I noted this quote in particular:
“It’s pretty much the same as it is with Coach Riley, they’re just both really good people,” Paige said.”I can sit down and have a conversation with him for an hour and we won’t bring up football. It’s a personal relationship and bigger than football. That’s something special about him.”
This is not surprising to hear — I got the impression soon after his arrival that Riley was an intelligent guy, meaning IQ and EQ. That he can make this kind of impression on recruits augurs well for the future of Trojan football. (“Augurs” almost as nifty a word as “portents”)
And: Welcome, Elijah