Surprise! USC Loses Another Southern Recruit

Stop if you heard this song before. Four-star cornerback Dominick Kelly from Tampa has decommitted from USC and committed to Georgia. How many Southern decommitments is that? Four? Five? And yet people were getting excited over the weekend when Xavier Griffin of Gainesville, Ga., committed to USC. It’s great to recruit these guys but you have to actually sign some of them too. Continue reading Surprise! USC Loses Another Southern Recruit

USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Noise As Practice Beckons

It’s officially the first week of practices, as USC starts Friday at 7 a.m. at Howard Jones Field. I’m going to keep track how many times Lincoln Riley (and anyone else in the program) talks about ignoring the “noise” from the outside. Noise means anything that is said that a coach doesn’t like. Clay Helton used to love the term too. It’s an attempt to … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Beware The Noise As Practice Beckons

USC Sunday Buzz: Do You Trust Commitments?

Does anyone trust USC to keep a recruit from Georgia’s commitment for the next 17 months? For one thing, will any of the coaches who recruited him leave USC between now and then? This is Carroll’s Bar in Galway, Ireland. No sign of Pete Carroll. 40,000 people watched Taylor Swift’s concert on the hill today in Munich, according to the local police. Others 74,000 were … Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: Do You Trust Commitments?

USC Saturday Buzz: A Suitable Opponent For Lincoln Riley

It’s a big weekend in Ireland as Gaelic Football has its All-Ireland Senior Championship Finals between Galway and Armagh on Sunday. As you can see, the city of Galway is ready for the final. I’m going to ask the Galway football coach if he will play USC because they are probably the only Irish team that Lincoln Riley will actually want to play in a … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: A Suitable Opponent For Lincoln Riley

USC Friday Column Supplement

I ran this iconic photo of Frank Jordan making a game-winning field goal against Notre Dame. Maybe Meathead Riley should watch this game to appreciate the rivalry. Maybe some the players from the past need to stage an intervention with Riley. I’m still wondering why he thinks this classic/legendary game determines if he makes the EXPANDED College Football Playoff. Here’s a difference between Riley and … Continue reading USC Friday Column Supplement