I spoke to a USC coach Wednesday who told me even coaches agree that more of this June’s flurry of commitments are taken with a grain of salt. “I’ve spoken to coaches in the Big 12 and some other conferences and a lot of them feel like there are a lot of commitments coming that won’t stick until December, or worse, until February,” the coach … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: A Reality Of Recruiting

College Football Playoff executive director Bill Hancock will retire when his contract expires Feb. 1, 2025. Hancock has been the director of the CFP or BCS since 2009. REACTION: Good riddance. This guy constantly railed against a playoff when he was executive director of the BCS and then did a complete about face to work for the CFP. “College football has the best regular season … Continue reading USC Notes: Addition By Subtraction For CFP

Can anyone step on their own story better than the Pac-12? This should be a golden season for the conference with an array of proven, talented quarterbacks: Caleb Williams, Michael Penix, Cameron Rising, Bo Nix, etc. But all we read about is the failure to land a TV rights deal and now this week the weird way San Diego State is engineering a move from … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Pac-12 Stepping On Its Brilliant QB Stories

Lincoln Riley put his $17.2 million house in Palos Verdes to work last weekend when he held a “luau” for recruits. A luau sounds like something his recruiting staff from Oklahoma would think is a cool idea and they were popular in the 1960’s. I guess it was an easy event when you have a 3-acre estate with 12 bathrooms. Continue reading Lincoln Riley Estate Serves Purpose

Offensive center Jason Zandamela of Clearwater, Fla., committed to USC today. He also considered Florida State and Oklahoma. Zandamela is from Mozambique. USC now has 12 commitments for the Class of 2024. Continue reading USC Gets Offensive Line Commitment

Arizona got six commitments on Monday. Six! What is this rush for recruits to commit in mid-June? I’m convinced for some schools it’s not even about the team getting better, it’s about creating recruiting buzz for the summer. At least two of the Arizona commits don’t even have a star ranking. What are the odds some of these schools don’t even take some of these … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: What’s With All The June Commitments?