I’ve got one question this week: Will Lincoln Riley go through the motions on Saturday the way he did in last year’s Crosstown Rivalry? In my mind, it was his worst performance since he arrived at USC. He acted like he didn’t care on the sideline and the team reflected his attitude. I can’t imagine he will want to lay an egg two straight years. … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: This Week’s Burning Question

QB Julian Lewis finally decommitted from USC. And QB Husan Longstreet of Corona Centennial immediately flipped from Texas A&M to USC. I can’t stress how over I was all this nonsense about where Lewis was going to go to college. It took me about five seconds for me to find someone saying Longstreet was better. If that is true, why did USC spend so much … Continue reading Sunday Buzz: Goodbye Julian Lewis, Hello Husan Longstreet!

Did USC turn a corner by needing to go down to the last play of the game to beat a team that had an awful QB? Is Dylan Raiola hurt? I’ll go with that because otherwise the recruiting services have a lot of explaining to do. The Nebraska offense was woefully inept and the decision makes me wonder where Matt Ruhle got his reputation. In … Continue reading My USC-Nebraska Reaction

Does USC committing pass interference in the end zone on final play make up for the end of the Penn State game? Wow. A QB option run followd on same drive by a QB keeper for a TD. It only took 10 games for the genius to figure it out. Jayden Maiava is unpredictable. Dylan Raiola is awful. The Trojans take a 21-17 lead as … Continue reading USC-Nebraska Live Blog

Good morning. Here’s one of my favorite USC-Nebraska stories. Tailback Johnny Rodgers, a native of Omaha, Neb., wrote a letter to USC when he was in high school saying he wanted to play for the Trojans. A USC assistant coach in charge of out-of-state recruiting read the letter and never got back to Rodgers and didn’t tell John McKay about the talented player. So Rodgers went to Nebraska, … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Ready For New Look?

The South Bay Athletic Club met today and among the things happened was a eulogy to John Robinson delivered by John Mazur, who was the starting QB in 1981. You can watch the game in today’s notes column. Six of the 10 top-ranked players in the nation for the Class of 2026 are from Southern California. Right now, nothing I hear has any of them … Continue reading The USC Friday Column Supplement