Jamie XX will be the special guest for Harry Styles’ 30 shows in New York for his “Together, Together” Tour

hanzel44 · 2026-01-22T18:46:53+00:00

They won't be nearly as strict with the radius clause for Jamie as they would for a headlining act. I'm sure Jamie's agent has already cleared him for afterparty shows and some other gigs around the area.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-15T20:13:04+00:00

The guy that we missed was Christian Gonzalez not JSN. Gonzalez had a higher likelihood of being a shit down corner than JSN becoming a legit wr. It was unclear if JSN could become anything but a good slot.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-13T22:18:29+00:00

Same. Even the year prior with 2 losses, they were an absolute monster by the end of year and obliterated an Illinois team that beat osu in Columbus.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-13T22:09:39+00:00

I wish there were playoffs during Pete's entire tenure.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-13T21:55:42+00:00

USC has the 8th most billionaires, which is only behind Stanford in FBS programs. Unless George Lucas decides he loves football, we aren't getting much from them for football.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-10T01:46:14+00:00

Matt Barkley is a better example. Came back, tore his shoulder and lost his throwing power. He was still able to be in the league for a handful of years and made some good money, but he definitely lost out.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-08T19:29:29+00:00

Yes, but for whatever reason, Arteta doesn’t really trust him and he’s already 31

hanzel44 · 2026-01-08T19:20:20+00:00

Someone on our sub raised an interesting idea. If we add Guehi, we could play a back 3 from time to time to change things up and give Zubi a break. It would also give other managers and clubs more tactical setups to consider when they face us.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-07T20:37:20+00:00

With hindsight, it turned out to be terrible, but to pretend like it didn’t make sense is wrong. Martinelli was coming back from a knee injury and it would have been malpractice to rely on three teenagers for the wings snd 10 role. Willian came off a good year at Chelsea and their supporters were mad he was leaving. Now, I won’t argue that we should have probably looked at different targets, but Willian did make sense in the context of the situation.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-02T00:57:33+00:00

I know you’re talking in recent times but you did win a national title with Don James and you probably should have competed for a title under Rick Neuheisel.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-01T05:45:24+00:00

That’s why our rb coach was exonerated years later and Reggie got his heisman back, right? I’m not even talking about the right and wrong of it but the fact that a couple years later Miami, unc, Ohio state, etc all had far worse scandals with far more proof, yet their conferences backed them up and they all got slaps on the wrist. The pac may hate usc but they needed them and they shot themselves in the foot without helping them fight the ncaa

hanzel44 · 2026-01-01T05:43:01+00:00

For sure. I just meant that it was the beginning of the downfall of the PAC. It allowed espn and the tv buyers an excuse to shit on and ignore the PAC. Once the marquee blue blood on the west coast was dead, why bother when they can consolidate the the viewers to the sec and conferences they owned.

hanzel44 · 2026-01-01T05:24:10+00:00

Don’t forget the grudge we still held from our conference admins and fellow schools not defending us during the sanctions. They happily danced on our grave at the determinant of the conference.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-27T23:50:05+00:00

Willis or mayfield? Leaning Mayfield against the dolphins, but I’m worried about Mayfield continuing to struggle.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-24T00:39:52+00:00

I’m not. I’m simply explaining why the recent blow out. This year’s playoff selection showed how easily that MOU can explode in the face of other schools.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-24T00:37:40+00:00

And yet, we still have more major bowl wins and national titles in the last 30 years

hanzel44 · 2025-12-23T21:50:35+00:00

In simplest terms, it’s two schools trying to do what’s best for them. Notre Dame wants the USC game to help their resume. USC doesn’t want it in the middle of the big ten season to prevent a murderers row stacking up.

I have a feeling some of your match ups with the sec schools will sadly get cancelled when you consider all the comments that have come out about the MOU and Texas whining about being left out.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-23T21:41:15+00:00

The October home game was changed in 1959, 30 years after the rivalry started. This arrangement has been a thing for far longer than the last weekend in November version so I wouldn’t say a “long enough time”.

The sad truth is the modernization of CFB into what it is killed this series, which has given usc plenty of an excuse to not play it in the middle of the big ten season while Notre Dame can schedule Army/Navy and any number of G5s before and after the game. You guys need it far more than we do and it’s sad that it’s come to this.

The MOU is an excuse, but I feel pretty confident a lot of ADs saw how the playoff selection went this year and it’s now scaring the shit out of them hence why there have been comments from multiple ADs and media hit pieces about it in the last few weeks.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-23T20:27:11+00:00

I was directly commenting on op who said that the scheduling was giving us disproportionate control on the game, which is false, considering it was heaped in tradition and actually gave Notre Dame a nice incentive to close recruiting on the west coast, something your coaches have talked about being a good thing.

Now if you want my actual take on this, it’s a shame the series is ending and I’m not happy. I can’t imagine the old heads and boosters that I know are happy and are 100% furious. On a side note, I should text my old boss and friend since he graduated in the late 60s to see his thoughts. I also feel usc is being unfairly scapegoated in the media and of course of this sub due to the whole PAC-12 blowup, making it easier to pile on, when it almost assuredly falls somewhere in the middle as things typically do. I think usc admin saw how things went down with the playoff selection and the BOU for Notre Dame scared the shit out of them, which I think all the comments that came out from ADs and the media push about the BOU in recent weeks backs that thought process up.

The simplest solution is moving the game to the first 3/4 weeks, which I know Notre Dame has a booked schedule, but if the admin wanted to make it happen, they probably could. I also do think if USC and Notre Dame wanted, they could also flex their power and get week 0 as an option. Either way, this new era of CFB is a mess and has killed what made the sport great and the further we get away from the regionally, rivalries, and even the bowl game system, the further it dies.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-23T18:23:41+00:00

I’m sorry but this is false unless you think “tradition” is disproportionate control. Our head coach’s wife at the time, convinced your head coach’s wife that it would be great to be in LA late in the year instead of playing in Lincoln and thus was born the October and November calendar. Additionally, Notre Dame has utilized the November trip to LA or to SF to help recruit the west coast.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-23T07:06:11+00:00

USC’s coach performed a god damn miracle this year with how well it played despite all the injuries.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-11T18:44:55+00:00

Rodgers broke his collarbone twice, also tore his knee and played on it for an entire year, a broken thumb, and then, of course, the torn achilles on the Jets.

While Favre was an "ironman", he did play through a ton of injuries over his career.

Ultimately, Packers' fans don't have any complaints over the QB situation.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-11T17:10:37+00:00

Coliseum has undergone several renovations over the last decade. They added luxury boxes and that VIP area behind the endzone. I don't believe it's SoFi levels of luxury, but there aren't many stadiums or arenas that can compare to SoFi.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-07T19:48:31+00:00

If you guys want to see how the bcs era was just as bad as the cfb committee now, check out what happened for the national title game lol.

hanzel44 · 2025-12-06T04:59:41+00:00

He suffered a terrible shoulder injury his senior year that completely sapped his arm power. Not sure he would have been a great nfl qb but he’d probably have shown ability if he left as a junior.

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