Lincoln Riley on Saturday’s 9 a.m. PT kickoff: “Going from the absolute latest kick in the country to the absolute earliest kick in the country has its challenges, We don’t make the schedule. Clearly.” If he did, they might be playing the game in Mexico City. USC’s receiving corps — other than Makai Lemon — looked a lot more ordinary without Lane last weekend. Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: So The Early Start Does Matter

Edesel Garrison, who led USC in receptions in 1971 and was a member of two NCAA championship relay teams, has passed away. He was 75. Garrison was a memorable two-sport athlete, running the fastest time in the world in the 440-yard dash in 1971 while also being good enough in football to be a fifth-round draft choice of the Houston Oilers in 1973. He was … Continue reading USC Football-Track Star Edesel Garrison Passes Away

Remember back in May, USC barely had anything to say about the Notre Dame series and Jen Cohen wasn’t talking? But in late August, Cohen was talking about wanting a multi-year extension with the Irish. What changed? Maybe Netflix’s millions were being dangled over the summer and that caused USC to become more cooperative with Notre Dame so it could try and get that 2026 … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Suspicious Timing

Does everyone appreciate how amazing a move it was by USC to try and move the Notre Dame game out of the country to skirt its TV contracts? It was essentially telling Fox, NBC, etc., that it could pay USC at least $80 million a year and then get to televise awful non-conference games like Missouri State, Georgia Southern and Fresno State. But Notre Dame? … Continue reading What Was USC Thinking With Netflix Deal?

Puck News reports that Netflix was interested in picking up the rights to a USC-Notre Dame. The major problem — obviously — with this idea is USC and Notre Dame’s TV rights are not available. The Big Ten was reportedly unhappy with the approach from Netflix. Now USC tried to circumvent its TV deals by moving the game out of the country — but the … Continue reading Netflix Wanted USC-Notre Dame Game

USC is ranked No. 127 nationally in penalty yards per game. UCLA is the worst team nationally. This list doesn’t back up Lincoln Riley’s theory that bad teams often commit the fewest penalties. That doesn’t back up Riley’s theory either. Riley said Monday night USC opponents are telling the refs about hands-to-face penalties in pre-game meetings. So then don’t commit them, right? Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Penalty Problems