USC finally has some brief Kliff Kingsbury quotes on Instagram. Here is the key one: “I think there’s a misconception we’re just going to throw it around and air it out. We’re going to run the ball and be physical and try to make as many first downs and score as many points as possible.” Continue reading USC Quote Of The Day

King Kliff Kingsbury “coached” the following QBs in college: Patrick Mahomes, Baker Mayfield, Johnny Manziel, Case Keenum and Davis Webb. Mayfield transferred and is critical of Kingsbury while Webb ended up spending his senior year at Cal. But for the sake of argument, we will give him all of those quarterbacks. Now a couple warning signs from Kingsbury’s recruiting at Texas Tech. His class a … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It Must Be Time For A USC Notes Column

Former USC defensive tackle Kenny Bigelow, who played at West Virginia this season, was named to the Pro Football Focus All-Big-12 first team. He barely could get on the field at USC but became a key contributor at West Virginia. This shows you that the Clay Helton-Clancy Pendergast-Kenechi Udeze trio wasn’t getting the most out of linemen. I thought the defensive line was a huge … Continue reading Remember Kenny Bigelow?

I just asked an athletic dept. source about Clancy Pendergast, John Baxter and the strength and conditioning program. The response was “status quo at the moment.” I’m not sure why Clay Helton thought he needed to fire three coaches last week but not touch defensive coordinator, special teams coordinator or strength and conditioning. Maybe he felt he needed to keep things together through the early … Continue reading When Does Change Mean Change?

There is already a T-shirt on Kliff Kingsbury coming to USC. Not an attractive shirt but a shirt. How many national titles have been won by teams running an Air Raid offense, by the way? Like I said, he is a good hire, but there is such a desperation among a segment of USC fans they are going overboard over his arrival. Also this: Clancy … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: King Kliff Coronation Continues

When a coach hires a big-time offensive coordinator, he is not supposed to worry about who gets the credit because the head coach always benefits from winning. That was apparent when Pete Carroll co-existed with Norm Chow until Carroll eventually got tired of Chow getting credit and wanted to prove he could do it on his own. Big mistake. But Carroll got tons of credit … Continue reading Will Clay Helton Get Any Credit For Kliff Kingsbury?