Remember last month I wrote about a former USC player who spent time around the program saying he was shocked at how little mention of the importance of the Crosstown Rivalry was made during the week of the UCLA game? And over the weekend, Eric Musselman ripped his players for not understanding the rivalry. So we have a football coach (Lincoln Riley) who could care … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: What Will It Take To Understand Rivalry?

There are some unhappy USC employees because Trojan Family Weekend and Homecoming are on consecutive weekends in November. Why are they unhappy? Because a lot of work takes place on campus for those weekends and having them back-to-back doesn’t give the people who have to organize and set them up a break. They wonder why USC couldn’t have had one of those events earlier in … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Scheduling Quirk Dismays Some

USC has designated the Nov. 8 game with Northwestern as Trojan Family Weekend. This is significant because the university will not have family weekend when the football game is on a Friday night. So that means the Northwestern game should not be a candidate to move to a Friday night. The assumption within the athletic dept. is that the Michigan State or Iowa games could … Continue reading A Brief Update On USC’s Schedule

Dan Lanning has signed an amended six-year contract that increases his pay to nearly $11 million per year according to Yahoo. Lanning has gone 35-6 at Oregon. During that same time, Lincoln Riley has gone 26-14 and he makes roughly the same amount of money. Here’s one difference: People immediately wanted to know what Lanning would pay if he left? $20 million. USC fans want … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Completely Different Views On Coach Contracts

Have you noticed something missing in media reports about Chad Bowden leaving Notre Dame for USC? “I knew I was coming to USC,” Bowden said Monday. “When in an hour time span I talked to Jen (Cohen) and Lincoln (Riley) and had voiced my aspirations and what I believe college football is going to be in the new era and how aggressive I’d like to … Continue reading There Is A Reason People Come To USC