It was an alley-oop that jolted the arena to life, and the kind of play that filled in a crude outline of what this USC team (7-7 overall, 1-2 Pac-12) could be, their two top recruits connecting on some transition magic. After shooting and ball-control issues had tanked the majority of their December (Alabama State the only win) and cast a prying eye on Enfield’s offensive system, USC moved in tremendous pace with Collier and senior Boogie Ellis (5) swinging Wednesday, racking up a season-best 29 assists.
The greatest beneficiary of all, though, was Kobe Johnson (0), who flashed a visible sigh when a 3-pointer dropped early in the second half after starting 0 for 4 from the field in the first half. His 3-point percentage had dipped to 25% after a weeks-long slump, but he found a long-awaited groove after the halftime buzzer, draining four 3-pointers on a variety of looks.
James had come back in with 1:27 remaining for defensive purposes. He had multiple deflections earlier.
Sources: Sarkisian hiring former assistant Johnny Nansen as co-defensive coordinator and linebackers coach
Chip Brown (Horns 247) — Arizona defensive coordinator Johnny Nansen, who served as an assistant to Steve Sarkisian at Washington and USC, is rejoining Sarkisian as the Longhorns’ new co-defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach, multiple sources told Chip Brown of Horns247 and Matt Zenitz of 247Sports.
Nansen, 49, will replace Jeff Choate, who accepted the head-coaching position at Nevada.
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Oh my … this has another Suck disaster written all over it. Typical Suckisian lol stumbles on a fluke year, goes to his fat head, feels brave enough to hire his ex pusher/pimp. Enjoy the train wreck.
A personal observation & opinion. It seems to me that the # and frequency of foul language postings have increased, From its beginnings TDB was a great place to discuss Trojan football without being crude. It differed from other sites as most members presented passionate & often times sharp tongued analysis of the state of USC football; Without resorting to vitrolic personal insults. I hope we get back to the TDB I have enjoyed for the last couple of years. Fight On!
I would say to you T5, “Lighten up, Frances.” If it bothers you, keep it to yourself. Nobody likes a scold.
Which could be taken as a scold, as could this, although no scolding intended. 😉
Actually though, I had been thinking similar thoughts as T5, for the record.
Love that line “Lighten Up Frances”, “If you call me Frances, I’ll kill ya”, “If I catch any of you guys in my stuff, I’ll kill ya”, “Any of you homos touch me, I’ll kill ya”!
It worries me that Caleb hasn’t decided to declare for the NFL. He must be seriously thinking about coming back. Why would he wait so long to declare? If he decides to come back, that will cause a lot of problems. The team doesn’t want him to come back. The team, almost unanimously, wants Miller. If he comes back, that will give incentive for Miller to move on and he’ll be snatched up right away. The team will feel like they have been robbed of the QB they want. Will the offensive linemen support another year where they are running themselves… Read more »
I think Caleb is waiting for the NFL season to end and figure out what team will draft him. As I understand it at the present time, Chicago has the first pick, Carolina is second and Washington is third. If that holds and Justin Fields continues to play better for the Bears, I wouldn’t be surprised if Chicago picked the WR from Ohio State. Carolina picked Bryce Young last year, so I don’t see them going for another QB. Caleb grew up and played HS ball in Washington D.C., so that would be a likely place for him to land.… Read more »
Caleb’s 100% goner, which I think you agree is true. Certainly not some big revelation on my part, and I don’t have any inside knowledge whatsoever, but it makes not one iota of rational sense for him to stay. For months he’s been sending smoke signals about Draft manipulation, at least IMO. He’d be downright dumb (which he isn’t) to come back to an already quickly rebuilding USC with Miller Moss the new USC 2024 poster boy, and the entire team behind him and rejoicing in his opportunity. I’m sure you saw that big, very genuine hug between the two… Read more »
I think if a player ever needed a timeout (literally) and some time on the bench it was Caleb last season. Would have done him and team wonders.
In 2022 Caleb made an average offensive line look great with his feet.
In 2023 Caleb made an average offensive line look horrible with his ego. sc
Wow, hard to see that much disrespect. Caleb will not be replaced in probably most of our lifetimes. I know I am going to have great memories of Caleb in action and I made sure my grandkids sat and watched him with me so they can say they saw him play. I guess we all have our own unique point of view.
Brock Huard credits Jennifer Cohen for the rise of Washington football Griffin McVeigh (on3.com) — Just two seasons ago, Washington was a program in turmoil under Jimmy Lake. The on-field product was not great while off-field issues took over. Kalen DeBoer has been able to come in and has done nothing but win. One more would mean the Huskies are on top of the college football world and will be national champions. Even if Monday night against Michigan comes up a little short, it will be a historic season for Washington. Yes, a lot of credit goes out to DeBoer for turning them around in such… Read more »
Washington certainly makes better decisions than we do. They hired Chris Petersen while we made it clear to him that we didn’t want him. Kalen DeBoers career record is 104-11. We never even gave him a 2nd look. Either SC has too many hoops a coach has to jump through to get the job or they simply don’t do a good job of research. When they were looking for a new coach, many times I went on these blogs and recommended him. If the ordinary fans can see that this guy might make a great coach, the USC officials making… Read more »
Personally, my info at the time (right or wrong) we went after Chris Petersen was that Pat Haden wanted him (like we all did), but that Petersen just didn’t want to live in L.A. for a few reasons, including his family. One could argue Haden should have still found a way to reel him in as such an important hire, but that’s not always so easy when a person doesn’t want the position, and Petersen didn’t. Petersen was also always well aware that Sark, while coaching UW at the time, really wanted back in L.A. as the Trojans’ new coach.… Read more »
Woodward was quoted in an article article( I think it was in the Seattle newspaper) whereby he basically said(or at least that was the way I interpreted it) that the reason why they signed Peterson and we didn’t was because SC was trying to make Petersen jump through hoops to get the priviledge of coaching at SC whereby Washington just asked him “what can we do to help you win a NC….we know you are a good enough coach”. Also, they set up 2 meetings between Petersen and Haden. Petersen went to both meetings. Sounds to me like he was… Read more »
We all have our own interpretations as we all sincerely, and legitimately believe different sources and read tea leaves in our own ways. That’s what makes some of this so fun. Of course, Petersen was interested. He interviewed at length for a great high-profile job and was finally ready to leave BOISE ST. I flat out don’t believe Petersen was never really offered the USC job as stated in the ESPN article. Maybe Bill Clinton would suggest it depends on what the definition of an “offer” is, instead of “is”, or “sex”. The job was Petersen’s for the taking, and… Read more »
Washington was partying….not only because they got Petersen but also because they finally found a way to get rid of “7 win Sark” without paying him a lot of extra money.
Suck, the disgusting pile of crap, as always lucked out. Udub was firing his fat lazy ass and here comes the SC job. And F ing Haden hires the doped out idiot. This Texas thing will be a Coach O type LSU disaster. You can always count on Suck and Goatboy Kiffy F up.
Talk about killing two birds with one stone. USC paid for a coach UW would have paid to ditch. It was a travesty. But since Haden didn’t really know how to conduct a coaching search, Sark got his wish.
We will never know what was in Haden’s mind knowing he had preexisting biases that limited his preferences. Maybe Peterson wasn’t a USC type, but he was a winner and developed players. Haden had to know Sarkisian’s drinking condition but because he was PC’s OC-playcaller, that was enough for Haden to favor him. And when Sark went from the frying pan into the fire in football program expectation pressure, it was a disaster totally which lead to another decade of poor under coached USC football. It is another piece of evidence when you hire your own(MG, Haden & Swann you… Read more »
I figure conducting a complicated search and reel-in for a big-time college football coach must be one of the more difficult tasks imaginable. Throw in the bad search firm recommendations out there, and you’ve got yourself a real disaster waiting to happen.
It remains to be seen whether Mike Bohn and Brandon Sosna knew what they were doing. I wonder how each looks at USC’s 2023 season and what should be expected from USC football in the immediate future now that each is no longer connected to USC.
Yes Allen, and I wonder now if Bohn were still here instead of Cohen, we would be looking at anything different. I am hoping what evolved was a stroke of good fortune for USC football & athletics.
Let’s see … that fat loud mouth Kiffy, Suck, Gomer, Saban agent (Jimmy what the fuck) who is rumored to give ADs kickbacks for his clients hires and extensions. Dealing with a known thief and scum bag Haden (charity scandal and Varsity Blues mess, and Corn Ferry coaching search BS). We know why that known junkie drunk loser Suck was hired.
DeBoer was my #1 choice to follow Helton. Of course nobody had said much about Riley, except idle chatter that I remember. DeBoer is one of those very specail coaches that players love big time. He was that way at Fresno also.
Jen wanted to hire Matt Campbell … who turned it down
Everyone wanted Campbell at one time. He just flat out wanted to stay in Iowa.
Ex-Kansas State QB Will Howard commits to Ohio State
Pete Thamel (ESPN) — Howard led Kansas State to the Big 12 title in 2022 and gives the Buckeyes one of the most talented and experienced signal callers available on the transfer market.
espn.com
Good get
Report: Boise State favorite to land USC QB transfer Malachi Nelson, will visit in coming days Alex Weber (On3 Transfer Portal) — Former USC QB Malachi Nelson could have a potential new destination in mind after transferring away from the Trojans — one that may come as a surprise. According to ESPN’s Pete Thamel, Nelson is currently slated to visit Boise State in the next few days to check out the Broncos’ campus. Here was that report, which Thamel tweeted out Thursday afternoon: Thamel tweets — “Sources: Quarterback Malachi Nelson, the former No. 1 overall recruit from 2023, will take an official visit to Boise… Read more »
Best of luck to him.