Category: Sport
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Here’s your Pete Carroll fix for the week. Above (2 minutes 15 seconds), you can watch his comments on Oregon State, USC controlling their own destiny, and penalties. When he discusses opponent’s penalties, these are the numbers he’s referring to. You can also listen to the weekly Pac-10 press calls with Coach Carroll (7 min…
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LenDale White finally comfortable as Titans’ running back
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Renardo Sidney and Lance Stephenson (l-r) From FoxSports.com: USC will have two of the nation’s top juniors, Renardo Sidney and Lance Stephenson, on campus this weekend. Stephenson has already taken an unofficial visit to Indiana for Midnight Madness and also plans to go to Kansas later this month. If you see them at the football…
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USC practiced man-to-man coverage yesterday. Should this be the week the Trojans finally use it?
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Chris Carlisle, USCRipsIt.com As the head strength and conditioning coach at USC, I have had my share of good press and pats on the back. When people talk about what a great job I am doing, I quickly stop them and defer the attention. They call it humility; I call it telling the truth. When…
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If you think the Pac Ten refs have it out against USC, well, you may not be a conspiracy theorist after all. Check out the opponents’ penalties over the last few years. Season (record) Opponent penalty yards per game Pac-10 rank 2007 (6-2) 43.0 10 2006 (11-2) 45.7 10 2005 (12-1) 44.2 10 2004 (13-0)…
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Scott Wolf, Los Angeles Daily News USC offensive tackle Sam Baker is a team captain this season, so it made sense he took offense to a teammate’s comment over the weekend criticizing the play calling. Following the loss to Oregon, a USC player said the Trojans’ playbook was on the Internet “for $9.95.” “I just…
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Register It began on a clear, crisp day in Pasadena with an acrobatic catch by a linebacker. It ended on a clear, crisp day in Eugene, Ore., with a routine catch by a safety. One interception by UCLA’s Eric McNeal and another by Oregon’s Matthew Harper are the perfect bookends to…
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Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Enterprise The Trojans are sick of being on the wrong side of the flags and are trying to do something about it. The talk Wednesday at USC was a stat sheet that showed USC’s Pac-10 opponents have been the least penalized teams in the conference while USC has had the most penalty…
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Pete Arbogast, WeAreSC I find a renewed enthusiasm around the football team right now. Maybe the pressure is off, maybe the team has decided just to say WTF and “go for it” in a different way, but there’s a refreshing air about the guys… continue
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Mortality is setting in for him now. John David Booty has just four games left in his college career at quarterback. Just four games to leave his legacy and cement his place in Trojan lore alongside the names Haden, Palmer, Peete and Leinart – the names the highly-touted recruit from Shreveport, La.
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