The family of former USC offensive lineman Max Tuerk has scheduled a celebration of his life for Saturday at 10 a.m. at Salt Lake Creek Beach in Dana Point. Continue reading Max Tuerk Memorial Set

Remember when Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott said he was taking a 20 percent pay cut for three months? Well, it ends next week. He makes $5.3 million a year so his pay cut was $265,000. Talk about sacrificing during a pandemic. Here’s a good column by John Canzano of the Oregonian on how Scott and the Pac-12 have hid behind the pandemic. Click here for … Continue reading Larry Scott’s Pay Cut Is Almost Up

I hear the entire USC football team is expected be on campus tomorrow. This would be the first time since May when players were taking final exams that they would all be on campus. Continue reading And In USC Football News

Phil Krueger, who was one of the few surviving members of the John McKay era, died Monday in Florida. He was 90. Krueger was an assistant at USC from 1966-70. He was the head coach at Fresno State and Utah State, compiling a 31-22 record. McKay hired him as an assistant at Tampa Bay in 1976 and he eventually became the Bucs’ general manager in … Continue reading Former USC Assistant Phil Krueger Dies

Lindy’s magazine has made its predictions for the Pac-12 division races: SOUTH 1. USC 2. Arizona State 3. Utah 4. Colorado 5. UCLA 6. Arizona NORTH 1. Oregon 2. Washington 3. Cal 4. Stanford 5. Washington State 6. Oregon State REACTION: The Pac-12 South really looks weak. Utah should be down. Arizona State usually plays worse when expectations are higher though maybe Herm Edwards can … Continue reading Time For Some Pac-12 Predictions

Former USC QB Carson Palmer sold his home in Del Mar for $18 million, according to the Los Angeles Times. Palmer paid $4.4 million for the house in 2010. He had been trying to sell the house since 2015, which he originally listed for $24.9 million. Here’s confirmation of what I wrote Friday about USC dissolving 45 alumni clubs and associations in favor of a … Continue reading Monday Notes: Carson Palmer Makes Big Sale