Rick Caruso and Carol Folt are here, naturally. Success has many fathers, as they say. Caruso credits Folt for turning around university and athletics. Mike Bohn thanks Brandon Sosna for “securing the nation’s top coach.” Nick Saban? Caruso, with empty Coliseum as backdrop, says it’s the last time the Coliseum will be empty. Did you see the people picking up trash in the background? Lincoln … Continue reading Lincoln Riley Press Conference Live Blog

USC usually has its press conferences to introduce a new coach on campus. But Lincoln Riley will be unveiled in the Scholarship Club Tower at the Coliseum. And guess who will be there? Carol Folt. Success has many fathers, as they say. Maybe it’s in the Coliseum Tower because USC wants to get its money’s worth from the new structure after so few people used … Continue reading Lincoln Riley Will Be Unveiled In Different Place

I hope Lincoln Riley can start this week at USC. He has a lot to do: Instill discipline, get rid of coaches/support staff that need to go, clean up the roster and start looking for new offensive/defensive linemen. Obviously, no coaches will be fired this week with USC playing Cal on Saturday, but Riley will start hiring his own staff. ESPN reported Sunday night that … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Can Lincoln Riley Start Today?

There is a brilliance on the part of Lincoln Riley taking the USC job. His star was fading a bit at Oklahoma this season and he knows the Sooners are eventually moving to a Super 16-team SEC. The Sooners job is getting harder. Instead, he can grab the low-hanging fruit of the USC job, where winning a mediocre Pac-12 title will be heartily cheered by … Continue reading Why Lincoln Riley To USC Makes Perfect Sense

USC in finalizing a deal to hire Oklahoma coach Lincoln Riley in the next 24 hours according to multiple reports. It was first reported by Pete Thamel of Yahoo. This would be a blockbuster hire. Riley makes $7.6 million at Oklahoma and would probably make at least $9 million at USC. It’s the kind of hire that will shake up the Pac-12 and Riley has … Continue reading Lincoln Riley Coming To USC Per Reports

Did Carol Folt forget USC plays Cal next weekend? Here is what she tweeted — and deleted — last night. If that wasn’t enough, the announced attendance at the Coliseum was 55,926. I repeat, the announced attendance was 55,926. Just look at this photo for a laugh: BYU wins the toss and defers. USC will start on offense. Crowd during the coin flip is sparse … Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: Late-Night Follies