire” and listed issues during the Lane Kiffin era but the know-nothing pundits praised him the … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Has How Many Players On Injury List?
