USC finished 10th overall in the Directors’ Cup, which awards points to every athletic team to see who has the best overall program. The winner, of course, was Stanford for the 26th time. After USC, the next-best Pac-12 school was UCLA at 14th. Washington was No. 21 and Cal was No. 22. The SEC was the best conference overall, so the Conference of Champions didn’t … Continue reading USC 10th In Directors’ Cup

Who’s in charge at USC these days? It seems like an easy question. But if something required an important decision to be made, who would do it? The recent model was Coach Bohn was in charge and then farmed out decisions to Brandon Sosna. After Sosna left, there were some other Cincinnati refugees Bohn relied on but they didn’t have the pull of Sosna. Now? … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Do Important Decisions Get Farmed Out?

Los Angeles Country Club just staged the U.S. Open. Remember in 2019, a group of business leaders and USC alumni mounted a behind-the-scenes campaign against Rick Caruso’s bid to join the country club in retaliation for the dismissal of business school dean Jim Ellis, according to the Hollywood Reporter. Caruso withdrew his application. The U.S. Open was considered a disappointment in terms of atmosphere. There … Continue reading USC Notes: Fans In Short Supply At U.S. Open

There is still no agreement on the Pac-12 media rights deal. By agreement, I mean the media doesn’t agree on what will happen. “(The Pac-12) would have to cobble a lot of pieces together in order to get (as much TV money per-team as the Big 12),” said John Ourand of the Sports Business Journal. His podcast partner, Andrew Marchand of the New York Post … Continue reading Pac-12 Media Deal Reporting Remains Contradiction

I spoke to a university administrator who has an office at the Bovard Administration Building (like Carol Folt) about the USC president’s strong support for a new soccer stadium. “There are some issues that you can say are pet projects or things important to her,” the administrator said. “One is sustainability issues. Another is Title IX. “You can really see examples of both on campus. … Continue reading It’s Clear What Carol Folt Priorities Are At USC

Whenever USC announces a project like the new $38 million soccer stadium, I hear from people in the athletic dept. who are being told to cut their budget or that there is no money to do certain things right now. Of course, $38 million is a snip when it has the total backing of Carol Folt. No worries about the Pac-12 cutting $4-6 million to … Continue reading New Stadium Overcomes Belt Tightening