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I feel sorry for a kid like Cravens who has no parental guidance and a lack of direction in his life. Could have been a part of the defending Pac-12 south championship team and receive a superior education. I hope he doesn’t grow up playing with guns. LIVE ON!

Great news for the future of Southern Cal. Scholarship reductions will not hurt much this year or next. These superstars should see us through the impact years 2014 and 2015.

With those initials, of course..

FIGHT ON SC!!!

Fight on said,

“What if the bRuin trolls are actually USC fans trying to bring some excitement to this blog?”

Answer: Then they are failing.

Bill and Mexipad are both fuckin idiots…..what happened, did you break the flagpole….ouch!!!!

Wow….what an total lack of class by these so-called Bruin fans.The kid is 16 years old.I guess it must be amusing to troll your rivals blog but show some human decency.I would be willing to bet not one of these fools attended any college.

This is what the blog has come to? Faux usertags everywhere and nobody being creative? We should strive to be like CHARLIE BUCKET and repeat the same thing every day to make sure SC fans don’t forget what bRuin TROLL(S) think! Ha, the life of a sad UCLA fan.

Welcome, Cravens!!! FIGHT ON!!!!

Conquest,
I have to disagree. Props for leaving a NC team to go to ucla? sounds like an ungrateful a-hole to me. He’s won 3 NC’s at Irvine and leaving for what? greener pastures? What a dick.

USC’s 2013 class of 8 so far includes 3 of the Rivals top 8 players. Average rating: 4.375 stars.

FIT ON!

USC is ranked 10th in Rivals recruiting rankings with only 8 commitments. Every other top 10 team has at least 11 commitments. Some have 22.

NJ trojan what are you talking about!!? 4 O LINEMAN??? They will add 2 O lineman and not 1 more than that. 2 linebackers? but no 2nd cornerback? how does that make any sense? I agree with you on the SDE and 2 safeties. But 4 O lineman!? they just brought in 4 last year and 6 the year before that. On top of that its not a particularly strong year for lineman especially tacckles.They are targeting a nose tackle and for some reason a 2nd reciever to finish up the class..that second cornerback is a huge need and they have several very strong canidates.

Andy, The min # of scholarship OLs USC should have is 15. About 16 % of the typical NFL roster is OL. P12 teams are allowed to travel with 70 players so USC needs to have 12 OLs that are ready to play.

But this isnt the NFL where you can get away with 5 starters & 3 to 4 back ups. Those guys are physically developed pros. CF players are younger & theyre students with limited practice time & exp. With your 5 starters you need a back up at each position who knows exactly what he has to do on any given play. Execution is as important as size, speed & skill. And need to travel with 2 more for emergencies.

But 12 isn’t enough. Take a look at the other elite rosters (Im talking about AL, Aub, LSU, GA, FL, TN, FSU, Mia, OSU, PSU, MI, NE, TX & OK–each when theyre locked & loaded not rebuilding). Those programs are typically 3-deep with blue chip talent. USC needs to maintain 15 to 18 scholarship OLs on its roster to finish in the top 5 year in & year out. Not only do you need the guys that are actually playing in the games & winning but you need the younger guys in your system to learn & compete for spots on the depth chart. Keep in mind that some will not be available and some will not pan out.

Consider last year. USC had 13 scholarship OLs on its roster. At LT USC had Kalil backed up by a WO. What would USCs season have looked like if Kalil had gone down or been limited for more than a game or two? Martinez finally stepped up at RG but he was also listed as the back-up C. If he & Holmes had gone down USC would have had to plug in 2 FR at C & RG. USC did end up starting a FR at LG in Martin because Coleman (who came in with 5 stars) never panned out. The only position that looked somewhat stable to me was RG where USC was starting Graff who finally began playing up to his potential and Galten. Fortunately USC never experienced any significant injuries among its starters. Garness, DiPoalo & Markowitz were limited or unavailable all year & neither Hobbi nor Temple was ready to play. Walker showed potential but he wasnt ready to start.

Do you really think 13 scholarship players are enough to have on the OL? Thats what youll have if USC only adds 2 OLs in the class of 2013 assuming no current players leave early for any reason and Cope-Fitzpatrick remains at TE.

Conquest,
Haters gonna to hate? I don’t even know the guy’s name. I’m just sayin’ He’s leaving a place that gave him the opportunity and where he had tremendous success. He’s going to do better at ucla? At best, he’ll do just as well, probably leaving Irvine to crumble. Sounds like a selfish prick to me.

Sheep, Absolutely if he’s truly as good as some folks say he is. But you have to be very careful with the current scholarship limits. With a 75-man roster USC should want 3 STs, which they will have in 2013. USC needs 3 QBs, which they will have. USC needs 5 TBs, which they will have. USC needs 2 FBs, which they will have. The other positions are trickier. USC needs 15 OLs & 4 TEs, but they will return 11 OLs & 5 TEs. If Cope-Fitzpatrick were to slide inside to OT USC would only need 3 OLs & they wouldn’t have so many TEs. USC needs 7 WRs. We have to assume R. Woods is going pro so USC should have 7 WRs in 2013 but they don’t have a proven true SE. USC needs 10 LBs but I’d be willing to go with 9 since Madden could play TB or LB. USC should return 8 & it looks like Hutchings wil join them. If USC does go after 3 OLs, that would leave room for 26 DLs & CBs. As of now USC is looking to return/add 6 DTs (assuming Bigelow is a DT), 7 DEs, 4 Ss & 7 CBs. That would leave room for 2 more. 1 has to be a S, no? And doesn’t USC need a true NT? (Even A. Woods gets up to speed USC will need another.) Of course, you have assume though that more players than R. Woods will leave early for whatever reason & USC could add as many a 18 players. So there should be room to add a few more really good prospects.

Orgeron says: USC has offered 7-DE, 15-DT, 7-LB, 6-CB, 5-S, and 5-ATH including Redfield and Qualls. Many are committed to other schools, which doesn’t mean much now.