Category: Sport
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We finally have some on-the-record reaction from Jimmy Clausen and Rich Gunnell after their confrontation following ND’s 20-16 win over BC last Saturday. (Clausen a “phony”? Mr. Gunnell, get in line) Clausen said this week that he did his best to avoid what happened: “I was just going up to him to say he’s a…
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The Trojans are forcing fumbles at an impressive pace this season. It’s the recovery part that’s a little troubling. Through seven games in 2009, the USC defense has forced 17 fumbles, but it has only recovered six. The 44 percent recovery rate is lowest among the last eight seasons, as the Trojans have been recovering…
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Taylor Mays discusses the face-mask penalty that caused a referee to get suspended by the Pac-10.
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How distrustful are Southeastern Conference coaches of league officials? At the moment, it’s off the chart. Tennessee’s Lane Kiffin acknowledged that he decided against running another play before his team set up for a field goal that would have beaten Alabama because he was fearful officials would have found another way to penalize his team.…
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USC’s Taylor Mays rips the helmet off Oregon State receiver James Rodgers in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game at the L.A. Coliseum. “I didn’t mean to rip the dude’s helmet off,” Mays said. A Pacific 10 Conference official has been suspended for not calling a facemask penalty on Mays. The league did not identify…
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<!—-><!—->After the Trojans survived a scare at home to Oregon State, it seemed possible that USC could face its next test, one of its biggest, without a trio of offensive weapons. Joe McKnight and Anthony McCoy both got banged up in the win over the Beavers, and Stanley Havili watched the game from the sidelines.…
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