2020 PRESEASON
Winter (February-March), 2020
As I was afraid he would, Safety Amos McCollum left the team because I suspended him last season. Well, it is what it is, good luck to him wherever he goes.
Received an email from a Fullback named Jeffrey Rosales at Central Florida. He expressed an interest to transfer to Southern Cal. Never gotten one of those before, think I'll check him out.
He's a redshirt junior (3 years of eligibility left - which means he would have two years left for us after he sat out the transfer year) with decent grades and a high potential. But I don't have any scholarships left. Wonder if he'll still transfer?
The answer to my own question would be a resounding "no."
My next question would be if I cut a scholarship player does that free up a scholarship. So we shall see.
The help file says yes, indeed it would free up scholarship. So, I look to see if there's anyone I'm giving a full boat to that sucks rocks - I really could use another Fullback.
I release Freshman OC Jesse Mercer from his scholarship with us as it's clear he's never going to see the field for us and arrange for him to go play at Georgia Southern where he may be able to start as an upperclassman in a couple of years.
Unfortunately, I am still listed as having zero scholarships available and Rosales won't transfer without a scholarship.
So, I decide to count my scholarship players.
Wow. I have 73 players with scholarships now. Didn't think that was possible.
Well, guess ol'Jeffrey isn't going to be coming to Southern Cal anytime soon. Tis a Shame. Could have used him.
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Had a long meeting with Zach Fuchs, our Offensive Coordinator. Zach was not at all happy about my intention to switch us over to a full wishbone offense this year. Can't say I blame him as he switched to the flexbone for me when I hired him and another switch just makes him even less attractive to prospective employers looking for a new Offensive Coordinator. So we mutually agreed he wouldn't be returning this year.
Zach was immediately hired by Arizona and will be running a Trips formation there - much more to his liking.
In Zach's place we hired 48 year old Spencer Farley away from the University of Nebraska, where he was their Offensive Coordinator. Spencer has twenty years of experience running a wishbone program, so that should help our transition immensely.
The rest of the staff remains intact.
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Apparently I was wrong about improving USC's academic reputation. This season saw a rise - albeit slight - in Southern Ca's academic reputation from Very Good (70) to Very Good (71). I was quite surprised to see that, as despite our program having had the highest GPA in the nation, I hadn't been able to get it above 70. That gives USC the 10th best academic reputation in the country. Once again we had the highest GPA, 3.25 this year, barely edging out a rapidly increasing Rice GPA of 3.21.
School Academic Reputations as of 2020
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2020 Academic Reputations and Undergraduate Average
School GPA Overall Reputation Ranking in Subject
Rice 3.21 89 1
Duke 3.02 88 2
Wisconsin 3.03 82 3
Northwestern 2.88 81 4
UCLA 2.98 77 6
Maryland 2.99 75 7
Michigan 2.89 73 8
Stanford 2.85 73 9
Tulane 2.87 72 10
**Southern California 3.25 71 5
Florida 2.94 70 11
Boise State 2.93 70 12
Notre Dame 2.89 69 13
Wake Forest 2.89 68 14
Air Force 2.89 67 16
Iowa 2.84 67 19
Illinois 2.72 67 20
Texas 2.95 66 15
Pittsburgh 2.93 66 17
Brigham Young 2.66 66 23
Dartmouth 2.97 65 18
Rutgers 2.66 64 30
Virginia 2.81 63 22
Ohio 2.69 63 31
Vanderbilt 2.58 63 40
Purdue 2.88 62 21
Ohio State 2.83 62 24
Maine 2.79 62 29
California 2.66 62 37
Texas Christian 2.86 61 27
Oklahoma 2.85 61 28
Tulsa 2.92 60 26
Arizona State 2.80 60 36
Colorado State 2.72 60 39
Alabama 2.97 59 25
Baylor 2.85 59 35
Washington 2.67 59 43
San Diego State 2.92 58 32
East Carolina 2.90 58 34
Akron 2.71 58 44
Hawaii 2.96 57 33
Oklahoma State 2.87 57 38
Texas-El Paso 2.82 56 42
Tennessee 2.74 56 50
Washington State 2.66 56 55
Wyoming 2.88 55 41
New Mexico 2.84 55 46
Clemson 2.82 55 49
Texas A&M 2.73 55 53
Green Mountain 2.53 55 64
Western Michigan 2.91 54 45
Indiana 2.89 54 47
Boston College 2.77 54 54
Nevada-Las Vegas 2.93 53 48
Minnesota 2.85 53 51
Miami of Florida 2.85 53 52
Utah 2.79 53 56
Georgia Tech 2.73 53 57
Utah State 2.74 52 61
South Carolina 2.80 51 60
Toledo 2.87 50 59
Kansas 2.68 50 65
Mississippi State 2.67 50 66
Navy 2.61 50 70
Arkansas State 2.88 49 62
Temple 2.86 49 63
Virginia Tech 2.72 49 67
Colorado 2.71 49 68
Alabama-Birmingham 3.01 48 58
North Carolina State 2.73 48 69
Nebraska 2.70 48 72
Arizona 2.62 48 76
Michigan State 2.62 47 80
Eastern Michigan 2.62 47 81
West Virginia 2.82 46 71
North Carolina 2.58 46 87
Southern Methodist 2.88 45 73
Marshall 2.85 45 74
Memphis 2.79 45 77
Arkansas 2.76 45 78
Penn State 2.74 45 79
Connecticut 2.73 45 82
North Texas 2.79 44 83
Miami of Ohio 2.77 44 84
Maine Maritime 2.70 44 86
New Hampshire 2.93 43 75
Army 2.78 43 85
Iowa State 2.68 43 89
Ball State 2.63 43 92
Vermont 2.73 42 90
Oregon State 2.85 41 88
Oregon 2.68 41 93
Kansas State 2.62 41 95
Central Florida 2.83 40 91
Fresno State 2.70 40 94
Louisville 2.74 39 96
Buffalo 2.63 39 100
Georgia 2.62 39 101
Nevada 2.77 38 98
Louisiana State 2.76 38 99
Louisiana-Monroe 2.72 37 102
Plymouth State 2.54 37 105
Keene State 2.47 37 109
Louisiana-Lafayette 2.95 36 97
Florida State 2.67 36 103
South Florida 2.55 36 108
Auburn 2.63 35 107
Texas Tech 2.66 34 110
Northern Illinois 2.65 34 111
Bowling Green 2.63 34 112
Idaho 2.88 33 104
Missouri 2.60 33 113
Syracuse 2.50 33 114
Kentucky 2.92 32 106
New Mexico State 2.56 32 116
Houston 2.66 31 115
Central Michigan 2.56 30 119
Middle Tennessee State 2.56 29 120
Southern Mississippi 2.80 28 117
Kent State 2.80 28 118
San Jose State 2.58 28 121
Cincinnati 2.48 27 124
Mississippi 2.65 26 122
Troy 2.92 23 123
Louisiana Tech 2.84 22 125
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We had another fantastic recruiting class according to TCY Today, which ranked our incoming freshmen as second best in the nation. Here's a look at our incoming freshmen.
USC 2019 Recruiting Class
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The University of Southern California Trojans
2019 Recruiting List, Ranking View
TCY Today Ranking: #2
Player Pos HT WT ST NRank ByPos StRank ByPos
$$Felkey, Anthony QB 6-5 204 CA 221 22 31 4
$$Wynn, Dustin TE 6-5 238 LA 335 11 13 1
##Hastings, Fred TE 6-3 222 IA 574 27 5 1
$$Carley, Ricardo TE 6-7 240 IN 651 31 19 1
##Mogolov, Conrad TE 6-3 206 CA --- 93 --- 9
$$Westbrook, Marty WR 6-1 186 CA 164 9 21 2
##Freeman, Phillip WR 6-0 174 GA 585 39 23 2
$$Woodson, Josh C 6-4 265 KS 64 2 1 1
$$Mercer, Jesse C 6-6 284 CA 752 35 --- 7
$$Deason, Chester G 6-4 264 UT 327 24 3 2
##Gash, Ryan T 6-4 269 CA 376 34 60 5
$$McIntyre, Shaun DE 6-5 243 CA 5 2 1 1
$$Frias, Broderick ILB 6-0 228 WI 12 2 2 1
$$Pritchett, Jessie OLB 6-2 207 CA 112 4 14 2
$$Barber, Mario CB 5-9 177 WI 1 1 1 1
$$Carpenter, Amos S 6-0 186 CA 16 1 3 1
Player All-St All-US Status
$$Felkey, Anthony No No Committed *
$$Wynn, Dustin No No Committed *
##Hastings, Fred Yes No Committed *
$$Carley, Ricardo Yes No Committed *
##Mogolov, Conrad No No Committed *
$$Westbrook, Marty Yes No Committed *
##Freeman, Phillip Yes No Committed *
$$Woodson, Josh Yes No Committed *
$$Mercer, Jesse No No Committed *
$$Deason, Chester Yes No Committed *
##Gash, Ryan Yes No Committed *
$$McIntyre, Shaun Yes No Committed *
$$Frias, Broderick Yes No Committed *
$$Pritchett, Jessie No No Committed *
$$Barber, Mario Yes No Committed *
$$Carpenter, Amos Yes No Committed *
The College Years
Recruiting List, Worksheet View
Player Scout Phone Visit Emphasis Status
$$Felkey, Anthony 82- 3 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
##Hastings, Fred 76-- 4 3 Dist/Acad Committed *
$$Wynn, Dustin 77-- 3 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
$$Carley, Ricardo 77+ 2 1 Prest*/Acad Committed *
##Mogolov, Conrad 55- 1 1 Prest*/Dist Committed *
$$Westbrook, Marty 85+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
##Freeman, Phillip 77-- 3 1 Prest/Acad Committed *
$$Mercer, Jesse 59+ 1 1 Acad*/Prest Committed *
$$Woodson, Josh 79++ 3 1 Acad*/Dist Committed *
$$Deason, Chester 78+ 2 2 Acad/Prest Committed *
##Gash, Ryan 81+ 2 2 Acad/Dist Committed *
$$McIntyre, Shaun 82+ 3 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
$$Frias, Broderick 82- 4 1 Acad/Dist Committed *
$$Pritchett, Jessie 89+ 3 2 Prest/Acad Committed *
$$Barber, Mario 86++ 4 1 Acad*/Prest Committed *
$$Carpenter, Amos 79+ 3 2 Prest/Dist Committed *
The College Years
Recruiting List, Statistics View
Player Statistics Status
$$Felkey, Anthony 9 GP, 116-174-2018(11.5)-17-2 pass, 200Committed *
$$Wynn, Dustin 9 GP, 29-416(14.3)-4 rcv. Committed *
##Hastings, Fred 9 GP, 21-311(14.8)-5 rcv. Committed *
$$Carley, Ricardo 9 GP, 34-475(13.9)-6 rcv. Committed *
##Mogolov, Conrad 9 GP, 27-291(10.7)-4 rcv. Committed *
$$Westbrook, Marty 9 GP, 84-2159(25.7)-12 rcv. Committed *
##Freeman, Phillip 9 GP, 63-1524(24.1)-10 rcv. Committed *
$$Woodson, Josh 9 GP. Committed *
$$Mercer, Jesse 9 GP. Committed *
$$Deason, Chester 9 GP. Committed *
##Gash, Ryan 9 GP. Committed *
$$McIntyre, Shaun 9 GP, 88 tckls, 15.5 sacks, 2 Int. Committed *
$$Frias, Broderick 9 GP, 18-312-3 rcv, 112 tckls, 4.5 sackCommitted *
$$Pritchett, Jessie 6 GP, 10-131-3 rcv, 75 tckls, 6.5 sacksCommitted *
$$Barber, Mario 9 GP, 58-339-6 rush, 8-189-3 rcv, 47 tcCommitted *
$$Carpenter, Amos 9 GP, 29-131-1 rush, 11-242-0 rcv, 75 tCommitted *
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest,
## - almost certain interest.
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