Monday Hot Links

We had Hot Links on hiatus (last week was pretty busy), but we're back this morning. From here on out, we'll keep the list of links after the jump to make it easier to scan the main page. But we'll make sure to give you a heads-up. Today, look for personnel moves, classic football billboards, spicy Song Girl photos and more. In a moment, we'll have a separate "last call" look at Pac-10 media day.

Football

• Check out this classic 1932 USC billboard. [Conquest Chronicles]
• Ted Miller interviews Steve Sarkisian, who wants to be a head coach but isn't "in any rush." [ESPN]
• Despite losing his first two season openers at Virginia, Al Groh is glad to have USC first on the schedule. [Roanoke Times]
• Lawrence Jackson inks an $11.25-million deal in Seattle. [AP]
• A Notre Dame commit guarantees three straight victories over USC. Too bad Carson doesn't play for Indy, because they could have some great conversations. [Conquest Chronicles]
• Here's a comparison of USC commit Matt Barkley and Georgia prospect Aaron Murray. [ESPN]
• David Baker, father of Sam, is stepping down as AFL commissioner. Could the Pac-10 gig be next? [Conquest Chronicles]
• Pat O'Hara is moving into the AFL -- as the L.A. Avengers head coach. [Avengers]
• Offensive administrative assistant Al Dorsey is headed to the Raiders, at least for a couple of weeks. [USCRipsIt]
• Yup, still the offseason ... tomorrow you can vote for whether USC or Florida State has the better helmet. [ESPN]

Hoops

• USC ranks 132nd in ESPN's list of prestigious basketball programs since the 1984-85 season, just after Iona and Austin Peay. Ouch. The Trojans are seventh in the Pac-10. [ESPN]
• Highly touted recruit Lance Stephenson has an impressive week in Vegas. [LA Times]
• Tyler Honeycutt and Renardo Sidney aren't too shabby, either. [LA Times]
• What's the big deal about a high school hoops tournament, anyway? This article explains. [LA Times]

Elsewhere

• USC song girls are so hot it's newsworthy. Yes, Deadspin counts as news. Speaking of which, Facebook photos also surfaced from a trackster and soccer player. I'll let you do the oggling Googling. [Deadspin]

Comments

[Bobak]

Hey Adam --did you cover Carroll's interview on College Football Live last week? Mostly for Carroll's out-of-left-field answer to "What would you do if you didn't coach football" which was "I'd be an archaeologist." EDSBS's already hit on it, I think it would be interesting (and fun) for someone to try and follow-up with him since its actually a pretty interesting answer (he didn't even hesitate).