USC recruiting and everything else

[Irish du Nord]

Turns out Lincoln Riley has been a Branch Davidian this whole time...

A Zion Branch Davidian

 

[Bane]

 

[ulukinatme]

 

[ColoradoIrish]

 

[Bane]

That dude is a moron. He legitimately was arguing the other day that an 8 point game wasn't a one score game because you had to score a touchdown and get a two point conversion.

 

[ulukinatme]

That dude is a moron. He legitimately was arguing the other day that an 8 point game wasn't a one score game because you had to score a touchdown and get a two point conversion.

I'm quite familiar with his "work" at this point He's an assclown, which is to say he's an SC fan. He's always posting on popular Irish accounts but he hasn't cracked 1k followers yet.

 

[MNIrishman]

I believe it was the podcast after USC beat ND for the only 4th time in 16 years. "It's going to be a long time until Notre Dame will be able to compete with USC again".

I didn't get to see ND bear USC my entire time in school. We've reached levels of schadenfreude I didn't know were possible.

 

[IRISHDODGER]

I'm quite familiar with his "work" at this point He's an assclown, which is to say he's an SC fan. He's always posting on popular Irish accounts but he hasn't cracked 1k followers yet.

Agreed. He loves to troll ND fans. He must have an autographed copy of “Under the Tarnished Dome” b/c he loves to regale in how ND cheated during the Holtz era. Complete tone deafness for an SC fan considering their players were famous for taking pay cuts when they went to the NFL.

 

[Pete]

 

[Bane]

I know the USC cope is that they have the #1 overall class coming in and they overperformed preseason expectations, but their schedule gets tougher next year and a great recruiting class is going to take a couple of years to be fully felt. Also, Lincoln Riley is still their HC and I just don't think that guy produces tough, physical teams capable of winning in November, December, and January.

 

[gregm83]

be quiet. Keep Riley forever.

 

[Dale]

 

[Huntr]

One of my favorite USC things right now are all the jilted Sooners fans crapping on LR at every opportunity.

They sound like bitch ex-gfs, but please don't stop.

 

[Irish du Nord]

Easy to move on from the past when you have none, Oregon football

 

[Bane]

For a guy who says Oregon doesn't play for "clicks and likes," Oregon be pumping out all of these little canned speeches by Lanning for clicks and likes a whole lot.

 

[sixstar]

 

[IRISHDODGER]

I know the USC cope is that they have the #1 overall class coming in and they overperformed preseason expectations, but their schedule gets tougher next year and a great recruiting class is going to take a couple of years to be fully felt. Also, Lincoln Riley is still their HC and I just don't think that guy produces tough, physical teams capable of winning in November, December, and January.

If anything, it shows how truly easy it was to win the B12 b/c nobody played defense. When he jumped to the P12 he likely could’ve had similar success but his plans were foiled w/ the B1G merger. Now he’s stuck & hanging all his hopes & promises on 2026

 

[calvegas04]

Keep it up Ducks

 

[Irish#1]

 

[allenm5333]

Not an RKG. IYKYK

 

[dankgesang]

Not an RKG. IYKYK

Yeah I have always agreed with Pinkett that you need some "bad citizens" on your team but this dude is different. No thanks.

 

[dublinirish]

a reminder for those not aware

Canzano: Texas-sized peanut story is off the rails

A star football recruit... a dumb act... and the outrage it sparked.

www.johncanzano.com

 

[NDWarrior]

Well, LR appears to being doing one thing well.

According to this local ABC.com story, LR and Chad Bowden have put together the #1 Class for the 2026 cycle (per ESPN; ND is #4 btw). Bowden of course basking in the glory and all the kudos being thrown his way. Apparently, this class would be The Trojans first #1 one since 2007 under Pete Carroll. If true, not too bad for Bowden in his first year as GM there.

How the USC Trojans landed the top 2026 football recruiting class

 

[TNUtoNotreDame]

Well, LR appears to being doing one thing well.

According to this local ABC.com story, LR and Chad Bowden have put together the #1 Class for the 2026 cycle (per ESPN; ND is #4 btw). Bowden of course basking in the glory and all the kudos being thrown his way. Apparently, this class would be The Trojans first #1 one since 2007 under Pete Carroll. If true, not too bad for Bowden in his first year as GM there.

How the USC Trojans landed the top 2026 football recruiting class

7 more recruits than us and 10 more than Bama. They signed a large class with good prospects, but they went for quantity it seems.

 

[emaugust]

I don't understand all the algorithms used to determine the team points in the rivals/247 rankings, or their industry composites, but generally I like to sort by player average. USC is ranked by both Rivals and 247 as the 8th best class by average talent. "Weird."

 

[Bane]

Well, LR appears to being doing one thing well.

According to this local ABC.com story, LR and Chad Bowden have put together the #1 Class for the 2026 cycle (per ESPN; ND is #4 btw). Bowden of course basking in the glory and all the kudos being thrown his way. Apparently, this class would be The Trojans first #1 one since 2007 under Pete Carroll. If true, not too bad for Bowden in his first year as GM there.

How the USC Trojans landed the top 2026 football recruiting class

7 more recruits than us and 10 more than Bama. They signed a large class with good prospects, but they went for quantity it seems.

Yeah, I mean kudos on being #1, but this is definitely mostly due to them taking a massive class. Unfortunately for Lincoln Riley, he's still the HC so I'm not sure they're going to put this class to good use.

 

[sixstar]

Recruiting is important, but talent retention is even more important. Over committing nil to unproven recruits at the risk of pissing off underpaid current players will lead to turmoil and turnover. A good GM will need to balance all of this. Getting them in the door is just the first step.

 

[Irish du Nord]

I don't understand all the algorithms used to determine the team points in the rivals/247 rankings, or their industry composites, but generally I like to sort by player average. USC is ranked by both Rivals and 247 as the 8th best class by average talent. "Weird."

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Yeah but it's hard to say LSU or Oregon has as good of a class as ND/Bama/OSU when they have less than 20 kids committed.

 

[fightingirish26]

North carolina has 39 commits lmao

 

[Irishnuke]

a reminder for those not aware

Canzano: Texas-sized peanut story is off the rails

A star football recruit... a dumb act... and the outrage it sparked.

www.johncanzano.com

Holy shit. What a fucking asshole. The school's punishment was a complete joke too. Texas high school football >>> Texas high school football players apparently