Believe it or not, I've been told by a VERY good source that USC has emerged as a serious contender for Brendan Radley-Hiles, who commits at the Army game Saturday.

I am not guaranteeing anything. But Oklahoma and Florida State are the other two serious contenders with almost everybody thinking he's going to play for the Sooners.

Watch this one Saturday. Something might be happening.

And please keep on this board.

So I haven't played a playstation game since the Playstation 2 and I am totally lost setting up the PS4--thank God new Wifey has the patience for it. That said, neither one of us know what the F we are doing playing Madden 2018. I haven't played a Madden game-or an EA college football game for that matter-in 14 years and the game play is not working the way it used to. Does anyone know of a website that has a guide or a tutorial????

THX

The 17-16 (West wins) score was superfluous but did end with a failed try for two to win. 13 of the 33 points came after turnovers (interceptions). And the game had some bigger than usual DBs this year.

How does one even begin to qualify HS kids as the best in the country? For instance Trevor Lawrence the alpha QB of the east, struggled in throwing 2 interceptions , 2 more than in his full season, but who looked "Fabio-lous", I guess, with his long mane of hair. He was 11-17-83 yards-a high of 22, 1 TD and 2 interceptions. He ran for 13 net yards on 5 carries.

JT Daniels was the Alpha QB of the West. He was 6-13-113 yards, a high of 46 yards- 1 TD and 1 interceptions. He ran for 31 yards (7,10,14) on 3 carries. And being the leading runner and passer IMO he should have been the star of the game. Daniels used a near sidearm pass for one reception and other angles for various pass situations much like Darnold does. But he also uses the back shoulder pass a lot where he purposely throws the ball short and the WR stops and leans to the ball shielding it with his body from the defender. Also the sideline provides a barrier to interference on one side. Amon Ra knows this well but two incompletions by JT to other receivers were caught in a similar position slightly out of bounds. He did make a bad choice in one throw off his back foot and had a floater for an interception.

WR Amon Ra St. Brown. In such a game having your top QB helps. But they missed connection on 2 incompletions, and it wasn’t unit late 4th Q that they hooked up for a 17 yard TD. St Brown also had receptions of 31, 38, 7 and 8. The kid is elusive and smart…and maybe a slight problem. He showed a pretty independent spirit turning a 31 yard pass into a net 16 after an unsportsmanlike conduct of a kid showing off. And later JT Daniels ran to help Amon Ra by yelling at an East DB they burned on a TD pass calling it "Cali Ball". He is going to be fun, but also a handful. The PAC 12 refs are very thin skinned.

Other USC recruits that were apparent n the game were OL Justin Dedich, Gaotete (3 assist tackles), Hufanga (1 tackle plus 1 assist). And an ex-USC recruit Matt Corral looked good and had the other passing TD for the West.

Outstanding non-USC recruits were Aidan Hutchison 3 tackles , 1 assist 2 sacks plus 1/2 another tackle for loss. And Radley -Miles with perhaps the 2 best breakups by DBs, though one was underthrown. Kelvin Joseph had 6 solo tackles.

As to the hat thing…it’s a little old but I have to say the time for Amon Ra to pick had me with anxiety for a while. The kid that picked up the Ohio State hat and put it down for Purdue may not have gauged playing against Ohio State for 3-4 years. Ditto the kid who selected the Alabama hat to put it down and pick LSU. I think you face the Tide every year. And Saban and mascot elephant never forgets.

... I guess the Father had such a boring and common name he didn’t want his boys to suffer from the same.

(From the OC Register a couple years ago, and a bit of my own searching)

The Father, John Brown:
His name is John Brown and he was once among the bodybuilding elite, a two-time Mr. Universe and three-time Mr. World with a jheri curl and boulder-like muscles. The 4.0 thugs are his three sons, Equanimeous, Osiris and Amon-Ra. They’re all wide receivers, each more highly regarded than the last.

Amon-Ra:
From Αμμων (Ammon), the Greek form of EgyptianYmn(reconstructed asYamanu) which meant "the hidden one". In early Egyptianmythologyhe was a god of the air, creativity and fertility, who was particularly revered in Thebes. Later, during the Middle Kingdom, his attributes were combined with those of the godRa and he was worshipped as the supreme solar deityAmon-Ra.

Osiris:
Osiris is the Egyptian Lord of the Underworld and Judge of the Dead, brother-husband to Isis, and one of the most important gods of ancient Egypt. The name `Osiris' is the Latinized form of the Egyptian Usir which is interpreted as 'powerful' or 'mighty'.

With Osiris, Amun-Ra is the most widely recorded of the Egyptian gods. As the chief deity of the Egyptian Empire, Amun-Ra also came to be worshipped outside Egypt, according to the testimony of ancient Greek historiographers in Libya and Nubia. As Zeus Ammon he came to be identified with Zeus in Greece.

Equanimeous:
Inspired by the word equanimity, which, according to Merriam-Webster's online dictionary, means “calm emotions when dealing with problems or pressure.” John Brown liked the name so much that he vowed to bestow it on his first son.Jul 18, 2014

They didn’t look very good IMO. Played better in 2nd half but almost got JT in concussion protocol first half

Wow. First Usc blows a 15 point second half lead. Then McLaughlin scores with 2 seconds left to presumably win the game but a desperation half court shot goes in for 3 and Stanford wins. When we don’t make the tourney it will be this shot from well behind half court loss that will be the one that knocks us out. Margin is that thin for us.

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Loved in when JT was on the DB that got burned for the TD. "Hey #13 that's Cali ball!"
To which 13 flipped of Daniels with both hands, so JT repeated himself. Nice confidence and passion.

They still have until Jan 15 to declare but some early interests to USC- Teams they play or might play next year.

Out of Conference-
Texas (5): Connor Williams OT, Michael Dickson P, DeShon Elliott S, Holton Hill CB, Malik Jefferson OLB. New Coach Herman and lots of guys heading up and moving out.

Notre Dame (3): Equanimeous St. Brown WR, Josh Adams RB, Quenton Nelson OG. Amon-Ra's Bro gone, plus Adams.

In Conference-
UCLA (3): Josh Rosen QB , Jordan Lasley WR, Kolton Miller OT. The chosen one is the "closen (SIC) one". Record vs. USC 0-2.

Stanford(2): Harrison Phillips DT , Dalton Schultz TE. Two biggies, Love to follow maybe slowly because "You can't hurry love"!

Arizona State (2): Sam Jones OG, JoJo Wicker DE.

Others (1 each)

Washington State: Hercules Mata'afa DE;
Oregon State: Ryan Nall RB
Colorado:Isaiah Oliver CB
Washington Vita Vea DT

This will be updated from time to time....

Sewell???
Olave??
Williams???
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http://washingtonpress.com/2017/12/...move-not-seen-golfing-mar-lago-anymore-watch/

What a guy!

In today's game... Just a heads up.

That kid is physically imposing as a junior.

Please please get that kid next year.

Rams playing like the team I remember when they were last here in LA.

So Chris

Who will still declare for the draft?
Who will Transfer?
Thus how many more schollies to offer do you think and your predictions for those remaining

Tks

I was looking through the 250 list and focusing on uncommitted CA players.

As to the two five stars that remain, where do you think these two will go?
Isaac-Taylor-Stuart?
Devon Williams?

And, thoughts re: Jeremiah Martin? Don't hear about him too much. Maybe for a reason?

Finally, will USC get any more LB's in this class?

Thanks.

Largest change in points per game from some season to the next. What changed? Oh yah they added Sark.

More turnovers than first downs so far....
And trailing 13-0 at home early 2nd Q.

And what the hell happened to Al Michaels??
Calling the game on NBC with all the vigor & excitement of the avg funeral director....

He’s looking good so far. Hit his WR in stride for a long gain. Trevor Lawrence #1 rated player has 2 picks already. Wouldn’t that be weird a JR could be the #1 rated QB...

Okay, now that Sam is gone one must give credit where credit is due! First let's get some background.

I went round and round with many on this site predicting that there was no way Sam would be the starter going into game 1.

I was correct,

HOWEVER, I never said that I didn't believe Sam was good, bad or not deserving. Since I don't have the benefit of catching practice, and therefore can't form my opinions based on my own eyes, I have to trust what I know based on probabilities I learned as I guy who used to play sports.

At the time, my whole argument was based on the fact that Helton, like any coach, would make his decision based on what was in HIS interest and not necessarily what was the correct decision for the team. SC recruits each year with a plan for future years. Take your QB this year, he'll be the starter in two years. When 2 years arrives, they'll take another QB that they know will be their starter in two more years when the first QB leaves the program.

We saw this planned transition repeated over and over with Palmer to Leinert, then Booty to Sanchez, Sanchez to Barkley, Barkley to Cody. Each time the spacing was planned so that each QB would wait and learn for 2 years and then start for 2 years, with the exception of Barkley who got 3 years because Sanchez blew up the plan and left after only 1 year. The transitional QB system is there!

That's the way it works, it's the way it HAS to work for a coach that wants to succeed long term. The minute you break from this panned system you'll put yourself in a position where you have no backups as the other QBs transfer out of the program because they know they'll never play since they guy in front of them is younger. This progression is a VERY big deal.

Given this enormous fact, and the fact that I had never seen Sam myself, I just found it hard to believe that any QB with that little experience was going to be so good that a coach would be willing to blow up a planned QB transition system in place for years. Ultimately, that system won out.

Today, looking back I can tell you that even though that system won out, YOU WERE RIGHT, Sam was THAT good! He should have been the starter all along based on his talent, but unfortunately that's not the way sports work all the time. Helton only went to Sam when it was in HIS best interest.

Sam was a fantastic, unique talent, and I think he is actually much better than what we saw during his time at SC. If he had played under Pete/Chow, he'd have been much better and achieved greater things. With proper coaching I think he would have developed more, and went on to lead us to a few NCs. He truly was a great one.

So here's to you TGH, you were the gentleman that I believe I had the most heated discussions, well you and Adam Maya. You were absolutely right about Sam, he was that kind of talent.

Like I said, I didn't base my opinion base on his abilities, just the politics of the situation which always seems to win out.

Well done sir!

It’s a wide receiver.

He’s really, really good.

His current quarterback is too.

Its quite sobering to see him back after a couple years gone...