It’s time for the Friday notes column, where I lead off discussing how important it is for USC to land some big-time recruits before Signing Day so this recruiting class isn’t known for its three stars.
And I mention this in Pac-12 scheduling logic: USC plays at Cal and UCLA plays at Stanford on Sept. 23. That ought to make hotel rooms even more expensive that weekend in the Bay Area. Full column
SC backing off from 2- to 3-star players is nothing surprising. The stock of the team has considerably gone up since last year and the beginning of ’16 season after the phenomenal finish with a 10-3 record and the Rose Bowl victory, and most of the commitments were made months ago, if not longer. It’ll be very interesting how many of those 5-star players we could end up signing. I’m hoping at least 2 to 3.
Flipping those blue chip guys won’t be so easy, but it’d be great to land on at least a couple of them.
Will Former 5-star DT Breiden Fehoko transferring from TexasTech count?
Not sure about him transferring, but it looks like we’d need to go after some big guys through some transfers because there might not be many guys out there who might flip from their previous commitments.
He’s announced his transfer and said he’s definitely considering USC.
I hope that will materialize. We really need to enforce the interior lines to have a real shot at NC next season!
Can USC even get him into school ? There is a reason kids go to places like Texas Tech
If you took a minute before you open your mouth you would know his reason for attending Texas Tech is his 2 brothers went there.
His other brother went to SDSU, sounds like a family of low academic achievers, kinda like yours
He would sit out next season anyway, so perhaps not an immediate pursuit. I am sure staff has talked with him, there is time for him to make up his mind.
Maybe a Blue shirt?
Will Fehoko have to sit out next season?
Yes, transfer rules require he sit out.
Yes
we could use him. starting immediately would be great motivation to come
He has to sit out a year.
thats too bad, we need help now.
Except he apparently has to sit out a year.
Just 2-3 5 stars and you’ll be happy ? That’s awful ! This is the hottest team in America, it’s the one getting all the positive ink and Helton & Co can’t seem to flip anyone.
He better get DL’s or it won’t matter what Darnold does.
There are 15 “5 Star” recruits in the entire nation – 2 or 3 would be awesome. Do you troll for a living? Because you suck at it.
Depends on what site you look at, , so you argument is false as usual
Nice English… Texas Tech grad???
No, USC
But you don’t know the difference between your and you’re. Ok buddy.
“Drain the Inside USC Swamp Ken Hart • 2 hours ago
Your a pathetic rah rah, you amuse me as well and I don’t hang out here Kenny Phart”
blame my Korean phone
He has trouble with by and buy as well.
Drain the Inside USC Swamp Hector of Troy • 43 minutes ago
Anyone who doesn’t by the rah rah drivel is labeled a bruin, traitor, blah blah
WOW
WAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Go cry to someone else. Nice life!
He needs his safe place.
I would worry more about SUCLA if I were you. LOL!
The landscape of USC football has changed drastically from the humiliations suffered at the hands of ALA and STAN.
USC’s now back among the elite in the college game and has reset its targets on better talent. What could possibly make more sense!
Great day. Trump’s in and those libt*rds are finally out. Kind of like ucla football – in the dirt.
The Utah loss wasn’t humiliating ?
DRAIN THE SWAMP !
LOL!
AMEN brother
I predict that USC is going to start winning again. They will win so much that some fans will call up Helton beg him to lose a game, but Helton will say, “No, we’re gonna keep on winning. This is 2017.”
Is it possible to win if you have *** players? Boise State nearly made it to the national championship a while back with two and three star players. Some players had no stars. Since then, three Fiesta Bowl wins.
USC has great players. They will win games in 2017.
As long as USC signs 3 and 4 star kids like Polamalu and Darnold, I’m good.
ESPN was making a big deal about the UCONN coach backing off a recruit.
Wow, somebody’s actually following UConn these days, huh?
Everything I read and hear.People I talk to, mention how extremely hard and focused on the big picture the staff is.Whether it ends great we will see.These are 17 year olds in and era driven by social media.I believe we will have an excellent 5-10 class.
If the staff grabs,flips DT Marlon Tui from Washington this weekend,the back story is fantastic. If you were to look at the Husky blogs right now Everything is about USC stealing him.They are ballistic.!!!
Our early record hurt with some big recruits who bonded with other programs.However 2018 will be a 1-3 class.
If we continue playing well, make the CFP 1-3 is about right.
About the cost of hotel rooms in the bay area. I used to stay in Daily city which was cheap enough for a young guy. Now that I have more money I can stay at my Time share. By the way the two schools in question are farther apart than UCLA and USC are. I don’t see a problem.
But many fans of both schools stay in SF and take the BART across the Bay for the Cal game or drive down to The Farm. Those rooms will be at a premium now.
Since when have bozo u fans shirked paying 10 – 20 x the going rate for a motel 6 reservation?
In fact many bozos brag loudly they paid $500.00 night for a Motel 6 closet and $1K endzone seat to support bozo u loss.
Besides 22, you can always see a Fat Cat bozo coming from miles away – Big Black BMW, half drunk, dressed in bozo u Ripple and Puke color Sweatshirt adorned with foot and half SUCC fonts.
So you sobered up?
The hashtags give you away Charles
I doan’t think so. I speak entirely for myself and Chuck does the same for himself.
As oppose to any bozo u, scarlet flush- faced, Fat Cat, who let’s the # of Fireballs ingested do the talking.
I doubt if there’s a difference between a four, and five star recruit, but I do know, the upcoming class better be able to control the line of scrimmage . If not, then that coaching staff better have one heck of a player development, program .
Is there a difference between a 3 star and a 5 star ? The rah rah’s would say no.
You wouldn’t know a rah rah from your rear end. You are the same d_ck you were before. Only now even worse.
Anyone that calls him a dickwad is a rah rah.
He’s a dickwad.
The Dr Rachel Maddow of Inside USC with another diagnosis.
She’s on the rag today,Trump has the libs all screwed up
You would know being so far left.
I’m a leftist ? HAAAAAAAAAA
Senile Stevie has lost it
She’s right on this one, the dude is a dickwad.
WAAAAA poor snowflake
Anyone who doesn’t by the rah rah drivel is labeled a bruin, traitor, blah blah
More like anyone labeled a dickwad is a dickwad. You never had anything, and you got nothing now. Always a loser no matter what your name is.
The flag is up !
Do you need a teddy and your safe place snowflake?
At least my d-ck works, unlike yours that’s as limp as your brain.
Time to change your diaper Stevie
Back in the PC Era when SC was landing 5 star after 5 star the rah rahs said there was a difference.
Yeah, now it’s ” he’s a 3 star, but so and so was a 3 star ” If PC had recruited like this the rah rah’s would be like the libs are today, a mess
Absolutely Fred, your words are very true… but the very thought that Helton at one time accepted 2 & 3-star recruits is alarming enough to know he would have lowered the program to a MWC/MAC level of talent willingly.
When we were 1-3 high level recruits were not banging down our door. Also 3* in September can many times become 4* in December. At 1-3 the choice was accepting commitments from kids or having no recruiting class at all. If I’m in Helton’s shoes I take the early commits as opposed to having 0 energy in recruits at all. Calculated risk which is working.
Where would we be without your kiss up posts, BurntIQ4?
I’m more concerned with solid evaluation and development.
fred, you and i preach the same thing. until we get bulls and hogs on the line, nc talk is just talk…
Exactly
Isn’t Helton bringing in quality OL recruits?
not enough for me. the line is where the games are won. how many recievers and athletes do you really need?
He’s got commits from 2 OT, an OC and a OG. I understand he has offers out to more and would take as many as 6 OL.
Yes
Friday notes column, where you lead off with a negative thought, like you always do. You are at least consistent.
And yet here you are reading it once again Kenny
I get a kick out of reading what you pathetic trolls bring here. How pathetic that you hang out on a blog called inside USC.
Your a pathetic rah rah, you amuse me as well and I don’t hang out here Kenny Phart
How clever. What are you 12?
Chuckie, Chuckie, Chuckie.
Friday column = rehash of the weeks blog posts covering irrelevant conspiracy theories.
So who pays the Dr. Rachel Maddow of Inside USC to come here and read all these blogs (s)he detests so much?
USC has an under the radar guy visiting this weekend from DL.
would that be mr. marlon tuipulotu?
A new era starts today, and it’s a sad day for all the little snowflakes and brain dead liberals.
Goodbye to the filthy third world illegals.
Hello wall.
Goodbye to onerous regulations.
Hello to having to go to work instead of getting a free ride off the hard working middle class.
Goodbye to bad trade deals
Hello to having jobs stay in this country
And Goodbye to the worst President this country has ever seen, yes, even worse than Jimma Carter
DRAIN THE SWAMP AND MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN !
Too bad Charlie Bucket doesn’t come around here no more. He wouldn’t like reading that!
… and say hello to paying income tax for the first time in your life President Trump.
So he’s smart enough to avoid taxes, good for him you loser
… which means you pay more to offset the lost revenue – now who’s the loser?
Ladies and Gentleman, the reincarnation of Al Rosenberg.
Poor Buckett, you may have to get a job for the first time in your miserable life
No I doan’t think so. I’m so stinking, filthy rich, I exercise daily in my bespoke platinum pool.
Just for the record, I was pleased to stiff the “rump” campaign. I doan’t need Amarkica great again, just socially benevolent.
Hotels? Yes this is important. There are enough hotels between these two universities that nobody will notice any occupancy issues. It is like the blogger is not even trying any more.
Really. SF is a major tourism destination with plenty of facilities to more than handle two college football games. The Blogger is really getting lazy.
It the Dr. Rachel Maddow of Inside USC ever went up for the game she would know that isn’t true. Nice hotels are at a premium in September in SF.
The writer is actually showing how detached he really is from University he covers and went to. Mostly derogatory remarks do not make for pleasant reading. Is this a sign Scott Wolf is on his way out, the quality of journalism sure appears so.
Anyone have a good idea of where USC’s recruiting is headed “position-wise”? Is Helton paying any attention to the depth needs of both lines, especially defensive?
They want to bring in 5 DL in this class that’s a pretty good indication they want to build depth.
According to what has been posted on here it looks to be closing really well. As our new president says, it will be beautiful and you are going to love it.
What a great Inauguration! Did you notice that Trump’s supporters didn’t boo Obama, as Obama’s booed Bush 8 years ago.
Astounded at the crowd down the streets. It is a day of grace, they can go to battle with each other tomorrow. Great day for USA.
Tell me 22, was Woody “Dunce” Johnson awake.
There’s a rampant rumor about that Woody want’s the “rump” to pardon his best pal Bernie “30%” Madoff.
Helton is building a recruiting wall around southern California, and UCLA is going to pay for it.
I hear we are recruiting bigly. We have recruits, the best recruits, you have never even heard of.
Everyone will love our recruits.
Helton better get outside that wall to get some OL and DL recruits, Mexicans, Asians and Indians don’t play football
Right now the Trojans have 16 verbal commits (with McKenzie as a blueshirt) so that would mean 7 available scholarships (based on the projected number of 23 rides). Here’s a guess as of today of how those spots could play out:
WR Joseph Lewis
TE Josh Falo
OL Austin Jackson
DL Jay Tufele, Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa (or Brandon Pili)
LB Levi Jones (my longshot pick)
DB Isaiah Pola-Mao, Greg Johnson (or Elijah Blades)
Per GP
Come Feb, I believe we will have 4-5 DT signed.With a major surprises.
Sweet.
Tufele to Utah, so it’s Pili and Amosa
“I lead off discussing how important it is for USC to land some big-time recruits”…thank you Captain Obvious. I was not aware schools needed to land big-time recruits…
There goes Wolf again, he previously complains against the recruiting services’ ratings and that 5/4 stars are overrated, now says we need 5 stars…
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WHAT.
INDIANA JUST STOLE A 4-STAR RECRUIT FROM USC.
WELCOME TO BLOOMINGTON, JUWAN BURGESS.
let him go and get buried by Ohio state, Michigan, and Penn state. probably going there with a promise of starting… good luck kid.
They showed him “Breaking Away” to seal the deal.
LOL, i guess he identified with the “cutters”..
Mighty SUCC, what a joke.
Burgess decomitted. Going to Indiana
Helton must have another 3 star lined up !
As of now USC has 4 three star commits (per Rivals, the fastest for me to check). In Carroll’s 2003 class there were 2 two star and 13 three star, 2004 had 2 two and 3 three star, 2005 had 5 three star and 2006 had 6 three star guys. I think things worked out pretty well in that run. Every signing class is going to be a mix.
southern cal rah rahs have nothing to worry about when it comes to hotel rooms. After you get drunk out of their minds because of the beat down at the hands of the bears and get arrested, you can be guests at the city jail.
Just make sure you get across the bay bridge before you get drunk because you guys are too soft to handle the Oakland City Jail… You all will be right at home in the San Francisco City Jail. Many from the Castro district will welcome you in!
Ted has never been out of 29 Palms so his concept of other cities is limited.
Like you welcomed them “in”? No, that would be a bRuin thing. That’s an exit only.
Bozos love to bend over.
Wasn’t the recruiting class that started it all chock full of 3 stars like Sean Cody and Mike Williams? I’d love to get all 5-stars but we’re not there yet, and besides, self-contradicting Wolfie consistently said the past 4 years that stars and rankings don’t mean much of anything.
Cody was never a 3 star
Miss the point much, smart guy?
Now you’ve done it. Here comes the snowflake rah rah attacks. Dickwad is always in attack mode.
Cody was the big recruit of all Cali that year if I remember correctly.
I think it’s safe to say a few posters want to know what the heck Helton is doing in recruiting?