USC Morning Buzz: The Newest Excuse For Losing

One new alibi from the Lincoln Riley apologists is that it is tough to win road games, especially when Riley is 0-6 against ranked teams on the road since he was at USC. Well, Texas A&M won at Notre Dame. How about that? Alabama won at Georgia. Indiana won at Oregon. Ohio State won at Illinois (memo to USC). And Oregon won at Penn State, … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Newest Excuse For Losing

Morning Buzz: USC-Notre Dame Report Card

QUARTERBACK Jayden Maiava built up some gaudy stats this season but Lincoln Riley didn’t trust him in the biggest game, a popular theme with Riley. Grade: C+ RUNNING BACKS It’s not ideal to get your first career start at Notre Dame so King Miller deserves some grace for that. More importantly, there was plenty of plays with lousy run blocking that allowed him to get … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC-Notre Dame Report Card

USC Notes: Remember Those Groundbreaking Travel Changes?

Remember before the Purdue game how Lincoln Riley talked about the new travel plans for road trips? USC would fly bigger, more comfortable planes on those taxing road trips and had researched sleep patterns or something, something. “We’ve made a couple changes in that, a couple changes in the schedule, kind of timing of eating, timing of what time we put them in the bed,” … Continue reading USC Notes: Remember Those Groundbreaking Travel Changes?

USC Morning Buzz: The Secret Weapon Fizzled

Remember last week USC defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn said general manager Chad “Charmin” Bowden was a “big help” sharing information on Notre Dame’s personnel? Well, 442 yards later, how much help was Bowden? Maybe this is why he is a general manager and not a coach. Talking seems to be his specialty. TRIVIA TIME There have been 512 games played in the storied history of … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Secret Weapon Fizzled

Check Out These Bad Takes On USC

I asked how gullible are the nation’s pundits? Here’s some examples: On3's @jdpickell is taking USC to beat Notre Dame in South Bend on @BetMGM this Saturdayđź‘€ 34-31 Trojans✌️ pic.twitter.com/EQ8UwnXPl7 — On3 (@On3sports) October 16, 2025 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js ✌️ @uscfb has @Jbooty88 and @AdamBreneman81's full attention 🤯 Will they beat Notre Dame this weekend? Full episode of Butt & Breneman on YouTube đź’» pic.twitter.com/tKZCw85wgp — Big … Continue reading Check Out These Bad Takes On USC