USC Friday Notes: Recruit Gets Honor/Job Offer Declined

USC incoming freshman QB Jaxson Dart was named Maxpreps Player of the Year. Dart’s senior stats were impressive: He set a Utah record with 67 touchdown passes. He also passed for 4,691 yards and rushed for 1,195 yards with 12 TDs. Former USC defensive lineman/defensive line coach Kenechi Udeze has joined the Tennessee Titans staff as assistant defensive line coach. According to Football Scoop, USC … Continue reading USC Friday Notes: Recruit Gets Honor/Job Offer Declined

If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

If USC needs to hire anything right now, it might be a human resources director. There never seems to be a lack of openings to fill and they seemed to get filled the way they usually do in coaching circles: Connections. The one key, however, is not a connection to Clay Helton, who has limited ties. USC is interviewing Texas director of recruiting Bryan Carrington … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

Report: USC Offers Texas Recruiting Director 3-Year Deal

Are three-year contracts the standard deal for USC football these days? Inside Texas reports that Bryan Carrington, director of recruiting at Texas, has been offered a three-deal by USC to “work in quality control.” A three-year deal with a quality control coach? The pandemic does not seem to affect spending, unless it concerns buying out Clay Helton. Continue reading Report: USC Offers Texas Recruiting Director 3-Year Deal

USC Wins Eight Of Nine Games

USC freshman Evan Mobley scored 14 points and grabbed 13 rebounds to lead the Trojans over Oregon State, 75-62, at the Galen Center. Five of Mobley’s six field goals were dunks. Isaiah White added 11 points and five rebounds. USC is 13-3 overall and 7-2 in the Pac-12. Oregon State was led by Ethan Thompson, who had 20 points and seven rebounds. The Beavers are … Continue reading USC Wins Eight Of Nine Games

Who Would Guess Pac-12 CEO’s Would Act Faster Than USC?

I suppose you could have a contest on who makes more for doing less? Clay Helton or Larry Scott? Helton earns more than $4.5 million and Scott $5.4 million in the last reported figures. At least Scott makes his own bad decisions. Helton seems to just fire assistant coaches for his millions. He doesn’t even hire them anymore. The depressing thing is that the slow-moving … Continue reading Who Would Guess Pac-12 CEO’s Would Act Faster Than USC?