Los Angeles police convened at the residence of a USC football player Sunday morning in response to allegations of domestic violence. An arrest has not been made as police search for the player’s whereabouts; he’s expected to be detained soon. A source tells us charges will likely be pressed against him.

We’ll update you as more information becomes available.

Coach Clay Helton discusses the newest Trojans from the 2018 class.

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Is he going to participate in spring practice?

Our boy... Same type of situation. Superhero about to do his magic again, but alas not to be.

https://n.rivals.com/position_rankings/football/2019/OT

Rivals Top 50 OT's list for 2019..,,
Only SIX play further west than TX.
2-CA
2-HI
1-WA
1-CO

Eegad!
SC will really be beating the bushes this next cycle...

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St. John Bosco LB Spencer Gilbert

Our boy... Same type of situation. Superhero about to do his magic again, but alas not to be.

SC's top basketball signee Kevin Porter Jr (#32 overall on Rivals) looks like the next James Harden. Explosive, highly skilled, shoots the three well (also a lefty). In his season opener alone, he was reported to have logged 44 points, 22 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 steals.

With the attrition from this year's team, I could see him coming in and making a big impact next year. Check out the highlights below including the play at 0:28, which included a shout-out from Kevin Garnett

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I’m wondering what 4 players will transfer. I’ve heard of 2 but curious about the others. With 6 LB’s taken you figure that might be were SC loses a player. I’m sure they will be announcing soon.

Without looking, can you name the last time USC signed...

1) A five star offensive lineman?
2) A five star defensive tackle?
3) A five star east of Utah?

Hint: It's been a while.

I'm basing this on the Rivals 250 and then sorting this by position. OL = OG, OT, C; DL = DT, WDE, SDE. I only counted teams that got 4 or more of the elite linemen.

The 1st number = OL, the 2nd number = DL. Then Total #. Personally, I am biased toward Linemen determining your future chances at being in the Final 4 CFP:

1. Georgia = 4/3, 7 Total
2. Ohio State = 3/4, 7 Total
3. Oklahoma = 2/3, 5 Total
4. Alabama = 1/4, 5 Total
5. USC = 2/2, 4 Total (not too bad given the limited # of schollies)
6. Clemson = 1/3, 4 Total
7. Penn State = 2/2 4 Total

It takes me a half day to install a water heater so when I see this I'm like, HURRY THE FAK UP!!

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Rivals has him listed at 215lbs. Eyeball test says bigger but I haven’t watched his videos. Can someone confirm what his rough playing weight was as a senior?

From Adam Gorney:

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Bring it young G...we gonna need you immediately!

PS Don't forget your pads

These walk-on's that Coach Helton is bringing in matter! These kids all played HS football a high levels and are athletes. If nothing else, they will be invaluable on the scout team in practices, obviously because the tougher the scout team, the better the practice.

And more than one of them, historically, will move up to the 85 man roster, and even see the field. Don't make the mistake of simply shrugging your shoulders when you read of a new walk on commit.

how bout an updated Pre-Spring Depth Chart??
Take out the departures...
Add the frosh.....

Your best educated guess at where they all fall?
(I'm sure no one will hold you to it)

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for the basketball team here. A win tonight and they are in 1st in the pac 12. Bennie B caught fire towards the end of the half. Need him to continue.

First off, I want to thank everyone who participated in our Signing Day predictions contest. Every entry had at least five of the seven signees correct. Unfortunately, no one had a perfect list (i.e. all seven signees and no one listed that didn't sign).

The most accurate submission came from Alex3000, who nailed all seven and listed John Jackson Jr., with his lone blemish being that he included Michael Ezeike. (FWIW, Swanson predicted the exact same group of scholarship players, but someone I trust tells me he's not getting a prize.)

Alex, you are our winner and will receive a copy of All the Pieces Matter: The Inside Story of The Wire. (Swanson will be contacting you soon.)

Congrats, Alex, and thanks again to all who played!!

Defensive graduate assistant Austin Clark is leaving USC to be the defensive line coach at Illinois.

The promotion is the result of strong referrals, relationships and results. USC’s defensive line play has shown steady improvement over the past two seasons under Kenechi Udeze.

Clark will now work under DC Hardy Nickerson, who, like Udeze, is an alum of Verbum Dei High School. Also, Clark played for Clancy Pendergast at Cal alongside Nickerson’s son.