Month: September 2004
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Sounds like there will be a few people in the Figueroa/Exposition area of Los Angeles on Saturday, October 9–all 92,000 seats in the Coliseum have been sold for USC’s game against the 10th-ranked Cal Bears. This is the first Coliseum sellout in the Trojans-Golden Bears series since 1930. It will be Troy’s largest crowd to…
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No surprise here–according to early chatter, Matt Leinart and Reggie Bush are both at the top of the Heisman Trophy running. One weekly poll by the Rocky Mountain News puts Leinart at #1, and Bush at #5, with Jason White of Oklahoma, bunch Orton of Purdue, and Cedric Benson of Texas sandwiched in between. Could…
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I know, some of you are asking yourself “didn’t John Robinson hang it up after Mike Garrett fired him via voicemail?” But, in fact, Robinson has been coaching at UNLV for the past few seasons. But, after an 0-4 start, and with health problems to deal with, Robinson announced on Monday that this would be…
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The TrojanWire was on-field for the Trojans come-from-behind victory over Stanford. After an 82-yard rushing touchdown to end the first half–putting the Cardinal up 28-17, Carroll and company’s defensive adjustments dominated their opponent–holding the Stanford Cardinal to just 36 total yards and 0 points in the second half. Here is a good article from <a…
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The SColiseum is officially and temporarily under “re-construction” since we received a cease & desist notice from the firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, representing the University of Southern California (“USC”). It has come to our attention that your site is once again selling USC-related merchandise without USC’s authorization. In this instance, in violation of…
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According to the Daily Trojan, Southern Cal is pumping up the volume to get ready for Sunday: coaches coordinated with the USC Instructional Media Services to set up speakers that projected mock-crowd noise [from The Daily Trojan]
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Coach Pete Carroll, talking to CNNSI’s Kelley King about why the Trojans have been so successful during his tenure: “Turnover margin has been our No. 1 emphasis since I’ve been at USC,” said Pete Carroll, whose team has posted a nation’s-best plus-1.33 turnover margin — and, not coincidentally, two Pac-10 titles and one AP national…
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Disappointing talk for Dominique Byrd reported in the L.A. Daily News: Although USC coach Pete Carroll said Monday that tight end Dominique Byrd will take part in his first drills of the season this week, the junior admitted he’s considered redshirting after missing the Trojans’ past 10 games. Although, with Alex Holmes looking good thus…
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Beware Trojans–according to the Daily Californian, the always pesky Cal fans will be coming out in force to the Coliseum on October 9: Nearly 1,000 Cal fans woke up early in the morning yesterday to wait in line outside the Cal Athletics ticket office for a chance to sit in the student section when No.…
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Ok, the actual BCS standings may still be a month off, but in their first mock BCS rankings, ESPN has USC holding down the #1 spot, ahead of Miami at #2 and Texas at #3. It may not be the real deal yet, but in light of last year’s BCS slighting, Trojan fans everywhere surely…
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After two solid efforts against once-powerful teams in the midst of low points in their respective programs, the Trojans come up against what most agree is their most potentially-dangerous opponent tonight at LaVell Edwards Stadium in Provo. But tonight’s game provides nothing if not uncertainty. For your consideration–you have the Cougars season-opener, where they bested…
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