USC picked to finish fourth in the annual Big Ten media poll conducted by the Cleveland Plain Dealer. The poll has only picked the correct champion four of the past 15 years. As for USC, it’s a nice safe space. Not expected to be in the top three but better than the struggling blue bloods with new coaches (Michigan, Penn State). Here are the full … Continue reading Morning Buzz: USC Picked Fourth In Big Ten Media Poll
Do you believe in sports curses? In 1951, the Mayo football team won the the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship. According to local legend, as the team celebrated on the way home in an open-top bus, drove right through a funeral procession without stopping or showing proper mourning respect. Folklore says an outraged local priest placed a curse on the team, declaring they would not win … Continue reading USC Sunday Buzz: A Sports Curse Gets Lifted
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USC should start training camp in about a week. The weird part is that Lincoln Riley has still not announced what day it will begin, as if it is a secret. Even at the Beach Blanket Bingo on Wednesday, USC officials would not divulge what day camp will begin. He spent the 2022 season at UCLA, where he was part of an NCAA investigation into … Continue reading USC Saturday Buzz: Camp Beckons . . . Soon
USC baseball assistant coach Travis Jewett has resigned to take a position with Vanderbilt. It means USC has lost its top two assistant coaches since the season ended. He will be replaced by Bill Mosiello, who has been a candidate in the past for the USC head-coaching job and was a Trojan assistant in 2007. In the past, the athletic dept. had long-time employees with … Continue reading If It’s Friday, It’s Time For A USC Notes Column
Did USC really need to alienate booster Brian Kennedy to the point of Kennedy filing a lawsuit? Let’s review: For more than 25 years, USC has had two football practice fields. Howard Jones Field and Brian Kennedy Field. After the construction of the new football building and expansion, it still has two football fields. One is still called Howard Jones Field. So why isn’t the … Continue reading USC Morning Buzz: Was It Really Worth Alienating A Booster?
One of USC athletics most prominent boosters of the past 30 years has filed a lawsuit against the university after it demolished a football practice field that was named after him. The New York Post reports that Brian Kennedy of Beverly Hills suffered “reputational harm,” “embarrassment” and “humiliation.” Kennedy, who has donated at least $4 million to USC, has had one of USC’s two football … Continue reading Prominent Booster Sues USC
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