LenDale White was the Trojans leading rusher last season but could be academically ineligible come fall. Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images
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You know that feeling you get when a couple of members of your favorite band start coming out with solo records? They're not officially done, but everyone knows it's a matter of time before things come crashing down and they break up. I'm starting to get that same feeling about the USC football team.

First, you had half the coaching staff, including offensive coordinator Norm Chow, leave the team in the off-season. Then you had starting cornerback Eric Wright getting arrested for allegedly raping someone at his apartment following a frat party. Although he was never charged, it's never a good sign to have your starting cornerback sitting out of spring ball because of legal problems.

More news trickled out of 'SC last week. There was a fight between receiver Steve Smith and tight end Dominique Byrd over money Smith owed Byrd that resulted in Byrd getting a broken jaw. The scuffle took place in the players' apartment after the two were playing video games and resulted in this classic exchange that would put any Jean-Claude Van Damme script to shame.

SMITH: You know Byrd ... I really don't want to fight you.
BYRD: Nah, we've got to.

(Smith swings and breaks Byrd's jaw)

While head coach Pete Carroll has been optimistic his team can overcome the losses and turmoil, it may be easier said than done. As spring practice wrapped up last week there were serious doubts that Byrd, running back LenDale White and defensive linemen Frostee Rucker and Manuel Wright would be academically eligible to play this season and they were all listed at or near the bottom of their position lists on the end-of-spring depth chart. Carroll went so far as to say, "It's going to be a challenge to get all the guys back," and Wright has already explored the option of entering the NFL supplemental draft.

With the actual NFL draft taking place this weekend, you have to wonder if Matt Leinart wishes he would have skipped all this drama and taken the guaranteed money that would have come with being the No. 1 pick. Apparently, all Leinart needed was a promise from a team holding a top pick that he would be their guy and he would have been in New York this weekend.

• Cock Fighting -- Southern Cal isn't the only USC having problems off the field this off-season. Two South Carolina football players were arrested last Sunday and charged with marijuana possession, raising the total number of Gamecocks arrested since the end of last season to 11. This came on the heels of coach Steve Spurrier poking fun at Tennessee for having more off the field problems than his squad.  Isn't that like Carrot Top poking fun at Pauley Shore for having more box office flops?

• Dy-no-mite! -- The legend of Brian Collins, the freshman Ball State student sports anchor, continues to grow. Video of his painful, yet hilarious butchering of sports highlights has become so infamous ESPN wants to do a commercial with him, and Tony Kornheiser did an entire radio segment on him last week. Here's the clip of the next Dream Job winner.

• Drink To That -- Michigan State announced it will allow alcohol at tailgate parties on football Saturdays this season, lifting a ban that had previously been in place. Apparently the students' behavior during the NCAA Tournament impressed the university. After all it's not like Michigan State has ever had problems when alcohol, students and sports are mixed.

• Map It -- Ever wonder what your school looks like from a satellite? Here's a look at Baylor's Floyd Casey Stadium with another record-setting crowd.  

• Free Loader -- Attention college graduates: There is an opening for a sports reporter at the Westchester Cable Services.

• Finally -- This video should tell you why having free alcohol at company parties is not always a great idea.