Stanford poses USC’s first real test


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Much to every Trojan fan’s delight, the 2015 squad has started the season with two statement wins by a difference of 49 and 50 points. The team has looked good as a unit and Cody and JuJu have both set career records only two games into the season. The Trojans are riding a huge wave […]

COLUMN: Big wins bode well for the Trojans


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After another dominant victory over a nonconference foe, the USC Trojan football team has wrapped up the easy part of its schedule. After two games — both blowout wins — it’s hard to really tell how USC will fare against quality Pac-12 opponents. So far, there are very few complaints about the team. Against Idaho, […]

Freshmen make use of playing time


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The Trojans not only have the great fortune of opening up their season against two teams from the Sun Belt Conference, but also the pleasure of playing both of those games at home. Props to Steve Sarkisian for pulling this one off, especially because the remainder of the team’s schedule should prove to be rather […]

Don’t buy into all the hype


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Week one of college football certainly delivered. Apart from USC’s 55-6 trashing of Arkansas State, marquee matchups — Alabama vs. Wisconsin and Arizona State vs. Texas A&M — lived up to expectations. We now know that Arizona State should never have been ranked No. 15 and Alabama’s defense looks scary good. While these games certainly […]

USC good but not great in opener


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It was the longest day in Trojan history. An 8 p.m. start time left plenty of time, almost too much, for tailgating. My roommates and I started at 9 a.m., and it wasn’t until about 11:30 p.m. that I left the Coliseum with the band’s celebratory rendition of “Tusk” echoing behind me. There weren’t too […]

USC is destined for rebirth in 2015


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Tomorrow night will mark a new beginning for a program that has emerged out of a cloud of controversy and sanctions like a phoenix that is destined to be reborn again and march onto the national spotlight of college football. At many points in the road leading up to this season, the program  momentarily took […]

Football faces uncertain future


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Football is officially back. I’ve waited for what seems to be an eternity to write those words. And while my excitement for the new season is at an all-time high, my enthusiasm for a sport I love has been greatly tarnished over the past offseason. It seems that at every level of football, collegiate or […]

Dixon treatment exposes hypocrisy


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If you thought that USC football had a bad past week of PR, then you probably haven’t been paying enough attention to Baylor’s recent debacle. Yes, coach Steve Sarkisian dominated the headlines because of off-the-field issues — three of five Daily Trojan columnists, including myself, contributed to that media hoopla — but the controversy involving […]

2015 is the year of the walk-on


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Since February, Trojan fans and the media alike have praised USC and Sarkisian for a top-notch recruiting class. Full of four-star and five-star recruits, the class of 2018 has brought a lot excitement to Troy about the upcoming season. In addition to the new recruits, the Trojans will start a pair of walk-ons in 2015. […]

Sarkisian hurt by poor decisions


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When the news broke last weekend about coach Steve Sarkisian’s behavior at Salute to Troy, I laughed. At first glance, it seemed pretty harmless and comical and, frankly, not that big of a deal. The jokes were easy, including my personal favorite: Sark shouldn’t be expected to finish drinks or speeches if he can’t even […]