Category: Sport
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Pete Carroll said the Oregon State game broke down on the edges. “Everson (Griffen) struggled at times. Clay (Matthews) was pretty good. He needs to play more.” He said the blowouts over Virginia and Ohio State did not prepare the defense to stop the run. “We had no regular runs in those games because those…
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An NFL assistant coach called me to offer his opinions after watching the USC-Oregon State game. “USC does some unusual things. They have their outside linebacker line up inside the No. 3 receiver, not outside like you are supposed to, which means you can get outflanked by the receiver “It’s almost like they’re saying, we’re…
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There really isn’t much hidden upside to USC’s stunning collapse in Corvallis Thursday night. No happy unintended consequences or silver lining. It was bad. Very, very bad. But it could have been worse. By the time Sunday morning rolled around, what seemed like a shoe-in for the most dramatic, shocking, news generating loss of the…
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Matthews will start on defense, and the Trojans are making plans in case Maualuga has to sit out.
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The Trojans fall to No. 9 as a result of their 27-21 loss to Oregon State.
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QB Mark Sanchez is confident USC can learn from its mistakes and bounce back after stumbling at Oregon State.
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Instead of fretting a loss to Oregon State, perhaps USC fans should instead look back at the number of times the Trojans could have lost but didn’t simply because of Reggie Bush. The Stanford game in the 2004 unbeaten season is a prime example, with Bush’s 33-yard zig-zagging punt return setting up the winning touchdown…
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Rey Maualuga stopped by the football offices to visit Pete Carroll tonight wearing a big brace on his sprained knee. He sprained the medial-collateral ligament. There is no swelling and he can squat without problems. He will undergo an MRI today. “We don’t know yet (if he will play this week),” Carroll said.
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The string of top-10 upsets that began Thursday when unranked Oregon State toppled No. 1 Southern California reinforced the message …
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Safety Taylor Mays said he is scheduled to get another x-ray for his bruised chest but feels fine. “I’m straight. I got hit in the chest and coughed up blood,” Mays said. “I’m all right. I can breathe now.”
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