Category: Sport
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Illinois coach Ron Zook won the Liberty Mutual coach of the year award Saturday for leading one of the best turnarounds in college football this season. The Illini went 9-3 and earned a trip to the Rose Bowl a year after going 2-10. Zook, in his third season with Illinois, took over a program that…
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Florida quarterback Tim Tebow already has picked out his 2008 Heisman Trophy front-runner: teammate Percy Harvin. Tebow, who now has a vote after winning college football’s most prestigious award three weeks ago, would have voted for Harvin this year. “He’s one of the most dynamic players in the country,” Tebow said. “Percy just brings an…
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Tom Haire, USCFootball.com With USC making its third consecutive Rose Bowl appearance – and the fact that Illinois is not a championship level opponent – there has been some worry that the Trojans will not be motivated come Jan. 1. Is it possible? Sure, it is. Is it likely? Carroll need only point to Oct.…
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times With the end of his USC career only a few days away, USC quarterback John David Booty is soaking up every remaining moment. “I feel relaxed and free and I’m just enjoying every step,” he said this week. Booty has guided the Trojans to consecutive Pacific 10 Conference titles and…
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Register It’s easy to view USC’s 24-17 loss at Oregon as a bad omen for the Trojans heading into their Rose Bowl matchup with No. 13 Illinois. Illinois runs a spread offense heavy on option plays, much like the one Dennis Dixon ran at Oregon. The Ducks piled up 339 total…
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Miguel A. Melendez, Orange County Register USC football coach Pete Carroll was fashionably late to Thursday’s 52nd Beef Bowl at Lawry’s The Prime Rib, but who could blame him? Carroll has attended the pre-Rose Bowl tradition three consecutive years and it’s Trojans’ 20th appearance, the most followed by Michigan with 17. Illinois will visit Friday at 4:30…
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Matt Hurst, Riverside Press-Enterprise It shouldn’t have taken USC’s defense five games to learn how to play together. Ten of the starters returned from last season, so there was no need for a meet-and-greet among them. Yet for some reason, things began clicking for the Trojans after the team’s stunning loss to Stanford. Call it…
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Kevin Pearson, Riverside Press-Enterprise Playing in the Big Ten, the Illinois defense is used to seeing plenty of tight ends in opponents’ offenses. But those big-bodied pass catchers usually do little more than block and occasionally catch a pass. That’s not the case in the Pac-10. And Illinois knows the challenge that stands ahead… continue
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On CSTV yesterday, college football analyst Trev Alberts predicted USC will be responsible for the biggest blowout of the bowl season (2 minutes, 3 seconds). Other recent videos for your YouTubing pleasure … Greg Magnus from the OC Register follows Alex Parsons with a video camera at the Beef Bowl (4:55) Ryan Abraham of USCFootball.com…
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Here’s what Chad Ford of ESPN wrote about O.J. Mayo’s draft status: Mayo is not, as some in the media have suggested, dropping like a rock on NBA draft boards. All the people I’ve spoken with are still high on him. He may not be the No. 1 pick in the draft anymore, but he’s…
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USC football coach Jess Hill celebrates with players Al Carmichael (left) and Rudy Bukich (right) after the 1953 Rose Bowl. Carmichael and Bukich connected for the only touchdown of the game as USC defeated Wisconsin 7-0.
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