USC is off today with a well-timed bye. But I would keep an eye on its next opponent tonight: Arizona State. I spoke to an ASU player Friday and there will be something vs. Fresno State with big implications for the Trojans’ game the following weekend. Stay tuned. Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Keep An Eye On This Game

I wrote this morning that Chick Hearn was the assistant coach for the Daily Trojan when it played the Daily Bruin for the 1956 Blood Bowl and said the DT would run a “multiple offense.” How did it turn out? The Daily Trojan lost, 12-0. “It’ll take the Trojans’ best game to whip UCLA,” Hearn said. Roy Storey, the voice of the Bruins, picked UCLA, … Continue reading The USC Friday Column Supplement

The challenge this week will be to not feel hungry after you read this week’s USC notes column. Also, if it takes five minutes to read this coumn, that works out to 2 hours, 20 minutes a year. I’ll ask Lincoln Riley if that is too much of his time. But he can read it in the back seat of the car when the personal … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

USC has a No. 12 decal as a tribute to Charles White. It would be better if the helmet wasn’t so busy with the Coliseum 100th anniversary sticker, the Pac-12 sticker, the American flag sticker, the Fight On! sticker. And on the front, there are two USC decals and a decal of a hand making the Fight On symbol. Remember when the USC helmet was … Continue reading USC Helmets Are Full Of Symbolism

Lincoln Riley, who is the master of transfer portal, highlighted the drawbacks of the portal in his highly publicized recent interview: “Well, I think right now, it’s just the cool, easy idea to do. But you also see the thousands of guys in the portal right now that don’t have a home, that left a home and a scholarship that they had. You see a … Continue reading USC Notes: Lincoln Riley Highlights Downside Of Portal

Mater Dei defensive lineman Aydin Breland, a four-star prospect, has narrowed his list of schools to Georgia, Miami and Oregon. So virtually every top prospect from the nation’s No. 1 high school program is not considering USC. That’s a problem. Lincoln Riley probably just figures he’ll go to the transfer portal to address his needs. But USC’s always had a good relationship with Mater Dei … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Pipeline’s Broken Again