There is a complete difference of opinion about USC between the fans who expect a trip to the expanded College Football Playoff and the oddsmakers, who set the regular-season over/under at 7.5. Who is going to be right? If USC doesn’t win 10 games, Lincoln Riley is going to be under a lot of pressure again. But with the schedule, it might not be possible. … Continue reading USC Notes: Fans And Oddsmakers Disagree

I mentioned last week my concern about USC’s offensive line. Now here’s how it looks in depth chart form.: LT/Elijah Paige/Fr./Jonah Monheim, Sr. LG/Emmanuel Pregnon/Jr./Gino Quinones, Sr. C/Jonah Monheim/Sr./Micah Banuelos, Fr. RG/Alani Noa/So./Amos Talalele, Fr. RT/Mason Murphy/Jr./ Tobias Raymond, Fr. USC is recruiting former Texas A&M center Bryce Foster. But new A&M coach Mike Elko apparently decided Foster wasn’t going to start next season and … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Let’s Look At Those Line Concerns

The NFL Players Assn. is holding its annual Rookie Premiere event this weekend and as usual, it’s at the Coliseum. So it’s a homecoming for Caleb Williams, who was one of the 40 invited rookies to the select event. You know who else is there? Brenden Rice. I can’t recall another seventh-round pick getting invited. It wouldn’t have anything to do with who his father … Continue reading Coliseum Homecoming For Former USC Players

When the Dodgers said Reggie Bush would throw out the first pitch Friday, I joked on social media, “Will he bring his Heisman?” Turns out Bush did bring his Heisman Trophy. Talk about image rehab. Was that the point of the first pitch? He got his trophy back. He never had to apologize to the USC players who were put on probation. But now it … Continue reading Saturday Buzz: Reggie Bush Loves His Heisman

People are going crazy today about the new EA Sports college football game and its attention to detail. To be honest, this didn’t look like the Coliseum to me. I thought it might be a road game for a second. You know what’s better attention to detail. The Chargers placing a poster for The Rockford Files in their 2024 schedule release. You can watch it … Continue reading The USC Friday Column Supplement

Any scandals this week? Yes. The story came out this week about a star USC neuroscientist having three research papers retracted by a journal that published them and a paused drug trial by a company the professor co-founded. You can read about it here. “USC takes any allegations of research integrity very seriously,” the university said in a statement. And now for some history: Traditionlists … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column