That is one of the messages from Oregon’s new football video on “change,” with Chip Kelly gone and Mark Helfrich in charge. I’m guessing USC fans can attest to the “change inspires fear” line and how those fears can be borne out.

Steve Johnson, a two-time NCAA men’s singles individual champion, plays his first-round match against Bobby Reynolds at Wimbledon on Tuesday. The match starts at 3:30 a.m. PT.

This is how it works these days Defensive tackle Tashon Smallwood, who is committed to USC, listed his top five schools on twitter: Miami, UCLA, USC, Alabama, and Arizona State. It once again demonstrates how a verbal commitment can mean just about anything.

It’s never too early to watch film of USC commit David Sills, who is only a junior, break down film of one of his performances. Especially when his high school only played three games last season because Eastern Christian Academy was not sanctioned to play in Maryland. Video here.

The Kraft Fight Hunger Bowl reached a six-year agreement with the Pac-12 that runs through 2019 and gives the former Nut Bowl the fourth pick among conference bowl games. The Fight Hunger Bowl currently picks sixth.

The game will also seek to have five different Big Ten teams in the six-year deal. The game is also moving to the new 68,500 seat Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, where the San Francisco 49ers will play.

We have an season-win total over/under win total for USC and it is 10.5 according to the  sportsbook 5Dimes. That is only one less victory than Alabama (11.5). Here are the over/under totals for 18 other schools the sportsbook chose to release.

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Forward Cameron Walker (6-7, 190) made an unofficial visit to USC over the weekend. He graduates from Righetti High School in Santa Maria, Calif., in 2015.

Alabama superfan Dick Coffee died at age 91 after attending 781 straight games since 1946. USC superfan Giles Pellerin attended 797 games from 1925-98 and also died at age 91.
Giles Pellerin died of cardiac arrest during the 1998 USC-UCLA game at the Rose Bowl. It was the same location of the first USC game he attended.

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The Honda Cup will be presented to the nation’s top college female athlete today at 5 p.m. at the Galen Center. USC freshman golfer Annie Park, the NCAA individual champion, is among the 12 athletes contending for the award. The announcement will be televised by ESPNU.

An announcement is expected Monday that the Pac-12 and Big Ten will face each other in the Holiday and Kraft Fight Hunger bowls.