Safety Calen Bullock and linebacker Mason Cobb were among 42 players to be named watch list candidate for the Lott Trophy. Lincoln Riley spoke at the luncheon today in Newport Beach to announce the list. I put all 42 players at the bottom of this post. THE 2023 LOTT IMPACT® TROPHY WATCH LIST: JAISHAWN BARHAM, Maryland, LB, 6-3, 230, Soph., District Heights, MD: Returning Freshman … Continue reading USC Notes: Two Trojans Make Lott List

The story of the two USC students who allegedly stole football jerseys at the NFL Draft took a higher profile after I wrote about it Wednesday. KCAL-TV (Channel 9) did a story on its newscast and web site. Annenberg Media finally acknowledged the situation and obtained a comment from USC: “While limited by student privacy laws in what we can share, we are cooperating with … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Media Can’t Even Agree On Pac-12 Deal

One other point spread from BetOnline: The USC-Notre Dame game has the Irish as 1-point favorites. That’s not much of a spread and it will surely move as the game gets closer. There are questions about Notre Dame right now, but things will be much clearer after the Irish play seven games. Three weeks before playing USC, Notre Dame hosts Ohio State. That’s a more … Continue reading USC Notes: What About That Notre Dame Point Spread?

BetOnline has some USC game point spreads. Saturday, Oct 14, 2023                                                                                                                        USC at Notre Dame (-1)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Saturday, Oct 21, 2023                                                                                                                        Utah at USC (-7)                                                                                                                                                                                             Saturday, Nov 04, 2023 Washington at USC (-7) Saturday, Nov 11, 2023 USC at Oregon (-3) Saturday, Nov 18, 2023 UCLA at USC (-12) REACTION: That’s a big point spread vs. UCLA. The rest are pretty basic … Continue reading Some USC Point Spreads Are Out

What would it take for USC students to get this excited today? This was the reaction on campus when USC reclaimed the Victory Bell with a 14-12 victory over UCLA. USC was ranked No. 4. UCLA was ranked No. 3. If both teams were ranked in the top 5 this fall and USC won, there wouldn’t be any reaction close to this. Maybe if a … Continue reading USC Picture Of The Day

The expanded College Football Playoff is going to be a weekday affair in 2024. The quarterfinals will be on Tuesday/Wednesday. The semifinals will be on Thursday/Friday. Here are the official dates: Continue reading USC Notes: College Football Playoff To Be Weekday Affair