USC Morning Buzz: There Is One Good Development For 2019

If you want something that will be better about 2019 than 2018, I will give you this: Offensive coordinator Graham Harrell will also coach the quarterbacks, which means he will be in the quarterbacks meeting room every day during the season. At other schools, this is a no-brainer. But this is USC, where Clay Helton was so ridiculous the past three seasons that he had … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: There Is One Good Development For 2019

USC Loses Its Interim Strength Coach

Keith Belton, who has been interim USC strength coach since Ivan Lewis, is leaving for Kansas, according to his Instagram. Belton was told by Clay Helton he would not be considered for the head strength coach position, sources said. USC has had four strength coaches leave in the past six weeks (Lewis took two assistants to Seattle) and now Belton is gone. Belton was previously … Continue reading USC Loses Its Interim Strength Coach

USC Still Needs A President Too

USC is considering a bold move in its search for a new president, according to sources close to the Board of Trustees and search committee; Although Northwestern president Morton Schapiro and Northeastern president Joseph Aoun have been considered frontrunners, USC might do something completely different. The search committee is looking at candidates outside of strictly academic backgrounds, because of the big, diverse portfolio of the … Continue reading USC Still Needs A President Too

The Ultimare Clay Helton Whopper?

I pointed out yesterday how Clay Helton made it seem in December like USC’s recruiting class would substantially improve in February . . . and it did not. But here’s the whopper of Helton statements worth exploring again. “I can’t wait for people to see this team come November, because I believe in where they’re going, I see where they’re going.” This came in October … Continue reading The Ultimare Clay Helton Whopper?

Report: Controversy Costs USC Trustee Country Club Membership

Rick Caruso, who is the chair of USC’s Board of Trustees, pulled his application to Los Angeles Country Club after business leaders and USC alumni protested him joining after Caruso’s handling of the firing of business school dean Jim Ellis, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Excerpt: “[The LACC] got a lot of angry calls about Rick — so he pulled his application,” said one source … Continue reading Report: Controversy Costs USC Trustee Country Club Membership