A reader emailed me today: “USC students used to swipe the UCLA banner from the Coliseum. Now two Daily Trojan guys swipe NFL jerseys and get arrested to make a headline.” And the key difference: The UCLA banner got returned. History repeats itself: The Pacific Coast dissolved after the 1958-59 school year. After USC played Washington State in Spokane in 1958, the Trojans boarded their … Continue reading The USC Friday Column Supplement

USC guard Drew Peterson signed an Exhibit 10 contract with the Miami Heat on Thursday night. An Exhibit 10 contract is a one-year, minimum-salary NBA deal that allows the franchise to convert the contract to a two-way contract if that change is made before the start of the regular season. A two-way contract stipulates an athlete’s salary is dependent on the league they are assigned to … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

Four-star wide receiver Ryan Pellum of Millikan High School in Long Beach might not be visiting Oregon this weekend per On3. That only bolsters the idea he is going to USC. Pellum will announce his college choice on Monday. Continue reading Recruit On Verge Of USC Commitment

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