ESPN’s SP+ rankings are out and the analytics-based poll has USC at No. 17 for next season. Isn’t it funny that you can take all the analytics and still come out with the same safe, generic ranking for USC that the Top 25 polls will probably come out with this summer? It’s almost as if the analytics include that USC is a marquee program. The … Continue reading USC Is A Safe No. 17 In Early Poll
How ironic is it that USC might produce back-to-back first-round draft picks at offensive tackle in spite of itself? No one would be surprised if Alijah Vera-Tucker joined Austin Jackson as a first-round draft pick. But the question would be why didn’t USC do more with the duo as college players? USC was 13-13 in 2018-19 when it had Jackson/Vera-Tucker together to make an impact. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Offensive Line Had Chance To Produce
Carl Maggio, who played baseball at USC in 1955-56, died last week. He was 86. Maggio was a member of a team I’ve wanted to write about for a couple years: the American Legion team, Crenshaw Post 715, that won the national title in 1951 at Tiger Stadium. Sparky Anderson, who grew up on what is now part of the USC campus and a Trojan … Continue reading A Monday Night History Lesson
It does say something when Ronald Jones is the only USC player on both Super Bowl rosters. When you have just many players from Canadian schools on Tampa Bay’s roster as USC, that’s a problem. When you have four players on the Bucs’ roster from Division II or III schools and one from USC, it means something. Coaching matters. It impacts player development. USC has … Continue reading The Super Bowl Illustrated A Key USC Talking Point
WINNERS Ronald Jones How long will it be before another USC tailback wins a Super Bowl based on the Air Raid’s de-emphasizing of the tailback position? Todd McNair He gets to be on a Super Bowl-winning staff and gets a new court hearing. Quite a comeback. USC basketball Should be in the top 25 today. This will rankle some fans but USC has had great … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Winners And Losers Of The Week
I finally found an action shot of Mike Henry. Here he is blocking a punt that C.R. Roberts recovered and scored a TD in USC’s 20-7 victory over Cal in 1956. Continue reading USC Picture Of The Night
