Indiana can sort of cement itself as we are no longer this team that's going to be fighting for six wins anymore.

Malachi Tony, is he going to be ready?

Dante Moore, he showed improvement, better command.

What's going on, y'all?

This is Bud Elliott at Shotgun Spratling. Welcome back to summer school on the cover three podcast, and that means we are talking USC football today. What's going on, dude?

Hey, man, I'm excited to be here. I finally got rid of Ryan, got him out of the way so that I could join you. I always love chopping it up with your bud. So fun to get on the cover three and do a little summer school action.

Ryan, Ryan, golfing, I know in the offseason he likes to get it in, for sure.

He's golfing or off on another adventure somewhere. You know, he's probably discovering a new land or a new island somewhere that no one's ever been on before.

Man, I honestly, he had us over to his place last year for the elite 11 and made some bomb fish tacos. It was, it was, it was great. It was just awesome hospitality. It was good to see him. Yeah, he loves going out and fishing and getting his opportunities out during the offseason as much as possible. So he's probably off on the boat somewhere.

You guys run a killer site USC football.

It's like, I mean, obviously just the best USC site in the country.

So had to have somebody from the site on for sure.

This USC team, nine and four last year, seven and two in the big 10,

like certainly felt like a step forward and acclimating the big 10 a little bit more. And yet, you know, I, I read it, read the board that the fans want more. What, what, what's kind of the, like, from like the non-Loonetic friends, and I know fan is short, short for Fanatic, but like, what, what's the general feeling on this program now? I mean, heading in the right direction for sure. And now

it's going into year five and that's a little disappointing that it's heading in the right

direction instead of being there already. But with the addition of Chad Bowden and his staff

on the front end with the GM before last season, the moves they've made there, a lot of positive steps there.

They've got a good team returning.

They've got to fill in a bunch of spots as well.

But when you return your entire offensive line, you know,

office line starters, then there's a lot of momentum there.

You return your starting quarterback who could be in the Heisman conversation

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