Category: Sport
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Center Kris O’Dowd is not overwhelmed by the prospect of being a four-year starter at USC. “My goal was to get some playing time this year, but when Matt (Spanos) went down, it was my turn,” O’Dowd said. “Now I’m feeling pretty comfortable starter, it could be (four years).”
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USC point guard recruit Angelo Johnson, the Minnesota native by way of Stoneridge Prep, finally made it through the NCAA Clearinghouse. And did so on the last day a player could do so for this semester. An aggressive 5-foot-10 ball-distributor and defender, Johnson finishes out the picture of this year’s USC team that did not…
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Filed under: UCLA Football, USC Football, Pac 10, NCAA FB Campus Maybe simply because they thought they could the USC athletic department introduced the alumni-unfriendly “Trojan All-Access” feature this year where for just $9.95 a month, you can view a special portion of the USC website! Well the marketing geniuses at Heritage Hall seem to…
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>The best way to a wide receiver’s head? It’s through his hands. At least that’s the approach Pete and Brennan Carroll have taken to true freshman Ronald Johnson. Also inside: Vincent Joseph gets some good news and Joe McKnight appears to be settling i
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Pete Carroll said Nebraska’s success passing the ball, at least early, was his fault. “The reason that happened was I didn’t adjust fast enough,” he said. Apparently, he’s still the defensive coordinator without the title.
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John David Booty, on whether USC has a go-to receiver. “(David Ausberry) the other day, he made catches,” Booty said. “They’re all really talented. We were not doing a whole lot with the passing game. We haven’t opened it up like last season.”
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Chris Carlisle, USCRipsIt.com When I started coaching in 1985, I thought I had it all figured out. I knew I was the smartest football mind in the country. Notice I didn’t say I thought I was; I knew I was smarter then everyone else. This lasted until my first game as a head coach in…
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Apparently the shots keep coming in the wake of the Bruins’ 44-6 loss at Utah last week. In this week’s ESPN Bottom 10, the Bruins were in the No. 5 spot, typically reserved for teams that are normally good but sustained a highly embarrassing loss. Even worse is that ESPN didn’t bother to use the…
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Mark Saxon, OC Register Nobody is talking much lately about John David Booty as a Heisman Trophy contender. That’s what happens when you have a mediocre performance in the opener, your receivers drop balls in the second game, and the running game returns from oblivion to bowl over two opponents. But Booty is adamant that reports…
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Scott Wolf, LA Daily News USC coach Pete Carroll admitted Tuesday he expected too much, too soon from highly regarded freshman tailback Joe McKnight. ”I think we might have gone a little too fast,” Carroll said. “It took four or five weeks with Reggie (Bush). We didn’t start at the beginning and let (McKnight) creep along.…
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The Trojans’ quarterback, who has put up pedestrian numbers in two games, is only concerned with winning games. USC quarterback John David Booty began the season as a Heisman Trophy front-runner, but the campaign has not exactly started off with a bang.
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Despite the success of the running game and some struggles in the passing game, the Trojans are confident they have a balanced offense. The Trojans averaged 8.2 yards per rushing attempt against Nebraska on Saturday, but only 4.8 yards per passing attempt.
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