USC commit Andrew Williams proves the City Section still has football talent…

Andrew Williams of Fremont High is a 6-foot-5, 220-pound senior who committed to USC last February. This raw, two-way player can play edge or tight end with the Trojans. He finished with 80 tackles, 10 for loss, nine sacks and three forced fumbles on defense to go with 12 all-purpose touchdowns, nine rushing, three receiving, on the offensive side of the ball. Eric Sondheimer / LAT)
Eric Sondheimer (LA Times) — It was 7 a.m., and Fremont High’s Andrew Williams was sleeping at his grandmother’s house in South Los Angeles when she woke him up to tell him a USC football coach wanted to speak to him on her cellphone before he went to school.
Williams will never forget that moment on Feb. 12. Defensive line coach Eric Henderson was calling to officially offer him a scholarship to play for the Trojans.
“You don’t believe it until you see it,” he said. “When he told me in his tone and how serious he was, I knew it was real. It was destiny calling. It took me a couple hours to reflect what was going on. I was stunned.”
By lunch time in the school quad, while surrounded by friends and classmates, the 6-foot-5, 220-pound Williams was calling Henderson to tell him, “I’m ready to become a Trojan.”
Henderson replied, “Hold on. I have someone who wants to speak to you.”
Coach Lincoln Riley joined the called.
“He said, ‘We’re so excited to have you here.’ It was genuine,” he said.

Fremont High SR Andrew Williams has shown his versatility as a DE, TE and FB. CSU and SDS offered him last season. MICH ST, MINN, ASU, ALA and UCLA had also expressed interest. (Eric Sondheimer / LAT)
Williams (now listed as a three-star on 247Sports and On3/Rivals) was so unknown in the recruiting world before committing to USC last February that he said, “I wasn’t mentioned by any recruiting sites. I had no stars. Honestly it didn’t make me feel any different. I was the same player before the stars and without the stars. Most people still don’t know about me.”
He said a three-touchdown, 10-tackle performance as a junior against L.A. Jordan last fall while playing fullback, defensive end and receiver caught the attention of Colorado State assistant Chad Savage, who later joined USC as an assistant.
Recruiting players from inner city Los Angeles used to be a priority for USC and UCLA. Fremont grad Ricky Bell, a star running back for USC, has his name on the Pathfinders’ stadium. Fremont grad Mark Bradford was a star receiver at Stanford. Crenshaw has sent numerous players to USC and UCLA. Dorsey’s head coach, Stafon Johnson, was a standout running back for the Trojans.
But a drop in talent in the City Section has made identifying potential success stories more difficult. Williams, who has a 3.8 grade point average and plans to graduate in December, said he hopes to be part of the start of a rebirth in championing players from the inner city.
“I’m comfortable with people looking up to me,” he said. “Somebody in the city is actually doing it. Just as I can do it, so can you.”
He doesn’t doubt the road ahead remains difficult.
“I feel I was one of the least privileged kids,” he said. “To have the opportunity I’m doing now. … If I was another 6-5 kid that wasn’t from South Central, I would have been known. They would have shot me up the rankings. They don’t show that in the city I love. That’s cool. That’s for them to keep sleeping on us.”
Living 10 blocks from Fremont with his grandmother since he was 7, Williams said he didn’t discover football until his freshman year. He said he had too much free time until reaching high school and finding something to focus on.
“Have you heard the saying, ‘People get stuck and lost in the system?’ People become a product of their environment,” he said. “I needed time to figure my way out. I came to a realization when I came to high school that something was going to have to happen.”
With his height, athleticism — he can dunk — and agility — he also ran track — USC will watch him this fall to see whether his position will be tight end or defensive end. He’s a raw, intriguing prospect with lots of room to become stronger.
First-year Fremont coach Derek Benton was the coach at Jordan last season when Williams had his big game.
“He made his mark against me, then I knew and heard about him and it was one of the attractions coming here,” he said. “I’m very impressed with Andrew as a person.”
All Williams wanted was an opportunity to get a degree in college. He wants to study communications and learn about sports broadcasting. He said he didn’t need to visit multiple colleges or seek attention from social media. The USC offer was enough.
“Football teaches you can’t expect results without work,” he said. “People expect things in life, but they don’t put the work in. That’s a lesson football teaches you. It teaches unity, leadership, how to treat others.”
He has been rewarded for making good decisions and surrounding himself with people who want to see him succeed. All he’s ever wanted was a chance to prove himself.
“I’m doing my thing,” he said.
latimes.com
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I’m hearing that Nick Saban wants to get back into coaching. Possible destination…….USC….or so they say. I think hiring him would be a big mistake.They guy is 74 years old. You couldn’t possibly give this guy a long term contract and I question whether he would accept a 1 or 2 year contract. There are a lot of great young coaches out there who would love to come to SC especially now that SC seems to have its act together.
My concern is he has his own tried & true system he believes in and if that were his demands, how much change would occur?
I don’t have the impression that Saban wants to deal with the “new world” of CFB. He’s already conquered CFB. The NFL remains the only universe where he’s failed. Seems logical he might want to have one last whack at that arena, no?
74 is too old. Now that everyone is seeing that the USC administration is behind this football team big time, USC is probably one of the favorite destinations for most coaches. There’s a lot of good young coaches out there. LR is a young coach who could evolve into a great coach.
When Clay Helton got fired, it seems nobody really wanted the job. That seems like forever ago. USC was very down back then, mired in mediocrity for many years, still suffering from the Reggie Bush/NCAA hangover.
Now, the USC football program, thanks to Jen Cohen, has become another “destination resort” so to speak. That feels really good, doesn’t it? Ya, baby. Fight On!
It took getting rid of a college president who didn’t care about CFB and USC’s historical past. I haven’t a clue why the Board of Directors decided to turn around and support sports again. But it has and the present future looks bright. I am sure being invited into the B1G and the money that brought made it an easy decision. Now if USC academics ranking would return to where it was 20 yrs ago, USC would get back where it belongs!
Hope we never lose Jen Cohen. Before she came I sensed an opposition to the football program by parts of the administration. It seems like she either won them over or silenced them. I hope she never wants to leave.
Long Live Jen Cohen…..unless she becomes AD at UCLA or ND…….just kidding
That would be a true disaster were USC to ever let such an abomination happen, which I find highly incomprehensible.
As you say, Long Live Jen Cohen, the best AD in the nation, and a Trojan to boot!
His daughter shot that down today.
Steveg…..I’am scheduled for back surgery in the future. Although I’d love to say hello at the Illinois game the surgeon tells me I’ll be off line for an undetermined time. Fell from an army obstacle course 55 years ago and it finally caught up to me. I hope you and your family have a wonderful experience at the game. I don’t know how much you know about U of Illinois yet but if you have not, try Papa Del’s……I used to live on it 55 years ago. Back in the day they were in a hole in the wall place… Read more »
My grandaughter is enrolled at Illinois and she loves it when we all go to the games. We went last season for the MInn game. I have no idea where my son got the seats but thanks for the heads up. Last time there we walked all over campus, it is huge, and she showed us Papa Dels. Sorry you are layed up, but thanks for those years of service, and I hope it all heals up great, even though at our age things heal much slower.
They always deny these things. Saban denied that he would leave the Dolphins for Alabama and then took the Bama job the next day if I remember correctly.
Saban’s wife had a lot to do with him taking over ALA. At least that’s how I remember it, and some public reports have born that out.
I hope his wife now convinces him to stay retired
“USC, please strike the band for Lee Corso”
The greatest college band ever. They need some NIL. They are everywhere all the time!
USC QB commit Jonas Williams, who flipped to the Trojans from ORE in Feb, rises in updated Top247 rankings See where USC commits and QB Jonas Williams landed in the updated 2026 Top247 rankings. Chris Trevino (USCFootball.com) — Four-star 2026 Frankfort (Ill.) East-Way QB and USC commit Jonas Williams rose in the updated Top247 rankings for the 2026 class on Wednesday. Williams, who shined in the Elite 11 Finals in June, moved up 18 spots to No. 180 overall. The 6-foot-1.5, 200-pound Williams is now rated the No. 12 QB and No. 5 prospect in Illinois by 247Sports. He is the No.… Read more »
I have to ask, as others have as well, how do rankings change in July? It’s the off season. Is it the result of changes to QBs after Elite 11 finals in June? Do Receivers change ranking if they participated as well?
When I was publishing SuperPrep pre-Internet, we weren’t constantly updating rankings. Players were ranked in the Pre-Season (early Aug) and Post-Season (Jan). But once the Internet exploded onto the recruiting scene (in the mid-90’s as I recall), all recruiting coverage instantly and massively changed because it became a 24/7 subject, literally. But even then, my emphasis was never on changing rankings. The emphasis was on predicting, or announcing breaking secret commitments, changing player prefs, covering visits and feeding the public detailed, comparative info on specific players and programs. You could literally change player recruiting rankings every day if you wanted,… Read more »
JuJu Watkins wins Best Female College Athlete at ESPYs Ahmad Akkaoui (247sports.com) — USC guard JuJu Watkins was named the Best Female College Athlete at the ESPYs Wednesday, adding another award to her long list of accolades and an ESPY for a second straight year. After a sensational freshman season where she led the Women of Troy to an Elite Eight appearance for the first time in three decades, she took home the Breakthrough Athlete award. She takes home another ESPY this year after a sophomore year that earned her National Player of the Year awards from a handful of outlets. Similar to her… Read more »
Caleb Gets Some Love
There is a lot of hatred around the country for USC football. SC players need to learn to embrace the hatred. All of the great teams and men were either loved or hated.Think of the Boston Celtics, LA Lakers, NY Yankees, Green Bay Packers. Think of Donald Trump, Barach Obama. When you reach a certain level of achievement you’re going to get more haters, more lovers and less people in the middle.The SC players need to learn to embrace the hatred.
I remember when USC was at the top, and the swagger just infuriated the haters to no end. Perhaps we see that coming back again. I hope so.
Like I said……Embrace the hate….If you don’t have people hating you, you must be just kind of a mediocre guy or team or whatever. The greats have always had a lot of those who loved them and a lot of those who hated them and less who did not care one way o the other.
There’s clearly bias in the star rating system against SC. They want to create the idea among protential recruits that if you go to SC you’ll be downgraded therefore making it tough for SC to recruit. It’s hard to just pick allstar teams in the individual leagues like the trinity;league. Now just imagine how hard it is when you have more than 1,000 players to rate from leagues of different strengths. It’s hard to rate a RB if he is on a team that doesn’t run much or a receiver on a team that doesn’t throw much. How can you… Read more »
I rated huge amounts of players for SuperPrep and Scout.com for nearly 30 years and your point about the extreme difficulty of it all is so true. And the more “objective” you try to be, the harder it becomes. The more info on a player which you develop or obtain, the more comparative variables you throw into the mix, both positive and negative. As they say, “a little knowledge is dangerous.” You begin, as well as end up, trying to be as unbiased and singular as possible. Who wants to pay for “biased evaluations” in the first place? Since my… Read more »
Maybe I’m wrong about these guys being biased. You’d know more than I do if you did that kind of thing.Maybe I’m listening too much to guys like Josh Pate who grew up in the south and said that the football fans down there absolutely hated SC.
p007 — I’m not saying you’re wrong. Not at all. Please understand I was only speaking for myself, my own ground rules, and I worked during a time that was significantly different from now. I had a lot on the line (back in early June 1985) and had to cash my own checks. Leaving the practice of law for a weird venture nobody thought would be successful anyway was always gonna be dicey. And to do all that in my early 30’s just to become a biased USC homer looking for small-time regional success simply wasn’t a good plan. As… Read more »
amen
EA Sports College Football 26: Top 10 rated USC football players Chris Trevino (USCFootball.com) — EA Sports College Sports 26 is here. The early access for the game has hit the market, and the official ratings for the USC football team are now public. Here’s a quick look at the Top 10 rated players on the roster. No. 1 WR Makai Lemon, Rating: 90 The top Trojan comes as no surprise with Lemon, USC’s leading receiver from last fall and an emerging name on the national scene. The former four-star signee moved to CB his freshman season to help out with… Read more »
Lane Kiffin has drank the SEC koolaid finally no longer being the lone wolf willing to call a spade a spade. He stood at the podium at the SEC press conference with a straight face telling all who would listen the SEC 8-game is fair compared to the Big Ten 9-game conference schedule because the SEC middle and lower ranking teams are better than the Big Ten’s and playing away games in the SEC are much harder. What he didn’t defend was the SEC’s consistent insistence to schedule 3 to 4 easy wins each season to pad its record getting… Read more »
In the 2010s the SEC beat the Big10 in 63% of their head to head games. Over the last 5 years that gap has narrowed to 55%. Last season with conference realignment in effect, the Big 10 won 60% of all games and 83% of bowl games against the SEC. So, no Kiff, the SEC is no longer better than the Big 10.
Rivals has supposedly upgraded 3-USC 2026 commits, 1 from a 4-star to a 5-star and the other two from 3 to 4-stars as told by Marc Kulkin’s podcast. He didn’t say who the athletes were.
Ethan Hedges, 77th pick overall, USC/Mater Dei
USC Baseball draft history
How Many MLB Draftees Make It To The Majors? BaseballAmerica.com (2019) — How many players drafted in June’s MLB draft will eventually make it? The answer is less than one in five. It’s too early to judge the 2011 to 2018 drafts, but from 1981-2010, 17.6 percent of players who were drafted and signed ended up making it to the majors. Those odds vary dramatically depending on where a player is drafted. First-round picks can expect to reach the major leagues. First-round picks who don’t make it are the exception. From 1981 to 2010, 73 percent of first-round picks… Read more »
MLB is especially difficult to reach. 28% of this years opening day rosters were players born outside the US, Canada and Puerto Rico (the domestic draft).
2025 MLB Draft: USC pitcher Caden Hunter selected by Orioles in sixth round
Caden Hunter is the second Trojan taken in the 2025 MLB Draft.
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2025 MLB Draft: USC’s Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek selected by Yankees in 20th round
Bryce Martin-Grudzielanek is the third and final USC player to be selected in the 2025 MLB Draft.
Shotgun Spratling (USCFootball.com) — The 6-foot-3, 185-pound shortstop was drafted No. 614 overall in the 615-selection event, going to the defending American League champions with their final pick.
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Do these people at the NCAA actually get paid a salary? If they do, I would say paid for what? What do they do? Wingfield should have been given a decision long ago(one way or another). At least give him a decision., one way or another. Then if he wants to challenge it in court he has time to do that and still not miss the 2025 season. When is the decision going to come? In the middle of November?
It is perplexing, isn’t it? You’d think a player eligibility decision could happen in a matter of weeks.
The NCAA is often corrupt and even more frequently, simply incompetent and ineffective, while always managing to line its own pockets without fail.
I expect a lot more powerful USC football teams in the future. I really expect them to become a powerhouse again. SoCal has all the advantages that the other teams don’t have. Plus, this is the first time I have ever seen the university go head over heels for the football program. I’m not a USC football historian(correct me if I’m wrong on this) but it seems to me that in recent years the administration has been luke-warm towards the program.They hired Clay Helton…..not a great coach. They hired Steve Sarkesian……Washington couldn’t wait to get rid of him.They took a… Read more »
Parcelman007, I’m gonna bite. You are certainly correct the pressure for LR to be a better coach and win is number one for the program. I believe in the back of most fans minds, certainly mine, is whether LR has really done the homework to pivot off his version of Air Raid, which severely lacks any sophistication, balance, unpredictability and physicality to be a contender. Most niche offenses become outdated ( wishbone, I formation, Air raid, wing T, etc.) because defenses catch up and then dominate that offense. LR hearing our whispers , could run a bunch to show visually… Read more »
Let’s see what LR does nexr year. I do think he’s a really good offensive mind. If he thinks the defenses are catching up to him maybe we’ll see a lot of new stuff that we haven’t seen before like more runs and even using the tight end more. He’s always had great offenses and last year wasn’t so great. Let’s see what he decides to do about it..
USC women’s basketball superstar Juju Watkins, recovering from an ACL injury sustained in the NCAA tourney, has added another prestigious honor. On Thursday, Watkins was officially named the 2024-2025 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year
Watkins, young for her class at just 19 years old, doesn’t turn 20 until Tuesday.
The pressure on Lincoln Riley to start winning big is getting intense. That’s good. We will see what kind of a coach he really is. The reason the pressure is getting intense is because coaches can see that the USC administration has taken the big step to go full throttle into winning big in football and all the USC advantages, there are a lot of great coaches who would love to be the next USC football coach.
Isn’t it about time USC football started getting back on signs like this?
The fact that AF and WV are on the collage and USC is not speaks volumes. The football program has reaped what the administration has sown. I believe next year’s version of this banner will be different as USC climbs back into the picture and national respect is gradually restored. I am more optimistic about the future than I’ve been in quite a few years. The last move was bringing in an unprepared HC and expecting that to cure all ills. We now know it didn’t. Since then, a rock solid foundation consisting of every element necessary for success has… Read more »
This from another blog. The big athletics project (new football building, baseball stadium, women’s soccer stadium) is still more than $50 million short in fundraising. USC has decided that because of this, the baseball stadium will be completed in phases. That means USC will play at the new Dedeaux Field next season but it will remain under construction. This is why the Trojans’ best pitcher, best relief pitcher and No. 2 hitter departed the program. When Andy Stankiewicz got hired, he was told USC would play off campus for one year. Well it’s been two years with Year 3 about… Read more »
Yes, the baseball program and it’s coach are on an upward trajectory, but the reality is that the baseball program has lost money every year for the last 50 years. The baseball program exists because the football team does turn a profit…….even under the reign of an unsuccessful coach. In my view, if I were AD, all the money would be invested in the football program. Interestingly; the House Settlement terms (approved by a female judge) allowed for all of the money to be given to the mens football and basketball teams because they were the only programs that earned… Read more »
Good point, put your money where you can make money. Too bad, baseball was, hopefully, still is on the way back. Aren’t there any ex MLB/Trojans BB players that want to help the baseball program?
They should just let players go pro right after high school like in basketball. Let the NFL(and the United Football league and all the rest) be footballs version of professional sports. If kids don’t want to go to college let them go straight into whatever pro league they are good enough to play in. Hopefully, I’m wrong(I’m no lawyer) but it seems to me that college sports, in general(including football), are being destroyed. If they are good enough to play at the college level, give them a scholarship. That scholarship is worth a lot of money. They can get an… Read more »
I don’t know if the NFL owners want to deal with “baby sitting” new recruits straight out of high school. Rather they would need to create a minor league to get minimally trained athletes up to playing NFL level. We have seen how the level of NBA play has been affected by 18 & 20 year olds. NFL wouldn’t put up with that! JMO
Then create such a minor league professional football league. That’s better than destroying college football with all this NIL.
Only 1.6 percent of college players get to the NFL. That means 98.4 percent want to get a degree and play ball. Now they get a share of the revenue they generate as well.
USC’s Alijah Arenas should be cleared to begin practicing Thursday Ryan Kartje (LA Times) — After surviving a fiery car wreck and successfully skipping his final year of high school to enroll at USC, incoming star freshman Alijah Arenas should be cleared to join the team for practice on Thursday, coach Eric Musselman confirmed. The five-star guard arrives at USC this summer as the most highly anticipated recruit of Musselman’s tenure. Musselman — who coached Arenas’ father, Gilbert, with the Golden State Warriors — has said on multiple occasions that he expects Arenas to be a difference-maker as a freshman. The question now is how quickly Arenas can… Read more »
Ranking top B1G 2026 classes after pivotal July 4 weekend Grant Hughes (USCFootball.com) — The conference leads all leagues with four teams — USC, Ohio State, Michigan, and Oregon — ranked in the top 10 of the 247Sports Composite Team Recruiting Rankings. 1. USC (303.30) National ranking: No. 1 Total commits: 31 Average rating: 92.08 Top commit: Keenyi Pepe (No. 6 overall, No. 2 OT) USC hasn’t signed a top-five recruiting class since 2018 but is poised to break that drought in 2026, boasting the largest class in the Power Four at 31 commitments. The Trojans have already secured two five-star commitments in Pepe and tight end Mark Bowman, marking their first class with multiple five-star pledges… Read more »
Phil Steele’s preseason poll, ranking all college football teams, 1 to 136 1. Penn State 2. Notre Dame vs USC Oct. 18 3. Texas 4. Alabama 5. Ohio State 6. Clemson 7. Georgia 8. Oklahoma 9. Texas A&M 10. Florida 11 LSU 12 Michigan at USC Oct. 11 13 Oregon vs USC Nov. 22 14 Miami 15 Arizona State 16 Indiana 17 Illinois vs USC Sept. 27 18 Baylor 19 Utah 20 Tennessee 21 USC 22 Ole Miss 23 SMU 24 Auburn 25 Texas Tech 26 TCU 27 South Carolina 28 Iowa State 29 Louisville 30 Kansas State 31 Iowa at USC Nov. 15 32 Wisconsin 33 Arkansas 34 Pittsburgh… Read more »
Sounds like a great kid. He will do well no matter what he does.
I will be rooting for Andrew Williams to succeed this season at LA Fremont. And yes, coach Chad Savage, doing his thing finding diamonds in the rough recruits missed by other programs which has been his calling card. Great story and Andrew appears to have a pretty good head on his shoulder. Good luck young man!
This is a great story. USC’s current staff as recruiters is so far superior to the group originally brought aboard by LR back in 2021-2022, it’s not even funny.
Throw in our new GM, Chad Bowden, and USC is strong enough now to locate, properly evaluate, and sign both the sleepers as well as the ones everyone wants.
Now Lincoln Riley just needs to step up to the plate and finally start coaching like the elite coach we all thought he was in the first place.
I sincerely hope that last comment is achievable. I unfortunately have my doubts.
Joel Klatt sends warning to Lincoln Riley, USC football for 2025 season; “Riley’s going to have to win this year. He needs to get it done.” USC at ILL looms large. Scotty White (Clutchpoints) — The USC football team had a great first year under head coach Lincoln Riley as the Trojans were a win in the Pac-12 title game away from going to the College Football Playoff. They didn’t make it, but it was a good start to his tenure. Unfortunately, USC has gone in the wrong direction since, and last year was the worst as the team finished with a 6-6 record. However, a… Read more »
Coulda woulda shoulda is the story about last season’s losses to teams not favored. Were there any player injuries or crucial calls by referees that caused the 3-losses plus the overtime loss to Penn St.? Or was it due to the playcalling & inability to manage the clock? I was just thinking, could LR be another James Franklin being unable to finally win the big games? He had the talent at Oklahoma and can you say Utah had more talent than USC in winning twice two season’s ago? Or was LR outcoached in the 4th quarter by Willingham like he… Read more »
If LR was making $5 million a year instead of $11 he would have been fired in December. The whole program, LR and Jen Cohen all must know this. It has to be the elephant in the room. Has LR been told to change? Will he continue his pass happy ways? The keys to next season will be run/pass play calls, and play calls with, 5 min. in the game, the lead and the ball.
Run blocking is easier than pass blocking. So run the damn ball! LR can’t blame poor execution, lack of talent/skill. It’s all on him.
Little did we know LR’s Tulane masterpiece was the harbinger of results to come.
So true. The last few USC total meltdown minutes of that game were examples of startling coaching ineptitude by a Trojan coach. It doesn’t get any worse than this. USC led by 15 points with four and a half minutes remaining, but fully disintegrated under LR’s so-called leadership, losing 46-45, giving up two late TDs and a bone-headed safety. According to ESPN, the Green Wave had a 0.2% chance of winning with 4:30 remaining. USC managed to lose despite a great game by Heisman winner Caleb Williams who threw for 462 yds and a Cotton Bowl record five TDs, but it… Read more »
Problem last year with the run is LR kept going away from it. He has been the biggest problem.
Well, I hope that Jen attends the Illinois/USC game. After the game she should lean over and ask Illinois’s athletic director Josh Whitman what he thinks she should do.
He’ll probably be in a really good mood and recommend that USC retains Riley for the entire length of his contract. Midwest directors have been known to sell used cars for a living part time. Those fixer uppers can go for good prices if they have new tires.
USC……we’ve been thru a lot of fixer uppers.
The week before, ILL has a probable tough game in Bloomington vs the Hoosiers and Curt Cignetti, one of the hottest names in CFB. USC gets a projected weak MICH ST outfit at the Coliseum. If ILL loses to back-to-back vs IU and USC, you guys are basically done. If ILL beats USC, the Trojans limp back to L.A. with their tail between their legs, and Riley on the defensive (as often the case the last two years) with MICH and ND coming up. This is such a huge game in Champaign. GameDay or Big Noon Kickoff should look into… Read more »
Illinois vs Indiana ……..I got a feeling Illinois loses……they could pull out a close one.
Illinois vs USC…….I’am a neutral as a fan but as a football person……Illinois gets the nod.
Either way…..as you stated……it’s much better football than USC vs Wa St.
Being done…..naw……at Illinois a 8-4 record is considered to be a great year. No expectations. If they somehow make the playoffs it’s a long day playing somebody like Oregon.
When do the Boo Birds and the planes with “FIRE RILEY” banners start at the Coliseum?
If we lose to anyone other than Oregon, Michigan, ND or Illinois I suspect Riley is going to have a few Boo Birds.