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We know Mario can recruit so I would expect him to have a top 15 class every year. That in itself is going to improve Miami as we know from how things turned out at Oregon. I expect him to be competing for Conference championships in a couple years. Not saying he is going to win them unless Clemson is having a down period. But even if he gets to the final four with his coaching he isn't going to be winning any CF championships. I think after 4-5 years the Miami fans are going to start realizing there is a ceiling with Mario. Competing for ACC championships yes winning national championships not happening.

Some good points made above. I guess I'm in the minority here. I would like USC to be good (not great) so when we beat them it counts for something and feels all that much better. If they are overrated like most years then us beating them just adds to our resume. The one thing that I really get tired of is all the hype for USC each year prior to the season. I'm already seeing prognosticators listing USC as a possible final 4 contender next year. I know they have a new godsent coach and a lot of incoming talent but let's get real here. Just makes me want to hurl.

I've been reading the posts haven't chimed in previously but I would agree that having a strong or reasonably strong USC in the conference is pretty important to the PAC 12 as a whole. There are so many kids right now that are leaving the PAC footprint to play in the Big 10 or the SEC. The SEC had 52 Top 100 recruits in the 2022 cycle, the Big 10, 17 and the Pac 12, 7. That's not good for our conference. Next year, USC will get theirs and we will get ours but need the rest of the conference to step up. If we can slow down that migration east the conference gets better and that leads us to more eyeballs on the PAC 12 which leads us to more money for TV rights etc. which then entices more kids to want to stay on the west coast. Its kind of circular. 🙂

I'm showing my age here. I rewatched that Johnny Carson dragnet skit. So nice to see good humor without the use of profanity every other word. Kind of miss that!