One of the big selling points of today’s scrimmage that frankly does not appeal to a lot of people was a chance to see the new Coliseum Scholarship Tower, where the suites and other amenities are located. It’s also what USC has spent about 99 percent of its promotion of the renovated Coliseum on. Well, USC sent out a message that tours are canceled today … Continue reading USC Cancels Scholarship Tower Tours

Lynn Swann has a way of saying things that do not make sense and his appearance on the Dan Patrick show was proof of that . . . again. When asked by Patrick why USC is not ranked in the preseason and like “the USC of old,” Swann said the following: “It’s a process . . . If you haven’t had good recruiting years . … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Fact Twisting A.D. Strikes Again

It’s team photo day, where you can have trouble telling if there are more players than staff members in a picture. Somehow, they survived in the 1960’s (below). Continue reading It’s USC Team Photo Day

Lynn Swann was on the Dan Patrick radio show this morning and here is the key 5-minute part, if you can stomach it. Swann talks about USC losing a sense of urgency last season and that he does not have a set number of victories for Clay Helton to save his job. What happened to USC football? @USC_Athletics AD @Lynn88Swann on the need for the … Continue reading Lynn Swann On Dan Patrick Show

Mike McGee, who was USC athletic director from 1984-93, has died. He was 80. McGee holds a distinction: He is the only known athletic director in the history of USC who had no ties to USC when he was hired. He was also the only atheltic director who was actually an athletic director somewhere before he got hired by USC. Think about that for a … Continue reading Former USC A.D. Mike McGee Dies

USC will practice at the Coliseum tonight, probably in tennis shoes again, as it prepares for Saturday’s scrimmage. These are usually the dog days of training camp but with days off and no two-a-days, this has been a pretty comfortable two weeks for the players. Linebacker Solomon Tuliaupupu was reportedly in the hospital Thursday. Was he having surgery on his sore foot? Tuliaupupu redshirted last … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column