Some great Trojans passed away in 2025 and I’ll be spotlighting them next week. Continue reading Saturday Buzz: Life Imitates Art

Kyle Whittingham signed a five-year contract to become the head coach at Michigan. Time to take the Wolverines off the schedule! Did Sir Lincoln of Riley call Jen Cohen to wipe Michigan off future schedules today? Riley is 0-3 against Whittingham at USC. USC already doesn’t want to go back there in November. They probably will say they don’t want a home game in November … Continue reading Time To Take Michigan Off Schedule

What a wild week it’s been with all the controversy over the USC-Notre Dame rivalry. If there has been a positive, it’s been the way many USC and Notre Dame fans have unified on this issue. They don’t want to hear excuses or engage in the lame trash talk. They just want a great rivalry back. As an ex-USC player tol me this week: “The … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column

Matt Leinart finally broke his silence on USC-Notre Dame and we all would have been better off if he hadn’t. “Call me lame but I’m going to trust a school that’s produced more Heisman winners than anyone else in history and 11 National Championships to do what’s right for the program,” Leinart tweeted. Excuse me? How many of those 11 titles were won by Lincoln … Continue reading Christmas Buzz: Maybe It Would Be Better For Some To Remain Silent On USC-Notre Dame

Did any of you imagine in your lifetimes that USC would stop playing Notre Dame? I covered USC for decades and never pondered whether the schools would ever reach a deal to keep playing. Let’s look at what Pete Carroll said the week of the 2003 game vs. Notre Dame: “I think it’s important that we do talk about what this great match-up means and … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: The Unthinkable Happened And Some Actually Cheer It