USC Morning Buzz: Clay Helton Asks If You Bring The Juice?
Does Clay Helton write his own material? It has to be some mid-level staffer that comes up with these lines. “Ask yourself if you bring the juice?” Helton told the team during last week’s only spring practice. “Cause if you’re juiceless you’re what?” “Useless,” the team answers. “You’re damn useless,” Helton says back. You just know some people in the athletic dept. laughed at the … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Clay Helton Asks If You Bring The Juice?
Here’s A Tradition Worth Reviving
When USC great Jim Sears was named “player of the week” by the Daily Trojan in 1952, he got a nice illustration too. Continue reading Here’s A Tradition Worth Reviving
USC Picture Of The Day
Continuing the Hollywood theme, here is author William Peter Blatty, who is best known as the author of “The Exorcist.” He also wrote the screenplay for the film version of his book and won an Oscar. But as this picture shows he worked as the chief of the USC News Bureau in the late 1950’s. Continue reading USC Picture Of The Day
Did USC Get Good Return On Big Recruiting Class? Check The Final Polls
USC received four points and finished 36th in both the final AP Top 25 and coaches’ polls. Does that sound like a good return on the vaunted recruiting class, especially when Onyeka Okongwu lived up to expectations and was one of the best players in the nation? The recruiting class was always the excuse fans gave me for keeping Andy Enfield last year. Here’s another … Continue reading Did USC Get Good Return On Big Recruiting Class? Check The Final Polls
Does Lack Of Spring Practice Hurt USC Defense?
How much will the lack of spring practice hurt USC’s defense because it didn’t get to learn Todd Orlando’s new system? It will obviously make things harder but it’s not as big of a problem as if the offense needed to learn a new system. Offenses always take longer to learn. If you go to any college training camp, the defense is ahead of the … Continue reading Does Lack Of Spring Practice Hurt USC Defense?
Morning Buzz: USC Upsets Illinois In NCAA Tournament
ESPN used its analytics to project the NCAA Tournament results, but it reads more like it was done by the USC athletic dept. It has No. 10-seed USC facing No. 7-seed Illinois in a South Region game. “Illinois entered this game as a pretty substantial favorite for a 7-10 contest, with a 63% chance to win. But USC, led by its defense, prevails.” How analytical! … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Upsets Illinois In NCAA Tournament
