Lane Kiffin New USC Coach

It is official- Lane Kiffin is the new head coach of USC. He is bringing over Ed Orgeron and his father Monte Kiffin, and it is rumored that Norm Chow might be going over too.  Norm chow, the USC offensive coordinator from 2001-2004, was currently at UCLA.  This is a very intriguing situation with USC and a whole new coaching staff, along with the fact that Tennessee is now without a head coach, and UCLA is possibly without its Offensive Coordinator.

Pete Carroll's Departure Continued

With Pete almost fleeing the scene to avoid any problems that might have come with the entire Reggie Bush scandal, USC looks like it is hurting more than it wanted to. Recruits are backing out as they are now looking at other schools they were interested in. So who is benefitting the most form all this- UCLA. A couple of the recruits who were committed to USC have now changed their mind and headed over to UCLA. One of them is Edison H.S.'s (Hunnington Beach) Jordan Zumwalt. Another huge commit, who changed his mind from USC to UCLA is Xavier Grimble, the number one tight end in the country. With UCLA gaining momentum in this last month before signings, do not be surprised if any other USC verbal commitments are broken, to make the cross town rivalry switch. If USC doesn't land someone like Mike Riley, they might be in trouble, as numerous other players are only hanging onto their verbal statements to see if USC finds someone worth staying for. Troy might start to burn.

Xavier Grimble

Jordan Zumwalt

With Pete Carroll off to Seattle, Who will Replace him?

USC Football has been one of the most dominant programs during the 9 year reign as Pete Carroll led in charge. They were 97-19 under him, and had two National Championships, 7 Pac 10 championships, and 9 straight bowl game appearances- winning 7 of them. Now, he is gone- off to the Pros, where he will serve as President an coach of the Seattle Seahawks. With USC finishing with a dismal 5-4 record in the Pac 10 and tied for 5th place finish- what is their future going to look like. The first part to this question is who will be their new coach. Rumors are that they might snag Mike Riley from Oregon State. Another possible candidate is Lane Kiffin. Kiffin served as assistant coach to Carroll from 2001-2006, then headed to the Raiders where he coached there for just over a year. Currently, Kiffin is the head coach of the University of Tennessee Volunteers, and seems like a strong candidate for the position. If he were to come over, this could be a huge blow to the Tennessee football organization, as he has helped rebuild there program.

It will be interesting to see how this drastic change to the USC organization will play out. I will update this article as the story develops, and USC gets closer to finding their next head coach.