USC Baseball Exodus Continues
Pitcher Diego Velasquez, who started an elimination game against Texas State two weeks ago, has entered the transfer portal. Velasquez had a 5-1 record with a 4.26 ERA in 31 innings this season. He was a freshman this past season. USC has had four pitchers enter the portal so far but obviously the important thing is that Grant Govel and Andrew Johnson remain. Continue reading USC Baseball Exodus Continues
USC Saturday Buzz: The Coliseum Is The Place To Be
Safe to say the fan fest at the Coliseum is a big hit. Here is the scene during last night’s USA-Paraguay game. I’ll say it again: When does a USC game at the Coliseum have this energy? Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: The Coliseum Is The Place To Be
If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
USC pitcher Ben Cushnie has entered the transfer portal. He pitched 22 innings last season and had a 1.64 ERA with 13 strikeouts. Another pitcher, Garren Rizzo, who pitched only nine innings before getting injured, entered the portal. Freshman pitcher Jake Sekany, who redshirted, entered the portal this morning. Garrett had been hired with a lot of fanfare by Carol Folt. The faculty had been … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
USC Baseball Loses Key Player To Portal
Just when you fell in love with USC baseball, some depressing news. Catcher Augie Lopez, who led the Trojans in home runs (19) and was second in RBI (57), has entered the transfer portal. I guess this means USC is not prepared to be a player in NIL for baseball. The nice thing about USC is it fielded a team of overchievers, so it looked … Continue reading USC Baseball Loses Key Player To Portal
USC Morning Buzz: Football Makes Hire; A National Honor For Baseball
USC generated a lot of publicity Wednesday for hiring a Director of AI. I’m just not sure why. The “first-of-its-kind position” in the sport will build AI models to identify competitive advantages in everything from game planning to scouting. There are other programs doing this too but they just don’t call the person doing it “Director of AI.” As someone told me yesterday, “if it’s … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Football Makes Hire; A National Honor For Baseball
USC Names Pat Haden Honorary Trustee
Pat Haden has been named an honorary trustee to the USC board of trustees. He was a member of the Board of Trustees before he became athletic director. Among the current honorary trustees is Jeanie Buss. What does an honorary trustee do? Who knows? But I’m guessing they don’t come on campus too often because I don’t think Haden has visited since he resigned as … Continue reading USC Names Pat Haden Honorary Trustee
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 