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5/11/2008 - Evans Talks USC UCLA ND and Recruiting | 2 views
5/11/2008 - Two More Schools offer Thompson | 2 views
5/11/2008 - WR Pat Patterson: LSU offers | 3 views
5/9/2008 - Fun with the New Toy | 2 views
5/8/2008 - Willie McGinest Calls it Quits | 2 views
5/5/2008 - Two at the top | 4 views
5/4/2008 - USC and the NFL Draft: Dude! | 4 views
5/4/2008 - Edwards Lands First Offer | 8 views
4/25/2008 - Taylor Looking to Capitalize | 5 views
4/25/2008 - College Eye for the NFL Guy: John David Booty | 9 views
4/25/2008 - WR Alshon Jeffrey: Lands Another ACC Offer | 13 views
4/24/2008 - LB is Piling Up Offers | 9 views
4/24/2008 - An eye on LSU | 8 views
4/24/2008 - "That Never Came Out of My Mouth" | 10 views
4/22/2008 - Michael wants to visit | 9 views
4/22/2008 - DE Devon Kennard: Latest Offer for 5-Star DE | 10 views
4/22/2008 - Sam Montgomery: "USC opened my eyes" | 10 views
4/22/2008 - UA/Scout.com Combine Top Def. Skill Players | 8 views
4/21/2008 - LA Sniper: Zev's Mouthpiece | 4 views
4/21/2008 - OT John Martinez: Up to 28 written offers | 8 views
4/21/2008 - Loston planning visits | 8 views
4/20/2008 - High Scoring Huddle: Big Day for Sanchez Corp Galippo Patterson | 2 views
4/19/2008 - Yarnway Gets Second Pac-10 Offer | 9 views
4/18/2008 - Coach Pete Carroll on Mark Sanchez | 10 views
4/18/2008 - Boi'nked: Jackson Carville Filicia | 7 views
4/18/2008 - Alshon Jeffrey Lands Another Big Offer | 16 views
4/17/2008 - 2010 Talent Set to Bust Out at Dallas Combine | 10 views
4/16/2008 - Valley May Get 747 Before Airline! | 6 views
4/16/2008 - Mark Sanchez Named Starter | 9 views
4/15/2008 - Williams Getting Early Looks | 8 views
4/15/2008 - Fogerson Familiar With Process | 6 views
4/15/2008 - Clearing Up His Offer | 5 views
4/15/2008 - DE Craig Roh: An Even 30 | 13 views
4/15/2008 - Roh in Norman for Spring Game | 15 views
4/14/2008 - Top Bulldog Recruit Shines on Film | 6 views
4/14/2008 - Pac-10 Preference | 9 views
4/14/2008 - ScoutTV: WR Rolando Jefferson | 22 views
4/14/2008 - Are Relations Thawing Between City Rivals USC and UCLA?desc=Filed under: UCLA Football USC Football Pac 10 Breaking News The WordFor years there has been talk of USC and UCLA returning to tradition and wearing contrasting uniforms at their rivalry game. Problem is NCAA rules prohibit this practice and require that the offending team be docked a timeout.Its a stupid rule but to date the schools have obliged. It doesnt help that relations grew tense in the last year or two between the programs. Enter Rick Neuheisel.In theory the hyper-competitive Neuheisel should further the divide between the programs but he and USC coach Pete Carroll at least publicly seem to respect each other. So much so in fact that next year may be an "Nixon visits China" moment in relations between the programs.USC and UCLA are very close to announcing a novel idea to heat up their rivalry. Both teams will wear their home colors this season at UCLAs home game Dec. 6 in the Rose Bowl.That means USC will wear maroon. The plan is for the Trojans to be penalized a timeout when they take the field in their homies. UCLA then at its first opportunity will call a timeout to even things up. Pete Carroll apparently has signed off on the p.r. strategy. What a way to ramp up the Trojans-Bruins rivalry. You know whats next? Full diplomatic relations (yeh right!). Until anything happens this is all just talk and cutesy "Americans playing ping pong in China" type ice-breakers floated before the public. Hopefully it happens. Previously at FanHouseIts Time to Let USC and UCLA Party Like Its 1969Gallery-2782 | 14 views
4/13/2008 - Clay Nabs First Offer | 7 views
4/13/2008 - Four-Star Takes Fresno Unofficial | 14 views
4/11/2008 - Focus 2010: S Tevin McDonald | 4 views
4/11/2008 - So was it worth it?desc="History has to start from somewhere and I was thinking [of] maybe getting USC turned around." -- O.J. Mayo during his official visit to USC in November 2006 With his announcement yesterday that he was indeed heading to the NBA the book officially closes on the Mayo basketball era at USC. I wasnt happy with all the hype over Mayos arrival because he had yet to prove anything and of course the whole way he came to USC made this whole situation intriguing at best. It has been noted in numerous places that OJ wanted to do for SC basketball what Reggie Bush did for football. The problem is you have to stay more than one year to do that sort of work and have that sort of impact. For one season though there is no debating Mayos impact. Averaging 20.9 points hes already established a school record for points by a freshman and has been selected first-team All-Pacific 10 Conference. And theres this: With him USC has won 20 games and seems a lock for an NCAA tournament berth. Without him "Id hate to think where wed be . . ." USC Coach Tim Floyd said. Few freshmen have made the kind of immediate splash Mayo spoke of as a high school senior when he said he picked USC in part because he thought it gave him the best chance to win a national title. No one really knew what to expect when O.J. Mayo picked USC as his school of choice last year after all SC was coming off a great 2007 season that culminated in a Sweet Sixteen appearance in the NCCA Tournament. I was lucky enough to see SC play UNC in East Rutherford I only live 5 minutes away and it was my hope that Young and Pruitt would have hung around for one more year to help show this young team the ropes. Mayo came in with a lot of hype and yet everyone wondered if he would live up to the hype. A lot of the criticism was unfair by may me included and it just goes to show that sometimes we get wrapped up in the hype and not the substance. His arrival made basketball at least to USC fans relevant again if even only to us. The opportunity to build some credibility had everyone interested even if only mildly. Mayo came out of the gates slow but in the second half of the season he showed what we wanted to see he really carried this team at times. But was it worth it? Did USC as a basketball program progress? Was the mission accomplished? Yes it was worth it but I am not sure we progressed and mission was definitely not accomplished. Elite basketball programs are not built in one year and while it has been great to see some of the exciting play by this squad this season we have a long way to go before we are consistently respectable on the national level. Players are a little more savvy now but with that comes a price. Mayos desire to increase his exposure by coming to the LA market is a chess move for his future in the long term not a building block for the team in the short term. USCs desire to be relevant in basketball in a town dominated by ucla sometimes makes certain decisions seem rash and not thought out. I wont deny that there were some stretches in the season that were fun to watch but there is no gradual building its more like peaks and valleys with more valleys than peaks. Mayo said he joined the Trojans in part because of the promotional opportunities that a major media market such as Southern California would present and hes appeared on the cover of several magazines including Sports Illustrated Slam and Sporting News. But the local media hasnt fawned over him. One major newspaper in the region hasnt traveled with the team and a Times columnist wrote that Mayo needed to polish his game by sticking around for one more year. I am assuming that its the DN that didnt travel with the team. Not surprising as the DN is in real financial dire straits but I understand the meaning- Mayo just wasnt the draw that some expected him to be but he did get some of the exposure that he hoped to get by coming to LA. The one thing that was refreshing was Mayos attitude. He was not the thug that he was made out to be and he has been nothing if not polite and he has grown with his team mates and not alienated himself from them. There was also a lot of talk about Mayos game in general I thought Billy Packers comments were premature considering that he had hardly seen Mayo play and that the burden placed on him expected too much from him. I think most of us would agree that Mayo probably needs another year but most top prospects for the NBA always need a little more polishing. Of course there is the whole one and done angle with this story. I am on the fence as to whether or not players can go to the NBA right of high school. It think its obvious that there is a necessity for players to have age restrictions in regards to college football but basketball is different. There is something to be said for staying in school and polishing your game but is it right for a school to be nothing more than a way station before heading to the NBA? I simply cant answer the question as both sides of the coin have valid points. Tim Floyd had said earlier in the year that he was going to push Mayo to go to the NBA because the opportunity was just too great. I am fine with it if he is. It is his program and he knows it far better than we do. Of course Mayo must hold up his end of the bargain by finishing classes in good standing as to not hurt USCs ability to recruit in the future. I am not a fan of recruiting one and done players en mass because it does little to solidify team chemistry. Having senior leadership or at least upper classmen leadership does a lot to building a programs stability; without it a team just wanders aimlessly without and solid direction. Even if Gabe Pruitt had stayed it would have gone a long way in helping the younger guys along but hey at least he stayed until he was a junior. O.J. Mayo gave us a lot to get excited about this past season but it ended far too soon as it seemed like just yesterday that they opened its season against Mercer. But to me it was worth it even with falling short of attaining the same level of achievement from last season. You dont get to see a player like O.J. Mayo very often so you enjoy it while you can. Yeah it was worth it! | 10 views
4/11/2008 - Tide's A-Day Greeting Recruits | 15 views
4/11/2008 - Obama's Gay Cold Shoulder | 14 views
4/11/2008 - Are Relations Thawing Between City Rivals USC and UCLA? | 15 views
4/11/2008 - So was it worth it? | 15 views
4/11/2008 - Markowitz getting close to a decision | 20 views
4/10/2008 - USCs Rodriguez gets USA to Beijing | 7 views
4/10/2008 - Tupou Making Most of his Opportunity | 6 views
4/10/2008 - Per ESPN: Mayo to Declare for the Draft | 13 views
4/10/2008 - News and Notes from Here and There | 14 views
4/10/2008 - UA/Scout Combine Miami: LB | 17 views
4/10/2008 - Lindsey loves the big play | 16 views
4/10/2008 - Recruiting: Martinez Kaufusi Visit | 28 views
4/10/2008 - Open with Offers | 14 views
4/10/2008 - Dasarte Yarnway Talks GT Practice Visit | 16 views
4/9/2008 - First Offer Comes in For Davis | 9 views
4/9/2008 - Brennan Carroll: Hardass Humorist | 12 views
4/9/2008 - S Byron Moore: Offer | 7 views
4/9/2008 - Early offers humble Williams | 16 views
4/8/2008 - Big Ten Offer for Moore | 8 views
4/8/2008 - Three New Offers | 8 views
4/8/2008 - More For Moore | 9 views
4/8/2008 - Fresno Clovis West Combine Recap | 14 views
4/8/2008 - QB Jake Heaps: Heaps up to half a dozen | 16 views
4/7/2008 - SSNN: Leinart | 9 views
4/7/2008 - Ronnie Lott - USC | 10 views
4/7/2008 - Speed Kills! | 9 views
4/7/2008 - Weekend Scrimmage: Pressure | 10 views
4/7/2008 - Lampley Picking Up New Suitors | 8 views
4/7/2008 - OT Kevin Danser: Gets First Offer | 16 views
4/7/2008 - QB Jake Heaps: Teammates now share offers | 18 views
4/7/2008 - TE Richard Wilson: Second Offer In A Week | 14 views
4/7/2008 - Tana Patrick Visits Practice | 14 views
4/7/2008 - Nick Kasa Revisited | 12 views
   
> USC and the NFL Draft: Dude!
> College Eye for the NFL Guy: John David Booty
> Are Relations Thawing Between City Rivals USC and UCLA?
> Jordan Campbell and his family continue to fight on (Part 1)
> USC, Coliseum Commission on verge of long-term deal
> Galippos Back
> Last Post
> My Second To Last Post
> Busy at Work
> Hot Trojan Mama!
> Neuheisel, Carroll Wrestle for Recruit
> UCLA gets UGLY
> Villaraigosa Sticks To Business Tax Cuts
> The Consecration of Obama
> The Wedge Returns to California Politics
> The Agenda
> Delicate Sensibilities - Part II
> Everyone Expresses Themselves Somehow
> Confidant says Mayo received thousands in illegal benefits
> NCAA docked USC two basketball scholarships
> USC, Coliseum Commission on verge of long-term deal
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