Bright future for USC might be knocked out


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A new decade means new beginnings, and for the USC men’s basketball program, it could only signal a change from the bitter, not too distant past. Following the resignation of former coach Tim Floyd in 2009, the USC basketball team was in shambles. Former guard O.J. Mayo was found to have received improper benefits and […]

The fine line between sanity and sports


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Ghandi once said, “An eye for an eye makes the whole world blind.” Sadly, this timeless lesson never made its way to the town of Kingston, Tenn. In observance of coach Lane Kiffin’s abrupt departure from Knoxville one year ago,, the owner of the town’s shooting range, concluded that there was no better way to […]

Win reveals shift in L.A. power


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Boy, it was a sight to witness. On display Sunday night was something reminiscent of what I’d normally see at a football game. A sea of cardinal and gold jam-packed the entire student section and proceeded to fill the upper decks. A raucous, standing-room-only Galen Center crowd screamed, shouted and cursed voraciously at the powder […]

Trojans hope to begin year on right foot


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Every year around this time there is a faint sense of renewal and change we really can believe in. When the calendar flips to a new 365-day period, the talk is always about what we hope to achieve tomorrow, not of what we didn’t achieve yesterday. Yet in these often best-laid plans, our fickleness typically […]

Trojans hope NCAA appeal is not fruitless


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During all the hooting and hollering erupting from the NCAA bowl season, USC was conspicuously silent. The Trojans, muzzled by NCAA sanctions, have known since the summer that no matter how well they performed this year, they would be sitting at home during the postseason. It must have been hard watching Stanford smash Virginia Tech […]

Jingle all the way to the Rose Bowl


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As you may or may not know, this is the last Daily Trojan issue of the semester. It’s been a wild, crazy, bacon-wrapped-hot-dog-filled ride, but all good things must come to an end (right Pete Carroll?). With that in mind, this is the last chance to print something about the current football season. It seems […]

Teenager’s courage a good lesson for Trojans


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The murmurs I’m hearing through the grapevine signal a sense of uneasiness in Southern California, as the calendar changes to 2011 in just more than a month. To put it mildly, the last 330 days around this neck of the woods haven’t exactly been hallmark material for the USC football program. Coaching departures, NCAA-imposed sanctions, […]

Season’s end can’t come soon enough for USC


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Dear 2010 USC football season: I never thought I’d be asking you this, not after all the good times we’ve had in the past. But, respectfully of course, I have a simple request: Just end already. Look, I knew things were going to be difficult this year. I was prepared for less flash and more […]

Significant challenges stand in way for USC


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How things can change in a week. Last week I wrote that USC was on track for a 10-win season and that it would finish the season on a roll much like it has in previous years. Now, everything that seemed so certain a week ago is mired in doubt. Everything changed after the Trojans […]

USC has no answer for Corvallis


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There was a lot to be said about the Trojans’ impressive win against Arizona two Saturdays ago. But after a week of sub-par practices culminated in a shocking 36-7 upset loss to Oregon State in Corvallis, Ore., on Saturday, not many words remained. “I don’t know what it is. I don’t know,” senior tailback C.J. […]