Carol Folt seems to have stepped up sports tweets in recent months. Whether it was Lincoln Riley, Caleb Williams, spring football or today’s coaches confab. What’s the explanation? She always liked sports. She is promoting sports because she sees its importance at USC. Or maybe sports is a way to talk about USC and take people’s minds off some of the other things a President … Continue reading The Sports President!

The Jovan Vavic trial has caused the release of a new batch of emails tied to the Varsity Blues scandal USC associate athletic director Alexandra Reisman is a key figure in the emails according to the Wall Street Journal. “Will be at least a $1 million ask if we get her in,” Reisman wrote in 2013 to Donna Heinel regarding a potential student’s family. In … Continue reading New Scandal Emails Reveal How USC Did Business

I have been asked many times when former USC water polo coach Jovan Vavic will go to trial in the Varsity Blues scandal. The answer: Today. It’s a risk for Vavic. The two toughest sentences so far in the scandal went to parents who went to trial and lost. Ex-casino executive Gamal Abdelaziz was sentenced to one year and one day and private-equity financier John … Continue reading Jovan Vavic Finally Goes To Trial

USC students might not spend the night waiting to get into the Galen Center but they will wait in line for cookies. At 2 a.m. Saturday, hundreds of students were lined up around the USC Village for the opening of Insomnia Cookies. Beats going to the Galen Center. Christina Chkarboul/Daily Trojan Continue reading USC Students Craving Cookies

There were 813 fans at the Galen Center for the USC-Pepperdine men’s volleyball match last night, but for some reason, USC called it a “packed Galen Center.” No. 5 USC comes out victorious over No. 7 Pepperdine in a packed Galen Center! #FightOn pic.twitter.com/FU0QzXqnqL — USC Men's Volleyball (@USCmensvolley) February 26, 2022 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js But don’t take my word for it. Here’s video of the match. … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Is This A Packed House?

USC had a basketball game that ended Sunday night around 6:30 p.m. A few hours later this took place in the intersection between the Galen Center and USC campus. Crazy. I can’t believe USC security wasn’t able to clear the street before this happened with all the security that is usually positioned on the streets. Link here This was just a few hours after #USC … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Fast Times On Figueroa