USC loves to say it is taking back the West or it owns L.A. on social media. But let’s look at the past two weeks: WR Makai Lemon of Los Alamitos committed to Oklahoma. WR C.J. Williams of Mater Dei committed to Notre Dame. WR Tetairoa McMillan of Servite committed to Oregon. That doesn’t even count Los Alamitos QB Malachi Nelson committing to Oklahoma over USC … Continue reading When Does USC Take Back The West?

Here’s some odds, including on USC, for making the College Football Playoff courtesy of Betonline (www.Betonline.ag). To Make the 4-Team Playoffs Props Alabama to Make the 4-Team Playoffs Yes      -400     (1/4)      No        +300     (3/1) Cincinnati 5o Make the 4-Team Playoffs Yes      +1100   (12/1) No        -3000   (1/30)    Clemson to Make the 4-Team Playoffs Yes      -700     (1/7)      No        +450     (9/2) Florida to Make the 4-Team Playoffs Yes      +1100   … Continue reading USC’s College Football Playoff Odds

A parent of a USC football player took exception to my tweet about Tetairoa McMillan being the latest wide receiver to ignore the Trojans. “We are deep at WR,” the parent wrote on Twitter. “That was a no- brainer looking at his choices.” Oh really? I’m old enough to remember when receivers didn’t care who was at USC. Did Steve Smith not come because of … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Blew It With Tetairoa McMillan

Back in the spring, I was told that Servite wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan was USC’s No. 1 target at the position. Well, tonight he committed to Oregon. Think about that: He didn’t go to Arizona with his buddies from Servite. He didn’t go to the Air Raid offense at USC. He went to Oregon. There needs to be an inquest over the recruiting of Clay … Continue reading USC Loses Another WR And It’s A Big One

The Associated Press Top 25 preseason poll is out and to no one’s surprise, USC is ranked No. 15. The Trojans were No. 14 in last week’s coaches’ poll. Both polls had USC narrowly ahead of LSU. RANK TEAM PV RANK CONFERENCE POINTS 1 Alabama (0-0) 1 SEC 1,548 (47) 2 Oklahoma (0-0) 6 Big 12 1,462 (6) 3 Clemson (0-0) 3 ACC 1,447 (6) 4 Ohio State (0-0) 2 Big Ten … Continue reading USC Ranked No. 15 In AP Poll