Offensive lineman Landen Hatchett, one of nation’s top centers, has decided to stay close to home and committed to Washington. Hatchett is only a three-star prospect but was targeted by USC and visited the campus last weekend. He lives about 100 miles from the University of Washington and his brother plays there. What is shows is getting linemen continues to be a challenge. Continue reading USC Close Again On A Lineman
USC pitchers Jaden Agassi and Charlie Hurley entered the transfer portal today. Agassi is the son of Andre Agassi and Steffi Graf. He was 3-2 with a 4.34 ERA. Hurley was 6-2 with a 4.19 ERA. USC has lost 3 of its top 4 pitchers. What this shows is the players have little faith in whatever they are hearing from administrators to stick around. The … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Baseball In Full Meltdown
USC has almost fully revamped its recruiting staff under Lincoln Riley. Almost. There are still one-or-two holdovers. And also assistant coach Donte Williams. Some at USC believe Williams might not return after this season because Riley only kept him around for some continuity. That means he won’t be necessary now that Riley is established. We’ll see. By the way, the new recruiting staff of Riley … Continue reading USC Recruiting Almost Revamped. Almost.
WINNERS USC football camps Hundreds of kids of come through USC this month for the Lincoln Riley version of the summer camps and so far no one is saying they miss Clay Helton. Dave Emerick After 18 years living in college football backwaters, he hit the lottery with a job offer from Lincoln Riley to become “General Manager/Senior Associate Athletic Director for Football.” Isaiah Mobley … Continue reading USC Winners And Losers Of The Week
USC is back to square one on the baseball coaching search and two of the candidates on my original list of candidates turned down the job while a third candidate got hired at Ohio State. So here is a revised list of candidates: Ben Orloff, UC Irvine Orloff played for former USC coach Mike Gillespie and served as his assistant from 2014-18. He succeeded Gillespie … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Baseball Coaching Hot Board
Troy Tulowitzki has turned down the USC baseball job, which places the job search back to square one. Tulowitzki is the second coach to turn down the job following UC Santa Barbara coach Andrew Checketts. D1Baseball reports Tulowitzki will not return to Texas as an assistant coach but will do consulting for a year before seeking a head-coaching job. That doesn’t sound like he loved … Continue reading Sunday Buzz: Troy Tulowitzki Turns Down USC
