COLUMN: Wilcox needs to step up his game


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The Sun Devils have Steve Sarkisian’s number — he’s 0-4 all-time against the program as a head coach. Historically, Arizona State has averaged almost 35 points a game against Sarkisian’s teams, both at USC and Washington. USC defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox was only around for two of those losses. Ironically, though, the Sun Devils posted […]

COLUMN: Sarkisian faces an uncertain future


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Well that didn’t go as expected. Despite entering the weekend as double-digit favorites, the USC Trojans fell handily to the Stanford Cardinal 41-31 on Saturday night. All preseason hype came crashing down around a faltering Trojan squad that had no response for a powerful Stanford offense. Even though the defense is mostly to blame for […]

COLUMN: Trojans’ season far from over


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Let’s all just take a deep breath. I know, it was a tough one to sit through. I was there, too. And go ahead, make that one last nerd joke if you really think it will make you feel better. But now that we’ve had a couple days to sleep on it, let’s remember what […]

COLUMN: USC still in wake of Bush scandal


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Reggie Bush will forever be remembered as one of the greatest running backs ever to pass through USC. He was a  two-time All-American and a Heisman trophy winner, and he was drafted second overall in the 2006 NFL Draft. When Trojan fans look back on Bush’s time at ’SC, they will fondly remember Bush and […]

COLUMN: Dismal defensive design by Wilcox


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If you believe in small moral victories, I certainly don’t — USC’s loss to Stanford had a few. It is clear Steve Sarkisian’s decision to turn playcalling decisions over to Clay Helton was a shrewd move. The offense looks more explosive and efficient than when Sark was doubling his duties as head coach and playcaller. […]

Stanford will not test the Trojans


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The Trojans have been fairly environmentally friendly these past couple years, but I think it’s finally time that they just chop down those trees. Saturday’s game against Stanford is not going to resemble one of the dramatic three-point margin-of-victory barn burners we’ve seen the last two times these teams have met. Nor is it going […]

College Football Pick’em: Week of 9/14


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After last weekend, it’s official: The regular season college football machine is firing on all cylinders as we chug on toward Week 3. Well, unless you’re Auburn or Notre Dame, who are probably thanking their lucky stars right now they limped through last weekend’s games. And oh no, now there are “just” seven Southeastern Conference […]

Trojans facing historic schedule


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If we judged teams off the performance on just two weeks, USC would be leading the pack by far. The Trojans put up back-to-back 50-point games while holding both of their opponents under double digits. In other words, the Trojans dominated from start to finish. Albeit, both of those games were against subpar competition, two […]

COLUMN: Easy start worth it before marathon


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So apparently the Sun Belt isn’t that good. Maybe if either Arkansas State or Idaho had home-field advantage, it would have been different. One of them could have held USC under 50 points, or gotten to double digits themselves. But probably not. Now the Trojans move into the exciting part of the schedule. With all […]