Updates: Recruiting

Norcross (Georgia) wide receiver Brice Butler announced at a press conference Saturday afternoon that he will be attending the University of Southern California in 2008. The highly-recruited, 6′2″, 190 lb wideout had narrowed his college choice down to four schools (including LSU, Notre Dame, and Florida State) just prior to the announcement.
USC already has two […]

Robert Rousseau of RealFootball365.com assesses the relative strengths of USC’s and UCLA’s current 2008 recruiting classes in the wake of UCLA’s upset in the 2006 rivalry game.  The reason most recruiting services rank UCLA’s 2008 class (a work in progress consisting of solely verbal commits) second nationally is that UCLA has already secured 23 verbal commitments.  USC’s 12 verbal […]

Continuing what is shaping up to be one of USC’s best early-season recruiting classes ever, Elk Grove (Calif.) defensive lineman Armond Armstead announced early Monday evening that he will be attending USC next season. He told Rivals that he actually committed to Trojan head coach Pete Carroll in June, but held off announcing his decision […]

WeAreSC spoke to new SC commit Blake Ayles about his reasons for choosing the Trojans.  In addition to daily hounding from former and future teammates Aaron Corp and Michael Reardon, Ayles likes how USC competes in games and in practice.  He added,
I want to play for Pete Carroll. My decision came down to the fact that I […]

Orange (Calif.) Lutheran tight end Blake Ayles has verbally committed to USC, selecting the Trojans over programs at Wisconsin, Ohio State, UCLA, Arizona State, and others. He will be reunited with his former teammate and quarterback Aaron Corp, who will be a freshman for the Trojans this fall.
The 6′4″, 245 lb. Ayles was rated the […]

Scott Wolf is reporting that former Trojan fullback Jody Adewale has been given a scholarship for the upcoming season and will be a member of the football team once again. It will be nice to have additional depth at the position, but don’t expect him to play much.
Welcome back (Scott Wolf)
For what it’s worth, one […]

Rivals subscribers can read the latest “War Room” update at USCFootball.com. Nothing earth-shattering this time, but there is a great deal of information on recruiting (even some tidbits on the class of 2009). There is also some news on the current team, including an update on the battle for center, and information on some of […]

Reporter Scott Wolf offered some interesting observations and predictions in answering his blog users’ open forum questions today. He reports that the kicking game looked great after watching David Buehler kick by himself with a tee. Wolf suggests Mater Dei OL Khaled Holmes, Orange Lutheran TE Blake Ayles and LB Poly DT Jurrell Casey are “close to locks for USC right now,” […]

In case you haven’t received your August issue of Volleyball Magazine yet, you’ll be happy to know that the publication ranked USC’s incoming women’s volleyball class #3 in the nation. The Class of 2007 includes four of the magazine’s top 50 players.
The Women of Troy begin play August 24th at the Galen Center.
Volleyball Magazine Rates […]

Aldine, TX offensive lineman Daniel Campbell will announce his decision to attend USC in 2008 on Houston’s local Fox affiliate tonight at 7:40p PDT, reports Rivals’ USCFootball.com site. The 6′5″-ish, 320 lb. guard was going to make a televised announcement in a couple of weeks, but was scooped by Scout.com’s new SCPlaybook.com site, which revealed […]