Let’s not waste any time this week and dive straight into what matters most on a Friday. He was just 17 years old when he competed for the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Sakamoto won 4 NCAA individual championships at USC: the 1968 NCAA all-around title; the 1967 and 1968 NCAA parallel bars titles and 1968 NCAA horizontal bar title. He … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
Elijah Rushing, a five-star defensive end per 247, committed to Arizona today. A Pac-12 coach told me he heard Rushing is getting $1 million a year to go to Arizona. I’m not criticizing that. Just reporting it. USC certainly uses NIL to its advantage. It just shows you where things stand today with NIL. I’d like NIL a lot more if more athletes got paid … Continue reading Notes: A Five-Star Makes Quite A Decision
USC announced that DJ Rodman will wear No. 10 this season, “with the blessing of DeMar DeRozan, whose jersey hangs in the Galen Center rafters.” This is bad enough by itself, but Gus Williams also wore No. 10 and his number was retired. Did he give permission too? In 2020, guard Quinton Adlesh wore No. 10 even though it was retired, so Rodman is hardly breaking … Continue reading USC Unretires Another Jersey
College football analyst Phil Steele has USC ranked No. 7 in his top 40 preseason poll. Steele puts a lot of time into his research, probably more than any other preview magazine. But all rankings are a guess/prediction. Remember that Steele had USC ranked No. 3 in his Top 25 for 2015. USC went 8-6. Steele ranked USC No. 6 on his list of surprise … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Even Well-Researched Predictions Can Be Off
Four-star cornerback Zabien Brown of Mater Dei will make his college commitment on Sunday. His finalists are USC, Alabama and Ohio State. Continue reading USC Notes: Recruits Keep Deciding In July
Are you reading the preseason preview magazines? How many of them list USC special teams as a concern? I know one does because I wrote the preview for it. Who else? This is the time of year when it’s easy to overlook special teams. Don’t forget USC had the worst special teams in the nation, according to Pro Football Focus, which ranked the Trojans No. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Are Preseason Magazines Highlighting This?
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 