USC baseball assistant coach Travis Jewett has resigned to take a position with Vanderbilt. It means USC has lost its top two assistant coaches since the season ended. He will be replaced by Bill Mosiello, who has been a candidate in the past for the USC head-coaching job and was a Trojan assistant in 2007. The lawsuit filed by Brian Kennedy highlights another problem with … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
Did USC really need to alienate booster Brian Kennedy to the point of Kennedy filing a lawsuit? Let’s review: For more than 25 years, USC has had two football practice fields. Howard Jones Field and Brian Kennedy Field. After the construction of the new football building and expansion, it still has two football fields. One is still called Howard Jones Field. So why isn’t the … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Was It Really Worth Alienating A Booster?
One of USC athletics most prominent boosters of the past 30 years has filed a lawsuit against the university after it demolished a football practice field that was named after him. The New York Post reports that Brian Kennedy of Beverly Hills suffered “reputational harm,” “embarrassment” and “humiliation.” Kennedy, who has donated at least $4 million to USC, has had one of USC’s two football … Continue reading Prominent Booster Sues USC
Do you know how many interceptions Caleb Williams threw in two seasons at USC? 10. Jayden Maiava threw 10 interceptions last season alone. And another six in just four starts in 2024. It’s important to remember he threw 7 interception in losses to Illinois, Notre Dame, Oregon, and TCU. At least he won’t have to worry about throwing any against Notre Dame this season. USC … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Here’s One Stat That Always Seems Important
USC and Texas Tech are close to an agreement to play a men’s basketball game Dec. 13th at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas. It’s a decent game but not the marquee-type game I’ve suggested recently. Did you know Vanderbilt is opening a 1,000-student West Coast campus in San Francisco? The new campus will include an arts college with $75 million in backing from Nvidia … Continue reading USC Notes: A Basketball Match Up, But Not Football
Football analyst Phil Steele has ranked USC’s offensive line as the fifth-best in the nation. I’ve already expressed my concerns about the offensive line but this is a good time to again show there is great optimism about the offensive line. The main reason for this is because all five starters return, although it is possible someone else might end up starting, for at least … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: An Elite Ranking For The Offensive Line (Apparently)
