For the lucky few who are sitting under the new tower at the Coliseum, you will have new seats with 3 inches more leg room and wider aisles. Everyone else? Another year with the old seats and aisles! Now get back to work! Dr. Magdi El Shahawy, a long-time USC senior associate athletic director, has resigned to take a similar position at the University of … Continue reading USC Afternoon Notes

While the quarterback derby obviously is the primary interest, let’s talk a moment about left tackle. Austin Jackson and Clayton Bradley have shared the position during training camp. Jackson is the heir apparent and enjoyed a strong training camp. But he has not been named the starter. Last season, he and Bradley split time at left tackle when Toa Lobendahn was injured. But really the … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz

Today is the 60th anniversary of the death of former UCLA coach Red Sanders and I’ve been wanting to tell a Sanders story that I recently heard. Back in the 1950’s, newspaper reporters would meet Sanders at Scandia, a landmark restaurant on Sunset Blvd. On some of those days, Sanders would skip practice presumably because he had a bit too much to drink. It was … Continue reading Remembering Red Sanders

You know why it’s important that freshman wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is already looking ready to go as a big-time receiver this season, just like Robert Woods, Marqise Lee and JuJu Smith-Schuster were during their first training camps? Because Tee Martin doesn’t exactly develop receivers. So USC needs guys like St. Brown, who are game ready their first day of college practice. Have you seen … Continue reading Morning Buzz: No Team Needs Game Ready Receivers More Than USC

Clay Helton said after today’s practice Greg Johnson is giving Isaiah Langley competition for the starting spot at cornerback. Wonder if Langley (No. 24) giving up two touchdowns to Amon-Ra St. Brown (see below) on Saturday had anything to do with it? USC true freshman WR @amonra_stbrown made 3 TD catches in today’s Coliseum scrimmage.@USCCoachHelton: “Ooh, mercy. What a nice day he had today.”#FightOn pic.twitter.com/6dij3BHIET … Continue reading Cornerback Competition Heats Up

Todd McNair’s lawyers plan to seek a new trial on his defamation claim, according to a legal brief filed today in Los Angeles Superior Court. A jury voted 9-3 in May the NCAA didn’t defame McNair. McNair’s lawyers field a brief Monday that asked HJudge Frederick Shaller to declare a one-year “show-cause” penalty against McNair by the NCAA infractions committee in 2010 to be invalid … Continue reading Todd McNair Wants A New Trial