Musings from Arledge: Offensive Questions, Offensive Line, and Starting Off the Season
I asserted in last week’s Musings that USC would likely be a much better football team in 2019 than 2018. …
Chris Arledge
Chris Arledge is a graduate of USC’s Gould School of Law and is the co-founder and managing partner of an intellectual property law firm. Chris’s forgettable football career started at Elsinore High School, where his Tigers defeated Kyle Wachholtz’s Norco squad for the league title (Bring on Brad Otton’s team, too!), and ended at William Jewell College, where Chris was a team captain and an all-conference defensive back.
Articles by Chris Arledge
Musings from Arledge: Sunshine, Softness, and Sprinting
As of last November, USC football was in crisis. The Trojans had turned in the worst record in two decades, …
Musings from Arledge: Cornerback Play, ITS, and Rising Tuition
As regular readers of Musings already know (don’t snicker – there are half a dozen or so), I’ve been out …
Musings from Arledge: Spring Optimism and the Admissions “Surprise”
I’m writing this volume of Musings from Berlin, having just arrived this afternoon after eight days in Spain’s Costa Brava. …
Musings from Arledge: Ausmus, ITS, and Defending Football
It is rare for a hire to be both predictable and strange. But in hiring Aaron Ausmus as strength and …
Musings from Arledge: Swann’s Answers, Helton’s Tasks, and Grad Rates
I’ll give him this: Lynn Swann has guts. It takes guts to walk into the heart of USC country and …
Musings From Arledge: Culture, JT, and Pac-12 Network
“Culture comes first. You can have the best game plan (or strategy or tactics), the best team (or product or …
Musings From Arledge: Transfer Portal, Clemson, and Palaie
I can understand why so many players are jumping into the Transfer Portal. With a name like that, how could …
Musings From Arledge: Playoffs, Elite Coaches, Reggie The Receiver
Why isn’t the Pac 12 pushing for an 8-team playoff? For those who loved the old bowl system, it’s dead. …
Musings from Arledge: Helton, Harrell, and Those “Little Things”
You cannot fix a problem unless you accurately diagnose the problem. I probably don’t have to tell you that USC …
Musings from Arledge: McCoy, Helton, BOT
It took Odysseus – a guy who really knew how to set his jaw – ten years to get home …
Musings from Arledge: Title IX, bag men, blowing out Arkansas
This is a football board. I stay away from politics and social issues here. But in recent years it has …
Musings with Arledge: Kingsbury, Swann, CA talent pool
Kliff Kingsbury has pulled off a rare feat: get fired from his college job for bad performance, jump straight to …
Weekly Musings from Arhedge
I appreciate Garry giving me a chance to write this column. I’m going to fill the all-important niche of writer …
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