I always thought the stricture on not calling USC "Southern Cal" was stupid.
FWIW, when I was a student, I bought a sweatshirt at the USC bookstore on campus that said "Southern Cal" across the chest.
But fuck Lou Holththththh whenever he said it.
Probably that's where people got annoyed...
He'll get drafted on account of being 8 feet tall, but he will end up bouncing around the G-league for a while and then making money in Turkey, Israel, Australia, and other places like that.