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Report: USC had a homeless guy sneak into the facility and even got away with posing as a player

https://footballscoop.com/news/usc-had-a-homeless-guy-sneak-into-the-facility-and-even-got-away-posing-as-a-player/

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Before getting into the story, let me preface this piece by saying it is going to be content gold for USC haters and message board and will be prime fodder for College GameDay signs when the crew is in town to cover the Trojans for a big game.

According to a report from Inside USC with Scott Wolf, who heard the story from campus security in-the-know, USC had a homeless person gain access to the football facility.

That’s not where the story ends though.

The individual, who was known to security after being caught on the soccer fields previously, had made the stadium home and had been sleeping in a suite in the Coliseum for “some time.”

He had also reportedly been in the hot tub with players, and was somehow able to grab a bite to eat at the football dining facility with them as well.

He was able to do all that under the radar, but the thing that outed him? Trying to catch punts at practice.

Yeah. For real. He must have been able to grab a helmet and jersey for spring practices and hit the field as well before someone caught on.

“What gets me is the guts the guy had to just walk in like he belonged,” The security source shared with Wolf. “He must have been a cool customer in the McKay Center. If he hadn’t tried to return punts at practice, he might still be out there because they might not have noticed him.”

Under normal circumstances, this whole series of events would be incredible, as football facilities in many places are treated with the much of the same security as buildings that house government secrets. Before COVID, USC required fingerprints to access the football facility. But we’re talking about the era of COVID, where strict testing measures are being instituted on everyone inside the building.

For now, we have no details about how this guy got away with this, but if there’s truth to it, I’d expect someone to step forward and offer a big platform for him to share his story.

When he does, Clay Helton and some of the folks at USC are going to have some explaining to do.

Head here to read the full piece from Wolf.

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  On 4/12/2021 at 4:06 PM, Ricky's one-hitter said:

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Report: USC had a homeless guy sneak into the facility and even got away with posing as a player

https://footballscoop.com/news/usc-had-a-homeless-guy-sneak-into-the-facility-and-even-got-away-posing-as-a-player/

 

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He must have told everyone he was one of Todd Orlando's LB recruits.

That was a dead giveaway. Orlando doesn't have any LB recruits.

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  On 4/19/2021 at 10:55 PM, Machinator said:

 

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For schools that aren't blue bloods or in talent-rich areas - this should absolutely be modus operandi.  Klieman is everything people try to wishcast Matt Campbell to be, imho. KState should do something to lock his ass up long-term and/or add some massive buyout numbers. 

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  On 4/20/2021 at 12:25 AM, golfclap said:

For schools that aren't blue bloods or in talent-rich areas - this should absolutely be modus operandi.  Klieman is everything people try to wishcast Matt Campbell to be, imho. KState should do something to lock his ass up long-term and/or add some massive buyout numbers. 

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They extended him last fall.

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Ohhh, I didn't see that. Smart move for sure. 

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Under the extension, Klieman will be paid an annual base salary of $3.1 million in 2021, $3.5 million in 2022, $4 million in 2023, $4.3 million in 2024, $4.3 million in 2025 and $4.3 million in 2026.

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In today's edition of if you can't beat em, join em:

LSU could attempt to recruit Mark Emmert to return as president

https://footballscoop.com/news/lsu-could-attempt-to-recruit-mark-emmert-to-return-as-president/

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Mark Emmert has served as the NCAA president since Nov. 1, 2010, and there have been calls for his removal since, oh, about 2011. Those shouts reached their highest decibel yet last month, when it was revealed the NCAA women’s basketball tournament was being run under Fyre Fest-esque conditions compared to the luxury, no-stone-left-unturned nature of the men’s event.

As is the nature of his position, Emmert bore no personal responsibility for the fiasco, given that he wasn’t involved in the planning of either tournament. But, as has been the nature of his decade-long run atop college sports’ governing body, his response to the fiasco generally pissed people off and led them to wonder what, exactly, he does to earn justify nearly $4 million a year in compensation.

But there is another possibility that has been under-discussed during Emmert Watch. The man could just up and leave for another job.

That’s the state of play at LSU where, according to the Greater Baton Rouge Business Report, the search for the school’s new chief executive has taken on an air of desperation. “Applications were due Monday, a deadline that was extended by more than a month after the university failed to attract as many competitive applicants as it had hoped, according to sources familiar with the situation, who blame the ongoing Title IX scandal for having a chilling effect on the search,” the site wrote.

The report is a reminder of the upside-down nature of higher education compared to college sports. The job became open when F. King Alexander left for Oregon State, when in athletics it would be LSU poaching Oregon State’s personnel. Part of the reason LSU has struggled to attract quality candidates is the low pay; Alexander made $600,000 to run LSU, less than what the Tigers’ offensive line coach made in 2020.

And, as mentioned above, the entire LSU community is engulfed in scandal right now — so much so that Alexander resigned from Oregon State for overlooking multiple sexual assault allegations against former LSU head coach Les Miles. So it’s an open question as to whether LSU could marshal enough funds to make the move worth Emmert’s while.

But perhaps the best example of how different college education is from college athletics is, in academia, Emmert is generally regarded as a rock star. It is presidents and chancellors who run the NCAA, and they selected Emmert — then the president at Washington — and they have handed him raise after raise over the course of his decade in Indianapolis.

Emmert’s LSU tenure, from 1999 to 2004, is remembered positively in Baton Rouge. He spearheaded an initiative to up the university’s talent pool of professors and researches, and he hired Nick Saban away from Michigan State.

So, according to the report, LSU is dotting its Is and crossing its Ts in hopes of landing its dream candidate.

Emmert has close friends in Baton Rouge, including LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward, whose stepson is married to Emmert’s daughter, and LSU booster Richard Lipsey, who recently returned from a wine-tasting trip he and his wife take annually with the Emmerts.

“If he came back for three years, it would be great,” former Louisiana Congressman and LSU booster James Carville told the site. “We don’t raise enough money. We don’t have access to the big foundations and he’s obviously got tons of experience. … I don’t speak for him but I think he would be a really good choice. We need to crank up the energy level. We need someone with mojo.”

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Richard Torres out of San Antonio Southside is blowing up. 6’6, 215. Picked up 6 FBS offers last month. Reminds me of Jacob Zeno, oversized underrecruited SA QB at a non-powerhouse school that gets noticed right before senior year.
 

https://247sports.com/Player/Richard-Torres-46101508/

Sidenote: Ricky Lock has to be one of the top coaches in the state. Southside HS was a doormat for almost 60 years before he got there, he’s turned them all the way around.

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  On 4/25/2021 at 5:52 PM, Elmer_Fudd said:

This is surprising, lots of flip picks to Indiana coming in for this guy.  Has a Texas offer and $9.95ers were pumping some optimism at one point due to a connection with Valai.

https://247sports.com/Player/Dasan-McCullough-46059433/

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  On 4/25/2021 at 5:54 PM, Machinator said:

His dad is the RBs coach for Indiana.

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  On 4/26/2021 at 12:36 AM, Jabberwocky said:

Which guys do the guys think will flip to the other guys, instead of the guys the guys are committed to?

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Probably were just rumors/jokes but some Penn State guy awhile back said Dasan and a couple other guys were eventually leaving that osu class 

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  On 4/27/2021 at 9:25 AM, LTtxfan said:

 

Really surprised that LSU is recruiting so well with all the smoke on their Title IX issues...

"Seven women sue LSU, allege violations in how Title IX complaints were handled" 

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https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/women-sue-lsu-allege-violations-title-ix-complaints/story?id=77328587

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Yeah. Really surprising. Just shocking. I’m amazed a stand up, moral state like Louisiana and an institution with no history of corruption or actual aspirations towards higher education like LSU,  plus a population that celebrates both, wouldn’t be slowed down or bothered by a dozen or so violent rapes. 

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  On 4/20/2021 at 12:25 AM, golfclap said:

For schools that aren't blue bloods or in talent-rich areas - this should absolutely be modus operandi.  Klieman is everything people try to wishcast Matt Campbell to be, imho. KState should do something to lock his ass up long-term and/or add some massive buyout numbers. 

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Historically, forty to fifty percent of Sooner recruits never contribute so I wouldn't mind if OU did something like this annually also.

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