Category: Sport
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Trojans pick up a lot of hardware and they need somewhere to put it. Check out the latest LA Times video report as Jeff Amlotte looks around Heritage Hall with USC Sports Information Director Tim Tessalone.
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It’s hard to overstate how happy the USC basketball staff is that Angelo Johnson has gotten his clearance to play this semester. The 5-foot-10 point guard was the quickest player the USC coaches saw all year, they’ll tell you, and allows them now to guard a quick point guard on the other team and leaves…
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Hard to disagree with O.J. Mayo’s decision that USC would be a good place to display his talents when you look at him on the cover of the newest SLAM magazine in his USC gear. Not bad national pub for a freshman. But as the writer of the profile on Mayo notes on a trip…
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One of them, Travon Patterson, has been less than 100 percent much of the season and the other, Vidal Hazelton, had a big night in the opener against Idaho, then vanished at Nebraska. But both had big days Wednesday and reminded you that the Trojans may not have had anyone step up and stake out…
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All-American USC tackle Sam Baker said he’s never realized how much better competition could make him until this year when the combination of senior Lawrence Jackson, with all his savvy and experience, and the two younger defensive ends, Kyle Moore and Everson Griffen, has made him work like never before. Not only that, but if…
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The more you see Mitch Mustain, USC’s QB transfer from Arkansas, run the service team against the first team defense, you come to two conclusions. 1) What were the Arkansas coaches thinkiing, letting Mustain go and not starting him after he went 8-0 as a true freshman in the SEC? and 2) How good will…
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The heralded freshmen have struggled, but coaches remain confident they will make an impact. USC’s 2007 recruiting class was judged by many to be the nation’s best after Joe McKnight signed with the Trojans.
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Running the ball and defense wins college football games. Here’s proof: The top seven opponents’ passing performances, including Nebraska’s Sam Keller, were all games USC won. But in the opponents’ top 10 rushing performances, USC is 1-8-1 in those games.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>USC’s defensive backs had a tough time with Washington State quarterback Alex Brink last season. As they prepare to face him again, they receive a daily challenge from perhaps the best scout-team quarterback in the nation, Mitch Mustain. “What more can you ask for?” safety Kevin Ellison sai
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I arrived in Lincoln on Monday. I didn’t see my first USC fan until Wednesday night. The game was on Saturday. In the intervening time, to anyone who would listen, I explained my presence with an emphatic repetition of the first sentence above: “I’ve been here since Monday.” Judging by local reactions it was an…
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Erik McKinney, WeAreSC The Washington State Cougars may head to Los Angeles with a 2-1 record this season, but they’ve really only been tested by one opponent, and the Wisconsin Badgers ran away with a season-opening 42-21 victory. Since then, the Cougars have padded their stats against San Diego State and Idaho, slapping 45 points…
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