Category: Sport
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As usual, here are my thoughts: Positive – Winning the Game Honestly, the only positive I can take away from last night’s game was actually winning the game. It happens every season, we go into a game expecting to blow out the opponent and suddenly all hell breaks loose and your expectations drop to a…
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Opinion: Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Get used to it. Actually, the teams vying for college football’s national championship this season aren’t mighty at all. They’re near mighty, perhaps quasi mighty. An Italian might even call them “mezza” mighty.
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Opinion: Looking for Southern California’s soft spot? Try behind center. OK, let’s make this very clear: John David Booty is better than most college quarterbacks. He’ll probably have an NFL career.
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EUGENE, Ore. (AP) -It’s beginning to look a lot like last season for California – only better.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times Photo: Wally Skalij, LA Times The light rain that fell throughout most of the game did not seem to bother or slow down USC. But an unexpected storm of penalties, injuries and turnovers swept the top-ranked Trojans to the brink of a mighty fall that might have drowned their hopes…
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From LATimes.com: USC sophomore point guard Daniel Hackett will be sidelined at least six weeks after suffering multiple fractures of his jaw Thursday afternoon when he was struck by the elbow of teammate O.J. Mayo during a pickup game at the Galen Center. Hackett said Mayo grabbed a rebound and turned to pass before smacking…
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Michigan State safety Nehemiah Warrick delivers a vicious helmet-to-helmet hit to Wisconsin receiver Kyle Jefferson in the final minute of the first half of Saturday’s game at Madison, won by the Badgers, 37-34. With help, Jefferson eventually got to his feet and made it to the bench. He didn’t return. “He was real close to…
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USC’s 16 penalties was not a school record, it just felt like one. “There might be every penalty in the history of college football called tonight,” USC coach Pete Carroll said.
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Why did John David Booty play perhaps the worst game of his career? Because he could not grip the ball properly. “When it was about to come out, it slipped off my fingers,” Booty said. “It’s really weird. It was kind of windy out there but the ball was really slick. If my memory serves…
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We will write a positive post tonight. Stafon Johnson (123 yards, 14 carries) and Chauncey Washington (106 yards, 21 carries) became the first duo to rush for more than 100 yards since 2005. Reggie Bush gained 260 yards and LenDale White 154 against UCLA.
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Chilo Rachal sprained his right knee and tailback C.J. Gable said he sat out to rest his chronically sore groin. Cornerback Shareece Wright pulled a hamstring. “I hope I can come back next week,” Wright said, but there was no official word on how long he will be out. Tailback Stafon Johnson said someone stepped…
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