Hello and welcome to a new era of Trojan athletics.
Lane Kiffin has arrived with an all-star coaching staff to lead USC football into the next decade.
A year into his tenure, Kevin O'Neill has shown the fire and integrity to take the men's basketball program to previously unseen heights. As for the ladies, Michael Cooper expects the Women of Troy to rise to the standard of excellence set by previous greats like Cheryl Miller and Lisa Leslie.
And on the track, fields, courts and diamond, USC athletics has its sights set on the gold standard that makes the university an Olympic nation unto itself.
And here on the Web, we are blazing a new path of our own. In the coming weeks, months and semesters, we are going to change the way your Trojans are covered and break down the barrier between you (the fan) and the program.
I will be a part of that. My name is Jordan Moore and I'll be your caddy throughout the process.
I arrived at USC in 2001 from the East Coast along with Pete Carroll. Well, not exactly together.
As a wide-eyed freshman, I took in my first USC game from the student section in front of a paltry 45,000 people (an ugly win over San Jose State). I graduated in 2005 on the heels of a 55-19 dusting of Oklahoma on South Beach.
After college, I became the voice of the then Fullerton Flyers (now Orange County Flyers), an independent minor league baseball team. Former Trojan hurler Rik Currier was just one out from a no-hitter when a base hit up the middle spoiled my call.
From the Flyers, I am became the Director of Broadcasting and Programming for iBNSports.com, an Internet TV site that specializes in high school sports coverage.
In that time, I broadcasted the early highlights of many of today's Trojans under the heat of the Friday night lights.
Matt Barkley was a true kid QB who became the nation's top prospect. Blake Ayles looked like a young Jeremy Shockey as a gleeful Carroll watched from the sidelines. And, Chris Galippo buried helpless high schoolers into the grassy turf.
I'm also well versed on the talents of the next wave of superstar Trojans. I've witnessed Robert Woods' blazing speed, D.J. Morgan's unrivaled athleticism and Bryce Jones' trampoline hops.
You will enjoy watching them.
While we'll be making changes to USCTrojans.com and the Rips It blog, Ben Malcolmson deserves great credit for laying the foundation for our future success. He created something where there was nothing.
I'm excited to take my post here inside Heritage Hall alongside the most talented Web team in the country (at least that's what they told me).
Most importantly, I am just an intermediary between you and the school you hold so dear. I look forward to our interaction and please let me know what you'd like to see covered and how we can best serve your needs.
As we get started, please be sure to get logged on and signed up for all our plethora of social networking options. You can find us on Facebook (USC Trojans - Official Page) and Twitter (USC_Athletics).
Enough talk of what is to come, it's time to make it happen.
Stay tuned and fight on!
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