4-Star DE Joshua Paschal Names Top 7 and More USC Football News

Four-star defensive end Joshua Paschal named USC football in his Top 7 Tuesday, plus more Trojan news from the web.

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Tuesday it was four-star defensive end Joshua Paschal who named USC in his Top 7, along with Clemson, Oklahoma, Maryland, Notre Dame, Tennessee and North Carolina.

The 6-foot-4, 255-pound prospect is the No. 9 strongside defensive end in the 2017 class, according to the 247 Sports composite ranking. He’s also the No. 8 player in Maryland.

Paschal competed at Nike’s The Opening this past weekend and is a favorite to sign with the hometown Terpes, though USC’s rival Notre Dame has made a push for his pledge.

The Trojans’ 2017 class has ten commits, but none of that number are defensive linemen, which is a position of need for USC in this cycle.

And Ten USC Football and Basketball News Links…

1. “USC to Wear White vs. Alabama as Road Team” (Reign of Troy) USC announced Tuesday that they are the designated road team for the season opener against Alabama, meaning they will debut the new away uniforms on September 3.
2. “Rams Will Be Stuck With a Crumbling Stadium in L.A.” (Variety) If you’ve ever wonder why the Coliseum was allowed to deteriorate as it has over the years, Variety details some of the politics in play around the NFL coming back to LA.
3. “5 Things to Watch for at Pac-12 Media Days 2016” (Reign of Troy) The Pac-12 Media Days circus is almost here. We ran down five things we’re watching out for, including Zach Banner quotes, uniform talk, hype handling, transfer tales and the media’s title picks.
4. “Cameron Smith Named to Butkus Award Watch List” (Reign of Troy) Linebacker Cameron Smith made yet another watch list Tuesday, with the Butkus Award naming him among their 51 watchees.
5. “Jordan McLaughlin searches for competition in Australia” (LA Times) Point guard Jordan McLaughlin talked a bit about this strange offseason for USC basketball, which saw so many players depart there weren’t enough players at summer workouts to play 5-on-5.
6. “These college football players provide comic relief” (ESPN) No surprise here, when ESPN pointed out the most comedic player on each Top 25 squad this year, Zach Banner was USC’s pick.
7. “How 2016 USC is Similar to the 2005 Team” (Reign of Troy) Michael Castillo makes the argument that USC’s 2016 team mirrors the 2005 squad, not necessarily in championship game potential, but in unbalanced development between the offense and defense.
8. “Ranking the Best Weeknight Games of 2016” (Bleacher Report) USC at Utah ranks No. 9 in Brian Pedersen’s top weeknight games for the coming season.
9. “Most dangerous games for top 20 contenders” (Sporting News) USC’s potential trap game according to Sporting News is….Washington. That makes sense since it comes sandwiched between games against Oregon and UCLA, but the Huskies are a favorite to contend for the North title, so they may be hard to overlook.
10. “DT Greg Rogers on campus; 2017 CB to commit soon” (247 Sports) Highly-rated defensive tackle Greg Rogers was on campus Tuesday for an unofficial visit, which seemed to go well.

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