See what happens when USC plays an average team. It all becomes a huge challenge just to play. UCLA up, 21-10. USC defense confused subbing and lining and no one covers the tailback, who scores on TD pass. Isaiah Pola-Moa interception but a bad penalty by Tyler Vaughns and sack push USC back and Trojans forced to settle for FG. UCLA cannot tackle and just … Continue reading USC-UCLA Live Blog
Talanoa Hufanga finally makes a play and gets an INT. Colorado finally returned to form and lost to Utah today, so USC is the Pac-12 South champion. But who will the Trojans play Friday at the Coliseum? Washington? Oregon? Colorado if one more Pac-12 game gets called off and the conference falls below the minimum threshold? Meanwhile, Kirk Herbstreit ripped the conference on Game Day: … Continue reading USC Clinches Pac-12 South While Kirk Herbstreit Rips Pac-12
You want to sum up today’s game? The teams UCLA has beaten are 1-9. The teams USC has beaten are 2-10. What a rivalry. Some USC fans told me the Trojans can only play who is in front of them. I never saw much effort to do much more than find a soft landing post-COVID-19. USC never tried to play Oregon in Game 1, when … Continue reading Morning Buzz: Pick The USC-UCLA Score
Ishmael Sopsher, a reserve defensive lineman from Alabama, announced he would transfer to USC. Sopsher decided to leave Alabama in October after falling out of the Alabama defensive line rotation. Alabama had two true freshmen, Jamil Burroughs and Tim Smith, join the defensive line rotation in the third game vs. Georgia. Sopsher did not make an appearance in 2020 and played in one game in … Continue reading USC Adds Alabama Transfer
USC legend Alex Olmedo, who won Wimbledon and the Australian Open in 1959 plus two NCAA singles titles, has died. He was 84. Olmedo, who was born in Arequipa, Peru, was only 17-years-old when he boarded a ship from Peru to Cuba, flew to Miami and a bus to Los Angeles because he wanted to be part of the Southern California tennis scene. Olmedo won NCAA … Continue reading USC Tennis Loses Greats Alex Olmedo And Dennis Ralston
It’s been 33 years since Erik Affholter made one of the biggest catches in USC history and the Crosstown Rivalry. And one question remains: Did he actually catch the controversial touchdown? “I felt like I caught the ball but it bounced off (UCLA cornerback) Marcus Turner’s hands, off my shoulder pads and my face mask,” Affholter said.“I secured it but I didn’t know where I … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
