USC pedigree still on full display for recruiting
Counterpoint: Euno Lee responds to Nick Selbe’s assertion that pedigree no longer has a large influence on USC’s recruiting efforts.
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Despite struggles, 2013 class will be fine
Let’s get this out of the way now: The recruiting season is going to turn out OK for USC. Come Wednesday, national signing day, the school is going to announce a recruiting class that will, naturally, be ranked near the top of essentially every national ranking possible. So exhale. It’ll be fine. It always is. […]
Three recruits could make or break class
This Wednesday marks the most scrutinized date during college football’s offseason: national signing day. Forty-year-old men will log onto Twitter, troll, then “unfollow” high school recruits who elect to sign with their alma mater’s rivals. Coaches will hole up in their offices all day, waiting for the signed letters of intent to filter through their […]
Coach Kiffin’s apology tour far from sincere
I’ve been a little under the weather lately, to be quite honest. It’s flu season, and on a college campus that kind of stuff spreads pretty quickly. Everyone’s coughing or sneezing or chugging DayQuil. The flu can kind of get to your brain, too, and mash things up a little. Sometimes it’s hard to tell […]
USC welcomes seven early enrollees to roster
The newest members of the football team will be able to participate in spring practices.
USC fires defensive backs coach Sanders
New defensive coordinator Pendergast will take over defensive back coaching duties.
Kiffin takes a chance in DC hire
With national signing day fast approaching, USC coach Lane Kiffin crossed off the most glaring issue of the offseason this past week when he officially named Clancy Pendergast his new defensive coordinator. Prior to a report on Pendergast’s impending hiring, little had been reported regarding possible candidates or coaches that had interviewed with Kiffin for […]
Football team needs a new group of leaders
It’s been more than two weeks since USC finished its disastrous 2012 season. But the news just keeps getting worse. On Wednesday, ESPN Los Angeles reported that sources told them a fight took place after the Trojans lost to Georgia Tech 21-7 in the Sun Bowl on Dec. 31. An anonymous player said the scene […]
Kiffin refutes reports of post-Sun Bowl altercation
Coach Lane Kiffin and senior quarterback Matt Barkley deny allegations of a brawl.
Firing of O’Neill is bad news for Kiffin
On Monday morning, I was woken up by the sound of my phone vibrating. Still groggy, I picked it up and was immediately snapped out of my daze: men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill had been fired. My initial thought was how strange the timing seemed: After all, the team had just won a game, something […]