Just as predicted, Pete Carroll has hired both his sons with the Raiders. Nate Carroll is the “assistant quarterbacks coach.” And Brennan Carroll is offensive line coach. So Chip Kelly gets them and $6 million to run the offense. The Raiders have 12 offensive assistants and 9 defensive assistants. How about a spot for USC professor David Belasco? Continue reading Pete Carroll Does Exactly As Expected With Raiders

A former USC player who spent time around the program at various times last season tells me he was shocked at how little mention of the importance of the Crosstown Rivalry was made during the week of the UCLA game. “You wouldn’t know we were playing a huge rival,” the player said. “It wasn’t treated with importance.” Is it a surprise given how little Lincoln … Continue reading USC-UCLA Rivalry: A Forgotten Tradition?

Despite how Lincoln Riley portrayed things last week, people inside the athletic dept. are less convinced that he likes his new arrangement at USC. Athletic director Jen Cohen, who is unconvinced with Riley, now has football czar Chad Bowden running important parts of the program. What happens if Bowden likes a player from California and Riley likes a player from Georgia? Who wins? What happens … Continue reading Morning Buzz: An Uneasy And Unproven Alliance At USC

Because the Super Bowl is today, I’m creating a post where you can make a prediction or comment on the game. Will the Chiefs win their third straight? Can Saquon Barkley win it for the Eagles? Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid wanted to go to USC and enrolled at Glendale College on the recommendation of Trojans coaches. Reid didn’t get any Division I offers when he … Continue reading It’s Super Sunday!

In Friday’s column, I wrote about some of the starters for USC in its game against Minnesota in 1953. Here’s a couple stars who were not listed in that starting lineup but key players. Des Koch is the best punter in USC history, despite what you might read. He led the nation in punting his junior and senior seasons. The best punter in the nation … Continue reading USC Notes: The Friday Column Supplement

Look at the difference between Lincoln Riley and Kenny Dillingham. Riley has talked a lot about the importance of NIL and how USC needed to increase its budget to compete. Dillingham, on the other hand, shows how to survive/thrive without a huge NIL budget. “Nobody comes here cause they get paid more money. So, if you’re a recruit, I’m sorry. You come here because you … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Lincoln Riley Vs. Kenny Dillingham