I write frequently about how USC used to be transparent with ticket sales under John Morley, who was ticket manager through four decades and even held a weekly press conference. Well, even something like this from USC would be nice. We are up nearly 2,500 new season tickets sold for @UCLAFootball & nearly 2,000 new season tickets sold for @UCLAMBB, HUGE increases YOY. We’ve also … Continue reading Here’s Some Ticket Transparency
Today is Clay Helton’s birthday so USC wished him a Happy Birthday on twitter. But Helton’s status is so toxic that USC locked the tweet so fans could not respond. That sort of sums of USC at the moment. Here is the “locked” tweet below: Happy Birthday! 🎂@USCCoachHelton #FightOn✌️ pic.twitter.com/hjc1S9HvJ4 — USC Football (@USC_FB) June 24, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading USC Locks Replies To Tweet Wishing Clay Helton Happy Birthday
The USC newsletter this week has items on Pat Haden and Mike Bohn turning down a soft interview. Meanwhile, two former USC coaches who are at Arizona State spoke to Yahoo Sports on Wednesday about the NCAA allegations surrounding the Sun Devils program. “In a phone interview Wednesday, (Chris) Hawkins said he did not deny knowing the recruits were going to be in the area. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: ASU Coaches Respond To Allegations
Saquon Barkley working out at UCLA. Imagine if some of these guys actually attended the schools they worked out at. First real look at Saquon Barkley running and cutting ACL post-surgery. 🎥 @saquon on IG pic.twitter.com/0VfCdgDbjS — Jordan Raanan (@JordanRaanan) June 22, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Continue reading USC-UCLA Video Of The Day
June is almost the perfect month for USC. The optimists can point to all the recruiting visits; the commitments and find positive preseason prognostications. In other words, performance is completely secondary. No one asks a recruit about Clay Helton. They just want to talk to the recruits about Donte Williams or another assistant. Does anyone see this as a problem? You think a marquee programs … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: June Is For The Optimists!
Is it an oxymoron to say hiring an assistant director of recruiting operations is a “big time hire”? Big time hire ✌️ Welcome, @ColinPritts!!#BLVDBound🌴 pic.twitter.com/LfackufW2Z — USC Football (@USC_FB) June 22, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js Is it as big time as being the assistant to the assistant manager at the movie theater? USC is once again giving me an opportunity to make a Mark Ratner reference. Continue reading USC: Where Every Hire Is The Most Important
