Category: Sport
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In case you couldn’t follow us live, “The RipsIt Minute” gives you a quick rundown of the must-read Blog entries from the previous day: The Trojan rookie boon: First-year NFLers stepping up Extra bowl experiences: Beyond the Rose Bowl Nice digs: AT&T Park considered one of the best Get your tickets: For the Emerald Bowl…
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Playing in a temporarily converted baseball stadium will create some unique logistical challenges for the Trojans in the 2009 Emerald Bowl. First, with USC and Boston College sharing the same sideline at AT&T Park in San Francisco, the bench areas could be chaotic, especially with substitutions that will occur on the opposite side of the…
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Not only will the Trojans be spending five days in one of the country’s most cosmopolitan cities during Emerald Bowl prep, they’ll also be playing in one of the nation’s top stadiums. Home of the San Francisco Giants, AT&T Park is routinely referred to as one of the top ballparks in Major League Baseball, and…
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Inarguably, USC lost a lot of talent to the NFL Draft following the 2008 season. A closer look at the stats reveals just how incredibly much. The 11 Trojan draft picks from last year have played in a combined 95 games and racked up a combined 54 starts during their rookie seasons this fall —…
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ONLINE POLL: What should be done with the college football postseason? WASHINGTON — A House subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine a national champion. The bill…
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The USC-Ohio State game ended up being ESPN’s most-viewed college football game ever – regular-season and bowls — and highest-rated in 15 years (7,243,000 households and 10,586,000 viewers, based on a 7.3 rating).
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ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast will feature the debut of a touch-screen monitor. The 65-inch television screen will be used to analyze the voting in six different voting regions. According to ESPN, its “creative services and emerging technologies groups are developing the map that is similar to those used during the last presidential election.”
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Your ornithological pop quiz of the day: Are mallards’ feathers ever orange? Answer: Sometimes, but only when they’ve been spray-painted by Oregon State fans in attempted sacrifice to the biggest rivalry game in OSU-Oregon history: The hapless animal was found at Linn-Benton Community College [near OSU’s campus] on the afternoon before the Duck-Beaver Civil War football…
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The former Notre Dame coach ends up apologizing for remarks in online story that he says were taken ‘totally out of context,’ and the USC coach labels ‘untrue’ and ‘irresponsible.’ Charlie Weis is no longer Notre Dame’s coach, but that doesn’t mean he’s out of Pete Carroll’s hair.
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If Navy wins, UCLA will face Temple in EagleBank Bowl. UCLA’s bowl future is now in the hands of Navy.
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Random and not-so-random thoughts on Toby Gerhart’s remarkable charge into the heart of the Heisman race … * The guess here is that Gerhart is invited to New York when the finalists are announced this afternoon. Whether there are three, four or five, he should be included. But will he… Continue reading…
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