Category: Sport
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>At some point we can expect Stafon Johnson to just shrug his shoulders, and, like a character out of Slaughter House 5, just mutter, “So it goes.” He has been through a rollercoaster season with the highs of showing off his immense talent and the lows of injury and defea
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From USCRipsIt.com: Mark Sanchez will start at quarterback Saturday against Oregon, Coach Pete Carroll announced Thursday afternoon. In the last two games as starter, Sanchez has gone 40-for-69 for 365 yards and five touchdowns. So my prediction? Maybe I’m in the minority, but I see SC winning this one pretty comfortably. I’m going to predict…
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Ben Malcolmson, USCRipsIt.com Coach Carroll has received word back from the Pac-10 about his fourth-quarter challenge during last Saturday’s game, and he’s not happy with the news. The play happened near the end of the fourth quarter when officials ruled that a Notre Dame receiver caught a pass along the right sideline. Carroll challenged the…
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While USC picks a quarterback, Oregon needs to pick a uniform for Saturday’s game. That’s usually a Thursday decision,” Ducks coach Mike Bellotti said. “Somebody told me last week that there are 384 combinations so I have the pinwheel chart on the wall. I just throw a dart at it.”
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-Southern California understands that slowing down Oregon’s offense is best accomplished by keeping it off the field. That means stopping the Ducks’ r…
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Probable Starters vs. USC Pos. No. Player Height Weight Class HometownWR 4 Jaison Williams 6-5 240 Jr.-2L* Inglewood, CALT 57 Fenuki Tupou 6-6 322 Jr.-TR* Elverta, CALG 61 Josh Tschirgi 6-4 310 Sr.-3L* Vancouver, WAC 60 Max Unger 6-5 300 Jr.-2L* Honaunau, HIRG 71 Mark Lewis 6-4 308 Jr.-2L* Arroyo Grande, CART 75 Geoff Schwartz…
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Ted Miller, ESPN.com Oregon’s spread-option offense demands a new statistical category. Call it: “Erroneous tackles.” An “ET” is fairly straightforward: It’s recorded when a defense mobs a Ducks offensive player only to find he doesn’t have the ball. ETs are almost always followed by BYAET — “Big Yards After Erroneous Tackle.” continue
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Regsiter The fervor around who will start at quarterback for USC this weekend continued after Wednesday’s practice without any firm answers. Both Mark Sanchez and John David Booty stood up and addressed TV cameras and print reporters in separate sessions. Isn’t a better question whether the Trojans will be able to…
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Register This season already has offered brighter days to USC’s defensive ends, both of whom found that 2006 tested their patience and bruised their egos. Lawrence Jackson struggled under heavy expectations and stumbled into a long, sack-free funk. Now, he is a senior, a philosophical guru for his teammates and a…
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Oregon has exploded offensively this season, averaging 551 yards a game, second in the nation to Texas Tech. Southern California …
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Check out who wins the title of the gutsiest coach in College Football in this week’s AOL House Meeting. Now if only there were a better fourth down plan than running Lendale White or Chauncey Washington up the middle… Share This
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Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Enterprise John David Booty was back at practice for a second straight day, taking snaps, making throws that looked nearly normal and surprising both himself and his coaches — and he wasn’t even the big story Wednesday. Offensive linemen Chilo Rachal and Sam Baker were. They’re back, feeling good and expecting to…
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