Today’s look back at Trojans who died in 2021 remembers Paul Westphal. Westphal was on the 1971 USC men’s basketball team that had a 24-2 record. He was a first-team All-American the following season. Westphal was so good, he could have gone anywhere after playing at Aviation High School in Redondo Beach and it came down to perennial champion UCLA and USC. “I wanted to … Continue reading Remembering Paul Westphal
WINNERS USC basketball The Trojans rose to No. 7 in the AP Top 25 poll, their highest-ranking since 1975. That Gus Williams-led team got to No. 5. Just don’t play and you never lose. Williams is pictured above. Carson Palmer The Heisman winner turns 42 today and did a great job spilling the beans on that players group Mike Bohn consulted during the coaching search. … Continue reading USC Winners And Losers Of Week
Did you see how USC released its basketball schedule today? This is how it referred to the USC-UCLA games: When you consider UCLA is considered a top 3 team entering the season, is this the best way of dealing with them? Where is the professionalism of the social media dept.? Does Mike Bohn approve of this? Another own goal for USC social media. Read it … Continue reading USC Social Media Strikes Again
In the USC newsletter, I name the frontrunner to replace former USC assistant coach Jason Hart. As expected, five-star Kijani Wright of Windward and now Sierra Canyon committed to USC today. Meanwhile, Su’a Cravens has joined USC in an unspecified role for pre-game and post-game shows at football games this season. If Cravens is allowed to be as honest on these shows as he was … Continue reading Su’a Cravens And Jason Hart Replacement In USC News
USC will play Oklahoma State on Dec. 21 in Oklahoma City. Typical Andy Enfield to schedule the Cowboys after Cade Cunningham. And Oklahoma State is nowhere to be seen in the early top 25 polls for next season. So now Enfield is ready to play them, when he thinks he has the better team. We’ll see. Four-star wide receiver Tobias Merriweather from Vancouver, Wash., committed … Continue reading USC Notes: Typical Andy Enfield Move
Former USC basketball player Chimezie Metu is playing in the Olympics for Nigeria. After the basketball team was eliminated last night, he blasted the government and Olympic Committee of Nigeria. For example, the basketball team’s flight from Oakland to Tokyo took 30 hours because it went through Germany to save money. A flight from Oakland to Tokyo takes 11 hours. Seven members of Coach Mike … Continue reading Chimezie Metu Rips Nigeria For Mistreatment Of Athletes
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