Lets lead with recruiting as it is the hot thing roght now with NSD next week.

USC missed out on DJ Foster...

The Saguaro High star was the last uncommitted running back known to be on USC’s radar. Unless they can unearth or flip another prospect, the Trojans will enter next season with only three scholarship tailbacks after the transfers of Dillon Baxter and Amir Carlisle.

From what I have read elsewhere, Fosters parents wanted him at USC, but Foster needs to pass a core class just to be eligible with the NCAA. So, if Foster is struggling just to make clearinghouse and if he does pass this core class it is easy to see that ASU academically is easier for Foster to navigate than USC. Damn shame, the kid is real talent.

We wish him luck...

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Add Dewayne Dedmon to injury list...

USC sophomore center Dewayne Dedmon will likely miss the rest of the season with an MCL tear in his left knee suffered during the first half of Thursday night's loss to Colorado. The injury does not require surgery, so the seven-footer will begin a rest and rehabilitation program immediately.

The MCL is pretty important in regards to knee stability in flexion.

It wasn't enough that USC got dump trucked by Colorado, they had to lose Dedmon too.

USC just can't catch a break...

USC hosts Colorado at the Galen Center tonight. While Colorado has a better overall record than USC, they have a losing record on the road. Could this be a chance for SC to get a conference win?

In today's instance of "finding journalistic lemonade in a lemony bad season," the LA Times' game preview centered around an interview with Garrett Jackson, who says of this year:

I don't even know if I lost this many games in high school all four years.

Great.

Well, this is the open thread - cheer on the Men of Troy; hopefully they can post a result that they'll be happy with. Fight on!

With signing day next week USC now starts to turn its focus towards Spring Ball.

The off-season's first throwing session was yesterday...

** Senior quarterback Matt Barkley led the workout and had tremendous velocity on his passes. That typically has been the case when Barkley has time off.

** The "starting" wide receivers were De’Von Flournoy and Victor Blackwell. Robert Woods did not participate while recovering from ankle surgery, and Marqise Lee came late from track practice.

** Blackwell looked particularly impressive. I’ll have more on the redshirt freshman from Mater Dei High later this week.

** Woods wasn’t idle. The junior served as a coach/recruiter, schooling Carson High’s Darreus Rogers on the finer points of receiver play. Rogers committed to USC a year ago but took an official visit to Arizona State over the weekend, fueling speculation that he’ll flip. The best guess here: He sticks with USC.

I am not going to get too worked up on one throwing session but how the team starts to focus on the 2012 season now will provide a clearer picture as to how they will perform once fall training camp gets here.

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When the news started to break on Sunday night that Chip Kelly was flirting with the NFL, I chuckled.

Not because that Kelly was getting out of town before the NCAA posse got to Eugene, but because I knew many on the Ducks side of things would light themselves on fire that Kelly would even consider the NFL.

Fans take their sport a lot more seriously than the players do.

Not just players but coaches as well...

I have had this conversation with my dad who briefly played pro baseball after leaving USC...by briefly I mean not even for a full cup of coffee. But because my dad at least got to interact at that level it opened his eyes early on. My dad could have left 'SC after his freshman season. He was offered a contract by a major league club but he knew he need some more seasoning in college. But my dad learned the business of pro sports. He doesn't understand fandom and has a bit of hard time that I write this blog because I never played at a high level.

It is always a fun conversation...

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