Grinding Gears: USC has yet to string together a full game
If USC ever puts together a complete game, this team is going to be scary.
Extra Innings: It all comes down to discipline for USC
Let’s look at the two most probable outcomes of Saturday’s game: Either USC wins by a small margin or Colorado wins. Yes, Colorado is the leader of Pac-12 South and it does best USC in nearly every offensive and defensive statistic. But, once again, statistics are only relevant in context.
Poe’s Perspective: What will it take to stop the violence in football?
The ugly thing about football is that it’s violent.
T-Time: Trojans needed bye week to focus on discipline
USC football didn’t play a game last weekend, as one could deduce from the lack of activity on 28th Street Saturday.
Keith’s Keys: In sports journalism, luck is what you make of it
Life is all about luck.
Grinding Gears: Money doesn’t define a franchise
My favorite line is when General Manager Billy Beane, played by Brad Pitt, is flustered by his scouting department’s unwillingness to be innovative and yells: “There are rich teams and there are poor teams. Then, there’s 50 feet of crap. And then there’s us.”
Extra Innings: MLB’s Wild Card Game is problematic
In one of my first Daily Trojan columns I voiced why MLB has the unique ability to determine which 10 clubs should be playing in the postseason.
Poe’s Perspective: Mahomes is the next All-Star quarterback
All that being said, I don’t think I’m biased when I say that Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes is going to be the best quarterback in the NFL in the next five years.
The Bottom Line: Pro sports should redo its playoff systems
The New York Yankees, who finished the season with 100 wins and the third best record in baseball, shouldn’t be put into a place where they face a must-win Wild Card Game to make it into the playoffs.
The Point After: Pac-12 continues to lose on and off the football field
In a year where other Pac-12 playoff hopefuls such as Washington and USC have also fallen short to elite talent in nationally broadcasted games, it is an especially disappointing result for the “conference of champions.”