#USC
WR Jordan Addison told me he tried to have late hands on the game-winning TD catch, so the DB wouldn't have time to react. Said Caleb Williams' delivered a perfect throw.
On his wave to the crowd after scoring: "It's time to go home. Pack it up."
For the first time in the 14 years I've been covering
#USC
, the school did not make any players available to speak with the media.
@insidetroy
said its the first time in his 20+ years that no players were made available to speak.
I don't ever shoot vertical just because we can't use it on our site, but had to get a shot of
#USC
's Caleb Williams and Lincoln Riley posing in front of the scoreboard after their first taste of the Crosstown Showdown.
Kayvon Thibodeaux on high-profile players leaving the West Coast: "Because they don't believe in themselves."
Says players think the programs have the answer for them rather than realizing they create the answer for themselves.
#USC
OL Jalen McKenzie declares for NFL Draft
Trojans lose an experienced lineman, who was playing best ball of his career. McKenzie did not allow a sack this season and had his three highest PFF single-game grades the last three games of the season.
#USC
's players run onto the field to a serenade of "Fuck USC! Fuck USC!" from the
#OregonState
student section.
Jordan Addison responds with the middle finger.
Congratulations to Tahj Washington on becoming Lincoln Riley's first 1,000-yard receiver at
#USC
.
He joins Drake London (2021), Michael Pittman Jr. & Amon-Ra St. Brown (2019), Deontay Burnett (2017), JuJu Smith-Schuster (2015), Nelson Agholor (2014) as recent 1K receivers.
#USC
QB Caleb Williams is now the odds-on favorite to win the Heisman Trophy with his odds rising from 7/1 to 10/11, per
@betonline_ag
, after Williams threw for a career-high 470 yards against
#UCLA
.
CJ Stroud & Blake Corum are the only two other players on the board currently.
"Reasonable opportunity to substitute" is not 20 seconds of the play clock.
The NCAA has to figure out some kind of amends to this. I completely understand why teams do it, but it's trash. Fans hate it, and it just makes the game more boring.
In yesterday's Utah-USC game, every time USC's offense subbed, Utah made sure to counter by subbing their biggest D-linemen on and off the field to burn time off of the clock 😅
Caleb Williams said on the 75-yard TD pass to Brenden Rice, he heard Lincoln Riley yelling his name, but he liked the look
#Stanford
's defense was in, so he didn't want to look over and have the play changed.
Riley chimes in: "I was going to tell you to throw it to Brenden."
I won't be on tonight's Instant Analysis as I rush to catch this flight, but first thing I would have said after praising Caleb Williams was how this was as close as it's felt to Pete Carroll Era outside of maybe the Texas game.
Tons of recruits, celebrities and former players.
A handful of
#USC
players take a celebratory "swim" on the
#OregonState
Beaver logo, drawing boos from the crowd and consternation from a
#USC
staffer that makes them exit promptly:
#USC
QB Caleb Williams was asked about the coolest or most unexpected call/text he received after winning the Heisman Trophy.
He mulled for a moment before saying Kurt Warner reached out to him to congratulate and also invite him to do some film study work whenever he wanted.
Just an absolute thrashing by a team that was trash last week in a 24-7 loss to Kansas State.
This game by itself is a fireable offense at
#USC
in my mind.
6-foot-5, 320-pound
#Florida
OL transfer Michael Tarquin commits to
#USC
.
Tarquin played in nine games for the Gators, starting eight at right tackle. He did not allow a sack in 164 pass-block snaps.
BREAKING:
#USC
has announced the firing of defensive coordinator Alex Grinch.
The Trojans are giving up 34.5 points per game this season -- on pace for the school record.
#USC
announces its spring football game will be on Saturday, April 23 at noon PDT.
The game will be open to the public but will also be the only spring football game airing live on ESPN. Matt Barrie, Kirk Herbstreit, Joey Galloway and Molly McGrath will be on the call.
It was a pleasure Los Angeles.
I'll miss your warm embraces as the sun falls from the sky, but I hope to return sooner rather than later, even if only for temporary stays.
...someone cue Willie Nelson's "On the Road Again."
2026 6-foot-1, 175-pound Tampa ( Fla.) Robinson CB Dominick Kelly announces on Instagram he has committed to
#USC
.
Trojans pick up third commit in last 12 hours:
I asked Caleb if him being a Heisman finalist sends a message to HS & transfer portal recruits: "Yea. It sends a message that this 4-8 team that everybody doubted is now 11-2 and for the guys that's going to be with us after this bowl game, we got a lot more coming next year."
Caleb Williams shares a very emotional moment with his family following USC's 52-42 loss that all but knocks the Trojans out of the PAC-12 title race.
Could this be a hint that Williams has played his last game at the collegiate level?
#USC
LB Mason Cobb was charged with five missed tackles against
#Oregon
, according to Pro Football Focus' initial grading of the game.
Cobb is now tied for the national lead with 24 missed tackles on the season.
6-foot-2, 245-pound
#GeorgiaState
LB transfer Jamil Muhammad commits to
#USC
.
Muhammad had 44 tackles, 5.0 TFL, 1.5 sacks with 1 FF and 1 INT for the Panthers this year.
Ed Orgeron said on Fox's live tailgate that "It doesn't have to be the SEC."
Said
#USC
is one of these schools that's in the right recruiting area that if they keep kids home, they can be back quick.
#USC
HC Lincoln Riley said he tested and basically gave Solomon Tuliaupupu every out to leave the program when he first got to
#USC
.
Tuliaupupu was calling him and showed his desire. "His motivation level has been off the charts...I'm as proud of him as anyone on our roster."
Caleb Williams' throwing hand is gnarled and bleeding while he sits on the exercise bike and tries to put down some electrolytes and sugary snacks.
#USC
fans likely agree with his fingernail message:
As anticipated,
#USC
falls out of the College Football Playoff after its Pac-12 Championship loss to
#Utah
.
Trojans should have stayed home with a scabies infestation or something.
#OhioState
stayed home and gets to move up into the top four.
The amount of vitriol being hurled at
#USC
pregame is probably the best sign the Trojans are finally back on the right path after wandering in the wilderness for the better part of a decade.
#USC
has missed 10 tackles through the first two games, according to Pro Football Focus. It has played 149 defensive snaps, so one missed tackle every 14.9 plays.
Last season, the Trojans averaged a missed tackle every 5.6 defensive snaps.
6-foot-5, 280-pound
#Vanderbilt
DL transfer Nate Clifton commits to
#USC
.
Clifton had 30 tackles, 7.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks, 1 INT as a captain this year. Had 93 career tackles with 12.5 TFL, 5.5 sacks.
#USC
QB Caleb Williams said one of his favorite parts of NIL has been sharing it with his teammates, including taking Travis Dye, Gary Bryant Jr. and Kyron Ware-Hudson to a commercial shoot where they were able to participate and receive benefits from it.
#USC
QB Caleb Williams was on 88.57% of the ballots (10th highest in history of Heisman voting) and received 544 of the 929 first-place votes.
He finished first in voting in all six Heisman regions.
#USC
DC D'Anton Lynn said in between stopping in on recruits, he's been trying to watch USC games to get caught up on his new roster.
The first thing he has noticed is that the Trojans aren't that far away.
#USC
HC Lincoln Riley said kicker Denis Lynch was awarded a scholarship today.
Lynch made a career-long 53-yarder while going 2 for 2 on Sat.
"Denis has been consistent since the day I walked in the door." Added that Lynch's confidence has continued to grow this season.
6-foot-3
#Arizona
DL transfer Kyon Barrs, from Murrieta (Calif.) Mesa, commits to
#USC
.
Barrs had 39 tackles, 4.5 TFL this season. He was All-Pac-12 second team in 2021 after having 33 tackles, 8.0 TFL, 5.0 sacks.
#USC
WBB's 2024 recruiting class is ABSOLUTELY STACKED!
5⭐️ W Kennedy Smith (No. 6)
5⭐️ G Avery Howell (No. 23)
5⭐️ G Kayleigh Heckel (No. 28)
4⭐️ F Vivian Iwuchukwu (No. 47)
4⭐️ G Rian Forestier (No. 53)
4⭐️ F Laura Williams (No. 89)
#USC
WBB adds another top 50 prospect to its absolutely phenomenal No. 1 recruiting class as it signs 6-foot-1 forward Vivian Iwuchukwu (younger sis of Vince) from Montverde Academy in Fla.
Korey Foreman led
#USC
with four pressures yesterday, getting in on one sack (was not credited in official stats) and adding one QB hit and two hurries, according to Pro Football Focus' initial review of the Trojans' 66-14 win.
When Lincoln Riley was hired at
#USC
, he wanted his daughters to finish the semester in
#Oklahoma
, but security issues forced the Rileys to reconsider.
"As that stuff transpired we said, ‘No, we gotta get them the hell out of here as fast as we can.’ "
#USC
signs 6-foot-5, 302-pound
#WashingtonState
OL Jarrett Kingston.
Kingston has 26 career starts, including 10 at left tackle. He did not allow a sack in 398 pass snaps this season.
6-foot-3, 190-pound five-star Chatsworth (Calif.) Sierra Canyon combo guard Bronny James has committed to
#USC
, he announced on his IG.
@ebosshoops
with the story:
#USC
QB Caleb Williams said this morning he told "a few people that I wasn't going to show up if [the offensive linemen] didn't get here. So they figured out a way to make it happen. And now they're here."
Lincoln Riley will immediately transition to
#USC
while Donte Williams will remain the interim head coach for the final game of the season.
#USC
tentatively scheduled the introductory press conference for tomorrow at 3 pm.
Just in: Former Stanford F Kiki Iriafen — the potential No. 1 overall pick in the 2025 WNBA Draft — has committed to the USC Trojans, she tells ESPN. Iriafen will return to her LA home to team with Juju Watkins on a national title contender for coach Lindsay Gottlieb.