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He makes many good points!

Seems like Josh Pate agrees with my take starting at 5 minutes in:

If we still lived in a society of manners this guy would be off the team. Just like I would have kicked Holden off the Oregon team for spitting if I was dictator of Oregon sports. Then again I would make the first down point by a player a 5 yard penalty and replay the down.

To be honest (aren't we all, mostly?) I don't like the idea of Natty or bust. Your season shouldn't be considered lost if you don't win it all. I mean, we've won 13 games the last 2 years in a row! Oh well, this is the age we live in. This system of voting on teams to make the playoffs is bogus. Head to head play seems meaningless. Unless you are in the SEC. They are ALWAYS overrated. Every year. We can only hope that 9 conference games eventually evens things out. But it's absolutely true, playing a decent team out of conference has no upside. OOC games will now be those affordable ticket games for the casual fan. And a chance for potential awards winners padding their stats. Bring on Eastern WA, Coastal Carolina and W. Kentucky. It's time OR matched up with the UM's of football.

We may get to the end of the season seeing that we had one of the toughest schedules in the country in terms of ranked teams and teams with a winning record.

Why go head first into ANY player that is already down?

Having 24 hours to ponder this whole situation, I feel I am struggling with my biases, and I can't shake the thought of not attributing to malice that which can be attributed to incompetence. It is possible Stephens, being a USC tackler is too slow mentally to realize that getting a lick in on the QB who likely is trying to give himself up isn't wise and will get him ejected. More didn't slide way too late, but he didn't slide early either. You could tell he didn't see the LB untill later than he should have, then began the process of giving himself up 4-5 yards away from the defender. I watched Stephens initial taunting and he never looked back at Moore once until he left the field completely, certainly not knowing the severity of his hit. Yes he dabbed it up with his teammates, still possibly not understanding the gravity of what he had done. Later sitting on the bench seeing the ambulance, but smiling and fist bumps could easily have been self soothing at that point, trying to get his teammates reassurance, and smiling trying to hide his true feelings. My son does that sometimes, and I've seen other players. Actions have consequences, he's going to pay for this socially worse than he will the game and a half he'll miss. I do believe Riley when he seems completely clueless as to the hit and celebrations and not even reading the room in his press conference, he's a dweeb of the highest order. I'm upset with NBC's halftime break immediately teeing up Simns to run interference for USC. It was no accident by NBC yet seeing Simns apologize online it's obvious it was again not reading the room properly blaming the victim who left in an ambulance minutes earlier. Lots of people online are saying the sliding rule needs to go, but I think the real fix is stiffer penalties such that defenders get trained to recognize signs of a slide and think more than twice before laying the wood, and QBs faking a slide should be a 15 yard penalty from the original line of scrimmage.

I don't think he needs to be kicked off the team. It was the culture that he was brought into. But more than 1 game is not sufficient. I always thought when you put someone out of commission, then the suspension should be as long as the victim is out.

I read several USC Football blogs today and the general consensus is that Desman Stephens should have been booted off the team and Lincoln Riley needs to go.

Astute observations, JJ... It is in abc/espn's best interest to promote and showcase the SEC teams. Their ratings depend on it. In the end, performance on the field, along with scoreboard are all that matters. With truly only 8 spots available(ND and 1-G6 are really gimmes and ACC and BIG12 get a spot) that leaves the SEC and BIG in play to split those spots. This year, i can see the SEC getting at least 1, maybe 2 teams with 9-3 records. Losses are not losses when an SEC team loses to another SEC team. It follows the narrative. The BIG will have 10-2 teams that may not make the CFP. A 10-2 Duck team may not climb high enough to make the CFP. There may not be enough time to overcome a November loss to tOSU. I am not saying that the Ducks will lose that game. But why risk it. Why put it in the hands of others. Experience tells me only tOSU and maybe IU can make the CFP if they miss the BIG Title game. Lots of football left to play but the voters are truly rewarding the SEC and no others. Go Ducks....a few unbeaten teams lie ahead on the schedule......

Even Trojans Wire wants him off the team. https://trojanswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/college/trojans/football/2026/09/26/desman-stephens-attitude-shows-lincoln-riley-failed-usc/91969272007/ Riley is pathetic.

I think Stephens has elevated himself to our top So Cal recruiter.

From the looks of No. 23 UCLA's run game, perhaps the theme should be: Stop the Run; Party After. I don't think there'll be a run on these jerseys. 😁 Kids' shirts post a popsicle party?

The Oregon We've Been Waiting For -👍👌😍 https://collegefootballnews.com/college-football/college-football-week-4-biggest-games-results-takeaways-2026

Simms offers apology

Week 4 Overreactions - As a Head Coach, I think there's a lot of Riley in Sarkisian - Dylan Raiola is a better QB than Golden Archie - Heading into Week 5, how many teams are 2-1 vs. the Top-25 and ranked 15th or lower? https://www.cbssports.com/college-football/news/college-football-week-4-reaction-whats-wrong-with-texas-dante-moore-hit/

Oregon had one of the tougher opening four games in CFB. Oregon is 2-1 against the top 25, with a road loss and a road win. Compare Oregon's schedule with Notre Dame, Miami, and Texas Tech. Against these schedules, Oregon would be 4-0. All is still there to win.

In the preseason, I thought Oregon had a tough and undervalued opening four-game slate. Lost on the road to No. 19 Oklahoma State. (How did a Tulane team wiped out by Arkansas on Saturday lasso the Cowboys?) Road win over No. 18 USC, and a home win over No. 22 Boise State. Oh, and the next game is against No. 23 UCLA, also off this week. As always, and it was earned in the postseason in 2026, wins just mean more in the SEC and losses just mean less. Florida, with a beatdown of Ole Miss in the Swamp, moves up 13 places to No. 8. Mississippi drops five spots to No. 9. Ohio State lost to now No. 1 Texas in Austin by one point and was ranked as low as seventh before moving up two spots this week to No. 5. Miami destroys Central Michigan at home and moves up two spots to No. 4; Indiana defeats 40th-ranked Northwestern at home and drops a spot. I have no beef with 10 SEC teams being ranked, well maybe with Mizzou being ranked No. 25, as nine conference games will make a difference come December. Preseason-ranked Oklahoma and Texas A&M have been exposed. But if A&M is no good, why is Kentucky ranked? Penn State falls to No. 28 with a loss to No. 26 Wisconsin? Michigan loses by one point to a ranked Iowa team and falls out of the Top-25? Rhyme and Reason need not apply. The voters say, and it's hard to argue against, that the SEC is the deepest conference. But when tabulating Others Receiving Votes, 12 B1G teams are ranked in the top 40: No. 5 Ohio State, No. 6 Indiana, 14 Iowa, 15 Oregon, 18 USC, 23 UCLA, 26 Wisconsin, 28 Penn State, 31 Michigan, 33 Nebraska, 38 Minnesota, and 40 Northwestern. Big Ten football games are not a walk in the park. Today, six SEC teams would be in the 2026 playoff field, and two Big Ten teams would be in the field. Will this be the case on December 6th when the PO committee's final ranking is released? Oregon moved up five spots with the win at USC. But an Oregon team that is 2-1 vs. the top 25 is being dinged for a road loss to a top 25 team. Had Oregon opened with San Jose State, Fresno State, and Louisiana, with the three games played in Autzen, and won at No. 12 SC as was the case Saturday, where would Oregon be ranked? If Ohio State had defeated Ohio U in Columbus instead of losing by a point at No. 1 Texas, where would Ohio State be ranked? Miami has beaten Stanford, Florida A+M, Wake Forest, and Central Michigan. This equates to a No. 4 ranking? No. 12 Texas Tech defeated No. 20 Houston by two points in Lubbock, Texas. Tech does not play another top 25 opponent in the regular season. Keep on truckin' Ducks. The schedule sets up for a finish in the top 8 and a 1st-round playoff game in Autzen. On3College Football Rankings: AP Poll Top 25 after Week 4 re...The latest AP Poll Top 25 rankings are here now that Week 4 of the college football regular season has concluded. There were some shakeups throughout the

Their fans apparently think he should’ve started his slide from what, five yards away? Ten? Hell, why bother trying to gain yardage at all? By their logic, he should’ve just taken a knee and spared the defender the inconvenience of having to tackle him. 🤡s...

Seems like we're reaching now.

I’m Natty would be nice, but the University just received $1 billion from the guy that drove the Nike bus to become the most influential sports company in the world. They can release as many uniforms for this team that they want. Enjoy the ride for what it is worth…we have had front row seats for something that may never happen again.

I saw Riley today say that he didn't see the hit. Are you kidding me you arrogant bass-turd? Your the coach and you weren't watching the game? I didn't know it was possible to like SUC any less. And the number of their "fans" online trying to justify the hit. "Well he should've got down sooner..."

Sorry Charles. I much prefer reading the contributors' comments without the background photo. Makes many very hard to read.

Party City. LOL...we just need to stop. And play. And win. A Natty. Then we can annoy the whole world for the rest of our lives. Ha ha ha

This feels like the absolute bare minimum from USC. 😡 One game for a hit like that, followed by the celebrating and smiling while Dante Moore was being treated and taken away by ambulance, is a soft response. And then, right on cue, we get the same rubber-stamped apologies from the player and the program about how this “isn’t who we are” and how everybody will “learn from it.” What a bunch of... Accountability is more than putting out a polished statement after the backlash starts. It’s what a program does in the moment and what consequences it imposes afterward. USC let him remain on the sideline after the ejection, and now the punishment is a single game. That doesn’t exactly scream accountability to me. At some point, apologies stop meaning much when they feel like they came straight out of a PR template. Actions matter more.