May is turning out to be a busy recruiting month. Mater Dei running back Sean Dollars (pictured) and cornerback Jeremiah Criddell committed to Oregon on Sunday. This only caught my attention because Dollars drew quite a bit of interest from USC internet sites, which means the Trojans were interested. But Dollars and Criddell are four-star recruits, so maybe I will hear from the recruiting analysts … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Keeps Making May Recruiting Interesting

The NFLPA Rookie event this weekend had its picture day at Cal Lutheran with the Coliseum unavailable. Sam Darnold is in the back row. Ronald Jones is in Row 3. USC’s Hall of Fame dinner last night featured former baseball coach Mike Gillespie. “I will be in the wing for fired coaches,” Gillespie said. I mentioned USC’s four-overtime victory over UCLA in 1985 yesterday. The … Continue reading Sunday Notes

May is apparently the month of three stars. Kedon Slovis, a three-star quarterback from Scottsdale, Ariz., committed to USC today. Slovis (6-2, 186) also received offers from Hawaii, North Carolina State, New Mexico State, Oregon State, San Jose State, SMU, Arizona State, Indiana, Vanderbilt and UC Davis. Slovis will be a year behind JT Daniels. Maybe he figures he will redshirt and sit two seasons … Continue reading Three-Star QB Commits To USC

USC cornerback Jack Jones is academically ineligible according to TrojanSports.com. To be ineligible with no hope of summer courses helping him would mean Jones is in a dire situation academically. For the past few months, I’ve heard Jones might have other issues that could imperil his status next season. I’m still looking into it. But if Jones leaves USC, what a disaster it will be … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Saturday Notes/Takes