I can’t say I remember parents of USC players being more critical of Clay Helton or the other coaches on social media than in the past few months. And it comes after a 5-1 season. I don’t try to track it like some do because I don’t really follow the parents. But several comments have come across social media, never by the same parent, and … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Criticism Coming From Embarrassing Source

I wrote yesterday to expect more coaching departures and Arizona State has hired Chris Claiborne as linebackers coach. USC should never let its Butkus Award winner go to a Pac-12 rival. Claiborne has a ton of Southern California recruiting contacts. It’s telling when he worked at USC this past season, he was put on the offensive side of the staff. Not even coaching linebackers, which … Continue reading Arizona State Hires Chris Claiborne

With John David Baker officially off to Mississippi, how will USC fill the spot? Will Graham Harrell hire another buddy to coach the tight ends? Personally, I’d make Chris Claiborne the linebackers coach and let a graduate assistant deal with the tight ends, because USC doesn’t throw to them anyways. And USC linebackers need coaching. But that will not happen because defensive coordinator Todd Orlando … Continue reading How Will USC Fill Its Coaching Vacancy?

Oregon hired Cal assistant coach Tim DeRuyter as its defensive coordinator last week. Today, Oregon assistant coach Keith Heyward quit to reportedly become co-defensive coordinator at Cal. This interests me because it involves Heyward, the former USC cornerbacks coach under Steve Sarkisian. It probably won’t get written but Heyward likely left Oregon because he was never going to become the defensive coordinator. He was overlooked … Continue reading Oregon And Cal Trade Coaches

WINNERS Cornerback recruiting Maybe USC will fulfill Pete Carroll’s one-time dream of becoming Cornerback U. The Trojans are certainly getting top prospects. Now they need to be coached into elite college corners. Didn’t happen in 2020. Todd McNair From out of coaching for 10 years to going to a Super Bowl with Tampa Bay. That’s a turnaround. Deland McCullough Both Super Bowl teams’ running backs … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Winners And Losers Of The Week

As USC football tweets below, Ronald Jones is going to the Super Bowl. But what did that have to do with the BLVD Studios? It didn’t exist when Jones went to USC (thankfully). From #BLVDBound🌴 to @SuperBowl Bound! 😎☀️ @rojo 💪💪💪#TrojanMade⚔️ pic.twitter.com/2T1K7JFCqk — USC Football (@USC_FB) January 25, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js The tweet does not mention that former USC assistant coach Todd McNair is the Bucs’ … Continue reading Super Bowl Bound Trojans