Clay Helton said this morning USC has looked at contingency plans like Stanford, which is practicing outside California. I wrote last week that it considered UC Irvine and Cal State Fullerton. But if forced to leave the state a la Stanford, it would look possibly at Arizona. Helton said USC conducted five rounds of COVID-19 testing the past three days with no positive results. That … Continue reading Yes, USC Has Backup Plans

Look at all the former-or-once-committed-to-USC QBs putting up stats across the nation: JT Daniels passed for 540 yards with six TDs and 1 interception at Georgia. Jack Sears passed for 332 yards with three TDs and no interceptions before he got hurt at Boise State. Matt Corral passed for 2,744 yards with 24 TDs and 9 interceptions at Ole Miss. Bryce Young passed for 137 … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Should Be Former Quarterback U.

Josh Moore, a three-star wide receiver from Atlanta, decommitted from USC tonight. Moore had already decommitted from Stanford. The recruiting merry-go-round goes on and on. ESPN has canceled the Las Vegas Bowl, which means another Pac-12 bowl game will not be played. The Sun, Las Vegas, Redbox and Holiday bowls are out. Continue reading Recruit Decommits From USC

There is increasing speculation Texas will pursue Urban Meyer if it fires Tom Herman. Will Texas overlook the baggage that USC president Carol Folt did not want to deal with? The funny part (to me) is USC didn’t want Meyer’s baggage but still has not released a 3-year-old report on the misdeeds of the former dean of the medical school. So Folt’s transparency is situational. … Continue reading Will Texas Do What USC Was Supposed To Do?

This is such a weird season I forgot to bring back this list for the first three games. It doesn’t matter because the things to fix never seem to change for USC. 1.) Stay healthy USC officials are optimistic they will play this week. They just need to avoid positive COVID-19 tests. Or false positives. Or false negatives. And the same goes for Washington State … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: 10 Things To Fix To Beat Washington State

USC dropped two spots to No. 20 in the College Football Playoff rankings. North Carolina, which was behind USC last week, moved ahead of the Trojans and lost its third game. The message: You need to play games. And you need to play ranked teams. Continue reading USC Drops In College Football Rankings