USC WINNERS AND LOSERS OF WEEK

WINNERS

Max Nikias

A $7.7 million golden parachute? Seriously? Does the Board of Trustees even care about the perception it gave off with this deal? How does USC ask rank-and-file alums for money right now?

Clay Helton

He must be making more than $5 million right now if he made $4.6 million in 2018.

Pac-12 recruiting rivalry

USC edged back ahead of Oregon in the Rivals' recruiting rankings after the commitment of cornerback Prophet Brown. USC is No. 3 while Oregon is No. 4.

JT Daniels

He got a quick response from the NCAA, which approved his waiver for immediate eligibility at Georgia.

LOSERS

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USC Linebackers

What does it say about the current linebackers if the coaches quickly offered Arizona graduate transfer Tony Fields II a scholarship?

A 2020 college football season

Is there any good news when it comes to playing this fall? Will January be any better?

Dean Cromwell

It just keeps getting worse for the legacy of the former track coach and the continued title of Cromwell Field at the USC track stadium.

Here's what USC history professor Steven Ross wrote over the weekend in the L.A. Times.

"After the Olympics, Cromwell spoke at a Nazi-organized German Day celebration at La Crescenta’s Hindenburg Park, which was filled with swastika flags and storm troopers, according to a report in the American Jewish World.

"Anti-Nazi groups were outraged by his speech, in which he talked about how few U.S.-born people lived in New York and quipped, “Oh boy, if I could only be that handsome boy Adolf [Hitler] in New York for an hour.”

"On September 15, 1936, 1,500 people met at the Knickerbocker Hotel to demand that #USC fire (Dean) Cromwell for his “anti-Semitic and anti-Negro remarks.” More than 100 telegrams were sent to (President) Von KleinSmid. No action was taken." https://t.co/ILTZ09JxAq
— InsideUSC (@InsideUSC) July 20, 2020

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