Says he's incredibly excited for Deland McCullough and his new job opportunity. He says was not disappointed at all that McCullough left because he committed to a school, not a coach.

Full story coming later tonight.

I spoke to him and will have a full update later.

He's still being recruited by USC as an athlete but it seems like he's really being recruited as a receiver.

He says he enjoyed his official visit over the weekend. I think USC has a much better shot than people have said prior to this weekend.

Also worth noting that his mom is moving back to Los Angeles from Las Vegas.

Full update coming later...

... said he enjoyed his visit to USC and he's trying to squeeze in three more before NSD.There's not a lot new with him since I talked to him a week and a half ago but I'll have a story up later.

Talked to Isaac at the Polynesian Bowl registration following his visit to USC:

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... says he's not sure if USC can fit him in the class and doesn't know if he'll take an official visit to USC.

I wouldn't worry about Enis anymore USC fans but story coming later today.

Tells me he cancelled his official visit to USC because his dad was sick. He hopes to reschedule it but doesn't have a date set

Full story coming later today.

Talked to a good source on Saturday and the confidence is very high that Griffin ends up at USC.

The word is that Griffin is very intrigued by the SEC schools recruiting him along with Clemson but that his family is leaning toward him staying close with USC being the choice. His visit to USC is going very well apparently.

Definitely will be in the five-star discussion during rankings meetings this week.

Arizona

... 3 PM PST. Just a heads up on what I'm doing.

https://usc.rivals.com/news/usc-will-be-well-represented-in-high-school-all-american-games

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dominating Armstead. Love seeing this.

for the Super bowl. Nelson or Everson Griffin. Now we need Sacksonville and Marquis to beat Brady and we’re guaranteed a winner!!!! Let’s go Jags

... one can dream right?
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What ever happened to his recruitment?

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SC55OU19. I am calling you out. You keep on about sc not being able to recruit the types of o and dl and lb's etc that they get in the southeast. You are flat out wrong. The west may get less in total, but there are still plenty of players that make great college and pro football players from those positions from the the pac 12 states. I posted this around the time of game when there millions of threads going up and I am bringing it up again as you keep going on about this in half your posts.

I respect you as a poster. But I think you are making way to much of you argument about the big boys in the east vs the west.

I looked at the last 3 drafts. That shows a typical team of soph, junior and seniors starting on a team in a given year. This not exact for various reasons, but you get general idea of how many top players are starting on a team in a given year. I included the 13 positions that either block or tackle primarily. The bigger guys on the team. I did not include the skill positions expcet for te which is a mix, but te's do primarily block on most teams. I included OL and TE on offense and DL and LB's on defense. 13 total positions.

Granted not every guy is from the west, but most are. And sc recruits nationally anyway. But a majority of sc's top players in the trenches do come from the pac 12 states and Hawaii. The point is that there are plenty of top guys that we get. And there are many that we have not even offered. Per capita there are not as many great guys out west, but in total, there plenty of players that sc continues to get. The western states(col to ak to ca to hawaii etc) are so large and the overall population is still sizable, so there are tons great players that sc has recruited and will continue to recruit. They just are not being developed by sc.

For sc alone it was 9 out 13 positions had a player who was going to go pro on the roster and most likely starting in the same year.

I counted a total of 56 non skill players drafted from the pac 12 in 2015,16,17. SC generally had about 9 pre nfl guys starting out of 13 non skill/trench positions during 2015. This is in general. I did not take into account injuries and some other factors. But still you can see that sc had a lot of talent in the trenches. In 2016 sc had 3 or 4 players on the ol who would go pro in banner, mama, wheeler and possibly one of the following in edoga, toa, viane, falah etc. The 2016 ol was a pre nfl ol. Carroll took tons of guys in the pac 12 states and sent them to the pros. He recruited well and developed them.

And sc could have recruited more of those 56 that were drafted. Sc did not even offer a lot of them. Of course they would not land all 56 in a 3 years period. But they did land 9 of them to cover 13 positions. But they could certainly get a 5 to 7 more over a 3 year time span so literally every position has a pro starting. By the way, there are some more top players from the west not on this list. Those players went out of the pac 12 to play ball. But then again, we took some players from other regions as well. So it may be a wash.

This is not exact science. This is a general analysis. But I that feel sc can get nfl caliber players at the skill positions and in the trenches. We can get most of them form the west as well. Last year alone we nabbed 11 highly rated non skill guys from the west region to cover 13 positions in the future. If we land another 10 this year that is 20 top players to cover 13 positions. So there is plenty of talent in the west to be had.

az 1. They basically only had 1 guy drafted in the last 3 years from the non skill positions.
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=A&collegeName=Arizona&abbrFlag=0&type=school

asu 3
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=A&collegeName=Arizona+State&abbrFlag=0&type=school

cal 0 pretty pathetic.

col 1
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=C&collegeName=Colorado&abbrFlag=0&type=school

oregon 5
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=O&collegeName=Oregon&abbrFlag=0&type=school

oregon st 4
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=O&collegeName=Oregon+State&abbrFlag=0&type=school

stan 8
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=S&collegeName=Stanford&abbrFlag=0&type=school

ucla 11
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=U&collegeName=UCLA&abbrFlag=0&type=school

usc 7 or 9. 7 were drafted plus wheeler and mama are both nfl teams. so 9 is a more exact number
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=U&collegeName=USC&abbrFlag=0&type=school

utah 7
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=U&collegeName=Utah&abbrFlag=0&type=school

uw 5
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fulldraft?abbr=W&collegeName=Washington&abbrFlag=0&type=school

wsu 2
http://www.nfl.com/draft/history/fu...eName=Washington+State&abbrFlag=0&type=school

Coaches come and go all the time in hopes of furthering their career....

It happens every year at every major university...

It's as if folks are intentionally trying to sow discord in USC land...

The hostility is beyond silly....

It is getting kind of old to continually have to read about how Coach Helton and his staff doesn't develop their players. This was certainly the case during the Sarkiffen Frat Boy Era when highly ranked players would be drafted much lower than their initial rankings coming out of high school. This is not the case now as can be seen with our three early entrants into the NFL draft.

Sam Darnold, who will be a top five overall pick, was the #8 ranked quarterback in his class and ranked 179 overall in the 2015 class. Deontay Burnett was the #59 ranked WR and was not ranked nationally. Ronald Jones was the #8 ranked running back and will be drafted in the second round. He came into SC with great speed and some "wiggle". He will leave as a NFL ready running back. He is a elusive, durable, powerful runner, who is good in protection, and can catch the ball out of the backfield. In each case these athletes were transformed into NFL ready players during their time as Trojans.

More importantly, each of these athletes have developed into outstanding young men and fine representatives of our institution under Coach Helton's tutelage.

I've reached out to everyone and only heard back from Devon Williams who said he would call me back later tonight.

Luckily for us all, I'm in Honolulu for the Polynesian Bowl and everyone who officially visited USC this weekend is expected to be here this week.

So stay tuned because I should start getting players mañana.

... because there are no Trojans on any of those active Rosters. We can’t have a second consecutive Super Bowl without a Trojan in it. It just ain’t right.

Fight on!

2019 Baton Rouge, LA Southern Lab HS RB and LSU commit Tyron Davis told us a few months ago that USC was a school he was highly interested in. He says that hasn't changed.

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"I heard but (USC) is still at the top of my list," Davis said. "That didn't change anything."

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2020 Laurel, MD St. Vincent Pallotti HS RB Blake Corum

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"Actually, I didn't even get the news yet," Corum said. "It impacts me a little bit because coach and I had a great connection but USC is still a great school."

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2020 Clovis, CA Buchanan HS RB Kendall Milton

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"To be honest, I built a good relationship with Coach McCullough so it's sad to see him leave a school that I dreamed about as a kid," Milton said. "But all I can do is sit back and watch who fills in the job."

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2020 Hoganville, GA Callaway HS RB Cartavious Bigsby

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"No sir," Bigsby said when asked if it impacts his feelings on USC that McCullough left.

I have two free tickets to the game if anyone wants them. Lower part of Section 218 - founder's seats - center court.

how do we collectively make enough noise to keep BKU on the staff? I like CP but if he’s handing out ultimatums to someone as deserving and loyal as KU, then he has to go! Or at least put in his place by Clay.

This is the stuff that I don't like. We shouldn't be in the Gossip Girl Business. Leave that to the women!

Thanks Chris and Adam. Thanks for giving us the Real Scoop.

Fight On!