If It’s Friday, It’s Time For An (Ominous) USC Notes Column
I mentioned this week that an ominous announcement could be coming from USC. Several sources said USC is going to announce a 6 percent reduction in university-wide staff and no merit increases for the next three years. This is the result of a deficit for the current fiscal year that is expected to be more than last year’s figure of $158 million. One source said … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For An (Ominous) USC Notes Column
USC Morning Buzz: An Amazing Churn Rate
USC men’s basketball lost 15 players from last year’s roster. Eric Musselman has brought in 13 new players. That doesn’t even include the 11 players who left two years ago in Andy Enfield’s last year plus the three players who committed but never showed up after Enfield left. That’s an incredible churn of players: 39 in three years. It’s like a football program. Is it … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: An Amazing Churn Rate
USC’s On A Roll
USC is on a roll. It has the wrong date on the T-shirt with this year’s football schedule and it is also selling the traditional buttons for the new opponents on the Big Ten schedule. Only one problem: Where’s Iowa? Continue reading USC’s On A Roll
Morning Buzz: Anxious Time For Some USC Fans
USC season-ticket holders were supposed to find out yesterday afternoon who got tickets for coveted road games like Notre Dame, Nebraska and Oregon. But the deadline passed without any notices on the road games. Of course. Can’t say I’m surprised. One reason it matters is because some fans are actually worried about attending what is potentially the last USC-Notre Dame game. Not that the powers … Continue reading Morning Buzz: Anxious Time For Some USC Fans
USC Notes: Football Spin At Its Best/Worst
This is the spin that Lincoln Riley wants, to say the 110,000-square foot McKay Center, which opened in 2012, is “average at best.” It’s a rationalization for the $200-million football building that Riley demanded as soon as he got hired. It’s funny this video highlights the McKay Center while criticizing it. USC hopes the new, much-needed $200 million performance center takes the Trojans to another … Continue reading USC Notes: Football Spin At Its Best/Worst
USC Morning Buzz: When Is Northwestern Game?
USC opens its season against Missouri State, which is making its FBS debut. “USC will do whatever it wants in the season opener,” College Football News unsurprisingly writes in its season preview of the Bears. Lincoln Riley must be thrilled. Five-star QB Ryder Lyons of Folsom, Calif., who at one time was considered a top prospect for USC, committed to BYU. Dept. of Oops! USC … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: When Is Northwestern Game?
