I bumped into a recruit today who signed with Pac-10 school in February and already said he is thinking of transferring -- before he's even gone to school yet. This illustrates how easily kids view transferring these days.
If he were a USC recruit, I would have suggested going to Oregon, in exchange for a cheerleader.

It's the USC Song Girls from a couple years ago.

It feels like a Saturday, so why not get a jump on the weekend questions. One per person please.

Basketball recruit Nikola Vucevic (6-9, 230) is projected to play three positions (small forward, power forward, center) right now for USC. He is not expected to redshirt.

Not USC's but Oregon State's nonconference slate. The Beavers go to Penn State and Utah (ask UCLA about that) and host Hawaii in their lone home game.

The Clippers' signing of Baron Davis is being hailed by many writers, but I'm guessing Coach Mike Dunleavy will get some advice from USC coach Tim Floyd, who happens to coach Dunleavy's son, James.
Davis and Floyd had a horrible relationship in New Orleans for one season, perhaps the worst in Floyd's NBA career.
Something tells me there will be rocky moments in Clipperland if they start struggling.

Forward Alex Stepheson is still undecided and we hear Arizona State is now in the picture, besides USC and UCLA.

Although he was not at the Rising Stars camp, linebacker Manti Te'o of Honolulu remains one of the top priorities (along with defensive end Devon Kennard) and USC believes it will be one of his two finalists.

Michael Carney, the attorney for USC recruit Maurice Simmons, also represented former USC cornerback Jason Oliver in the mid-1990's

Former USC sprinters Torri Edwards and Angela Williams along with Allyson Felix (who attended USC but did not compete) will all be part of the USA 4 x 100 relay team at the Olympics. Edwards also qualified for the 100 meters.

In Phil Steele's pre-season college football preview, he ranks the Pac-10 as the fourth-best conference in the country. The SEC, Big 12 and Big Ten are ahead of the Pac-10. The ACC is fifth overall.

Some of you might be interested to know that Celeste Fremon, the author of the popular Los Angeles Times Magazine piece on the Song Girls, is the creator and editor of a blog, WitnessLA.com, which focuses on ``street news, views and stories of justice and injustice.''

We hear UCLA is still recruiting Narbonne's Byron Moore, who defected to USC earlier this week. There's been increasing speculation that Moore's friendship with Cathedral wide receiver Randall Carroll and Carson tight end Morrell Presley may solidify the commitments, after they wavered in recent months.

Back to Oregon.

Time for more questions.

New recruit James Boyd, the Song Girls selection committee and the status of some free agents are topics here.

The fullback position, the Rising Stars camp and Notre Dame/Beano Cook are discussed here.

Topics on the table: Davon Jefferson, the Song Girls and recruiting rules.

And now, a question about the wide receivers.

A rare quarterback question.

Dennis Dodd of CBS Sportsline, who is one of the hardest-working college football reporters, rated Pat Ruel as the top offensive line coach in the nation. And UCLA's Norm Chow as the top offensive coordinator.

A basketball question got snuck in here somehow.

Arizona State has a dance team.

More questions, more answers.

If you bought the new EA Sports college football video game, comment here on its accuracy.

Is anyone still worried USC does not have enough commitments? Of course, it's a double-edged sword for some analysts, who believe too many early commitments can be risky.

Regarding the naming rights and the Coliseum. Why is it that Germany would not allow its Olympic Stadium, which was modeled after the Coliseum, to have any sponsors attached to its name?

The readers are speaking!

Or maybe we'll call this ``How many questions can I answer on the Song Girls?''

USC's told Narbonne recruit Byron Moore that he might play cornerback in addition to safety. Most colleges, including UCLA, wanted him to play safety.

Could Maurice Simmons' legal woes be improving?
The district attorney's issued a warrant for the alleged victim to show up for the hearing, which raises questions about whether he will show up and testify.
Full details at bottom of story linked below.
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_9749628

Here's some quotes from the father of Narbonne recruit Byron Moore.
``He's been going to their camps since he was in the seventh grade. There was something
in his heart that said he wanted to go there,'' Byron Moore Sr. said. ``At the end of the day, he felt in his heart he wanted to be at USC.
``It's been tearing at him even before that. UCLA's been very good to us. They are a good group of guys.''

``That's because E. Scott's gone. E. Scott's crucial to UCLA's inner-city recruiting.''
-- Rick Kimbrel of BruinBlitz.com on Narbonne wide receiver Byron Moore decommitting from UCLA to USC.
E. Scott is former UCLA assistant coach Eric Scott.

Notre Dame held its annual Football Fantasy Camp last week where with more than 500 campers. But could Charlie Weis give a chalk talk or throw a football like Caesar?

Here's the early Watch Lists for the Maxwell and Bednarik awards. Patrick Turner, Stafon Johnson and Mark Sanchez are just a few of the names that show up.

Narbonne wide receiver Byron Moore got plenty of attention from USC's coaches last week and he followed by decommitting from UCLA and says he will attend USC.
The significance of this to me is that Rick Neuheisel is not exactly tearing it up in recruiting so far, especially given his reputation at Colorado and Washington. And it appears UCLA misses former assistant coach Eric Scott because USC is now back in business in the Los Angeles City Section for recruits after getting steamrollered last year.

Here's a look at the Big Ten non-conference schedule.

This is the definitive article on the USC Song Girls and hopefully will answer questions for many of you.

We talked to a coach who watched USC basketball recruit Nikola Vucevic, a 6-10 forward from Stoneridge Prep.
``He has some skills. He needs work. He's OK. He's long but not quick,'' the coach said.

The position that probably drew the greatest scrutiny at the Rising Stars camp was fullback, because the Trojans really need more than Stanley Havili and are pretty thin at the position now and in the future, barring a position switch.

If you are a USC fan and a fan of right-wing radio host Hugh Hewitt, you might have a conflict with this controversial comment.
``By the way, I -- I'm still trying to find two tickets to the Ohio State-USC game. And none of the USC people will give up their tickets to me. I'd pay fair price. They -- they know Ohio State's gonna slaughter the Trojans. They know that they're gonna slaughter the Trojans, and therefore they do not want me there at the bloodbath, since it's probably the last football game we'll ever get to see before the United States gets blown up by the Islamists under Obama. I -- I would like to see Ohio State slaughter USC. This is what I'm living for right now. I'm keeping -- all the bad news, I just focus on the Ohio State upcoming slaughter of USC.''
Link after the jump.

There's always a lot of breathless reports written about the Rising Stars camp, but one player who seemed to come with a lot of hype and just did OK was wide receiver Marlon Brown, the second-best player at his position in the nation according to Rivals.com.
Now maybe flying from Tennessee and being in new surroundings made it a rough transition, because he's been offered by just about every school in the country. At any rate, he did not exactly enjoy a stellar camp.

Time for more questions from our faithful readers. One per person please.