USC – They're Just Words

Posted on November 26, 2017 by Patrick

The Regular Season Is Over Now, For USC, It’s A Question Of Coaching

The 2017 Pac-12 regular season is over, so what have we learned? Well, some of the most compelling stuff was revealed about its coaches. We learned that, in Gary Anderson, Oregon State made one of the worst hires in recent memory. The state of Arizona has two overrated coaches who will dazzle in September, pretty much suck in Autumn and would have been fired if the desert programs had any tradition or aspirations for greatness. Jim Mora was a chap ass who failed wonderfully despite having two of the very best quarterbacks in the program’s history. Colorado’s a stranger in a strange land and any recent success was a fluke. The Mike Leach experiment is mostly over even though I appreciate a fat, sloppily-dressed coach as much as the next guy. And there’s reason for hope at Cal … not really, I just wanted to see who was paying attention.

Posted on October 18, 2017October 18, 2017 by Patrick

College Football Playcalling Is Contagious, Now USC Is Sick

There’s a play-calling sickness in college football – football at every level, really – and no team is safe. It’s called the zone read and in a copycat football universe, it is infecting everything in its path. Its symptoms include: abandonment of traditional power running games, disasters in short yardage and goal-line situations, paralyzing playcalling predictability and silly, unforced turnovers. It’s affecting the health of college football, won’t you please help?

Posted on September 23, 2017 by Patrick

“Trojan Family” Gathering Is Bush League

There are seven place settings, but only six people ever sit around this table any more. Someone was uninvited to these gatherings years ago and was never invited back. People make mistakes, they fall out with their friends or their boss, they become estranged, they wear out their welcome, but families are supposed to be different. To hear some people tell it, this black balled