We hear new Arizona State coach Dennis Erickson is frustrated by the new trend of recruits committing so early. Here it is May and a lot of schools already have 10 commitments.
It was discussed by several other Pac-10 coaches during yesterday’s recruiting combine at Stanford, especially since it cuts down so much on evaluation periods and forces schools to offer scholarships earlier than usual, otherwise they might get beaten to the punch by their rivals. You wouldn’t want a recruit to feel unwanted after all.

No banter between USC coach Pete Carroll and UCLA coach Karl Dorrell yesterday because Dorrell missed the Nike camp at Stanford to attend a similar camp in Hawaii.

Tailback Darrell Scott of St. Bonaventure made a strong impression at Stanford today in front of all the college coaches, and it sounds like a three-team race at the moment (USC, Penn State, Florida).
UPDATED: We heard through another source that Scott also wants to visit LSU and Florida State. As we suspected, the big drawback with USC is the number of tailbacks already on the roster.

No, we’re not talking about the FA Cup. Today at Stanford, USC coach Pete Carroll, UCLA coach Karl Dorrell and Notre Dame’s Charlie Weis are among those expected to watch about 100 recruits work out. The best part, of course, is when the coaches pretend to be civil to each other.

A USC ballcarrier is tackled by Iowa players at the Coliseum in 1925. The Trojans won, 18-0, before 66,000.

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Former USC tailback Jaguar Jon Arnett takes the field at the Coliseum in 1958 for the Los Angeles Rams, but first he has to get past the Ramettes.

USC center Matt Spanos did “great” in his spring-semester classes according to Coach Pete Carroll and will be eligible next season.
It’s a relief to Carroll because Spanos was considered the No. 1 center after spring practices and will finally be eligible and being forced to sit out last season.

Raiders coach Lane Kiffin is scouring the country for prospects. He just released former USC defensive back Kris Richard yesterday, which meant he only had six ex-Trojans on the roster (Chris McFoy, Justin Fargas, Mike Williams, Darnell Bing, William Buchanon) along with Josh Booty, the older brother of John David Booty.
But he’s not entirely provincial. Kiffin also hired three former UCLA assistants (Tom Cable, Kelly Skipper, Brian Schneider) on his coaching staff.

We couldn’t resist showing another picture of Greta Garbo posing with the USC track team in 1926.