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O/NSO: Coasting the commitment distance edition (UPDATED)

Greg Katzby:Greg Katz06/30/23
Hayden Treter
Hayden Treter with Trojans offensive line coach Josh Henson during his USC visit (USC Athletics/Hayden. Treter)

The Obvious: Lincoln Riley is a thousand percent right when he says that Los Angeles is not for everybody regarding USC out-of-state recruits, but for those that embrace the big cardinal and gold stage, the big spotlight, the big celebrity, and the big-big, it’s an out-of-state player’s dream destination for prep players like offensive lineman Hayden Treter from Englewood, Colorado. The Not So Obvious: For local recruits that grow up in Los Angeles or the Southern California area in general, there’s nothing unusual, abnormal, or intimidating living and growing up in our area of the country. In fact, the beach, professional and college sports, and icons like Hollywood and Disneyland – not to mention celebrities - are a way of life. Did we forget to mention the wonderful, humid-less weather merged with the chill and kickback attitude of Southern Californians?