USC v. UCLA: Olympics Edition
USC and UCLA put out statements within four minutes of each other today: The Trojans won 21 Olympic medals. The Bruins won 16. And this chestnut from USC: “If USC athletes had competed as a country at the 2020 Olympics, they would be seventh in the gold medal standings and tied for 12th in overall medals.” But this is fuzzy math because individual medals won … Continue reading USC v. UCLA: Olympics Edition
USC Morning Buzz: Winners And Losers Of The Week
WINNERS MAKAI LEMON The wide receiver from Los Alamitos committed to Oklahoma, wisely. And since he is a Class of 2023 prospect, if USC ever gets it act together and hires a new coach, he can reconsider. TAHJ WASHINGTON An early breakout star of training camp. And it shows USC really won’t miss Bru McCoy with its large contingent of receivers. MICHAEL TRIGG The big … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Winners And Losers Of The Week
Mater Dei Receiver Commits To Notre Dame
C.J. Williams, a wide receiver at Mater Dei High School, committed to Notre Dame today over USC, Stanford, Texas and Alabama. Williams is the top-ranked offensive commit in the Irish class and follows four-star receiver Tobias Merriweather, another USC target, who committed to Notre Dame last week. Should USC fans be concerned? Makai Lemon of Los Alamitos committed to Oklahoma on Saturday. When USC can … Continue reading Mater Dei Receiver Commits To Notre Dame
Time For An Olympics Mini-Rant
Allyson Felix, who graduated from USC, is leaving the Olympics as “most decorated American Olympian in track and field” with 11 medals, surpassing the 10 medals won by Carl Lewis. Some bandwagoners are also saying she is “USC’s greatest Olympian.” Here is my problem with that: Felix has won 11 Olympics medals but only one gold medal in an individual event (gold medal, 200 meters, … Continue reading Time For An Olympics Mini-Rant
USC Morning Buzz: Sunday Observations
First some insight from Clay Helton about highly regarded defensive end Korey Foreman: “The faster we bring him along, the better team we’ll be,” Helton said. Whatever you say, coach. Quarterback Jaxson Dart completed a deep ball to tight end Michael Trigg on Saturday, which is a good reminder the coaches consider Dart more QB-1A than QB2 this season. One way or another, the coaches … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Sunday Observations
A USC Practice Switch On Day 2
USC mixed its offensive linemen in different positions today. Redshirt freshman Jonah Monheim was the first-team left tackle. Courtland Ford, the heir apparent at left tackle, played second-team right guard. There’s nothing wrong with switching things up the first week of camp to see if people can shine at different positions. It just fouls up the people I mentioned a couple days ago who had … Continue reading A USC Practice Switch On Day 2
