I spoke to someone who worked with Rick Courtright, who is suing USC for $2 million and claims Clancy Pendergast committed NCAA violations. “I didn’t know him as a coach, I knew him as a scout,” the person told me. “He was a good scout. I think he knew football.” Is it really so impossible that Pendergast or Clay Helton issue a comment on this … Continue reading Do You Believe Rick Courtright?

USC apologized to UC Santa Diego on Tuesday after it raided the prestigious Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study at UCSD in 2015 and took control of the program’s contracts that were worth ten of millions of dollars and led to a contentious lawsuit. “USC and Dr. Paul Aisen regret that the manner in which Dr. Aisen and members of the ADCS staff left UC San Diego … Continue reading Morning Buzz: An Apology From USC

I focused last week on how the cancellation of the Salute to Troy affected the past teams that get honored. But it also affects the families of current players who usually come to enjoy the festivities with their sons and the diehard fans who come to the event. “We weren’t selling many tickets,” a USC employee told me. Clay Helton is strangling the football program … Continue reading Where Are The Fans?

I’m in the process of finding out some things about Rick Courtright at USC. But in the meantime, it feels like he and Clancy Pendergast deserve each other. Here’s an excerpt from Courtright’s complaint: “Pendergast also repeatedly thanked Courtright for allowing him to claim many of Courtright’s great ideas as his own.” Does it surprise me Pendergast would take credit for someone else’s ideas? No. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Who You Gonna Believe?

It’s Day 1 of the Folt era and she gets greeted by charges that a football staffer witnessed wrongdoing and was mistreated. It is not a great way for football to make an early impression on Carol Folt. And the guy is apparently a Clancy Pendergast disciple.   Continue reading Welcome Aboard Carol!