Category: Sport
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Jackson returns punt for a score and Longshore passes for 241 yards and two touchdowns in a 45-31 victory over the Volunteers, who whipped the Golden Bears last season. California scored one for the West Coast with a redemptive win over Tennessee.
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Two expected starters — cornerback Josh Pinkard (knee) and wide receiver Patrick Turner (shoulder) — did not dress for the game.
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Opinion: Lloyd Carr started his career at Michigan by winning 10 of his first 11 games against Top 10 teams. He won a share of the 1997 national title, the Wolverines’ first in nearly a half century. Oh, and he lost to Appalachian State on Saturday. Guess which one he’ll be remembered for?
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Marlon Lucky upstaged the debut of quarterback Sam Keller by running for a career-high 233 yards and three touchdowns and catching a pass for another …
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Brian Murphy, Idaho Statesman In the ancient Roman Colosseum, the legend goes, humans were fed to lions for the enjoyment of an enormous crowd. Many expect a similar result today in the Los Angeles Coliseum with the Idaho Vandals cast as the human and No. 1 Southern California in the role of the lions in front…
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Dan Weber, Riverside P-E Remember USC’s signature coaching moment of last season? It was that three-way powwow at halftime of the Rose Bowl, which resulted in the Trojans coming out throwing, and then throwing some more, in a 29-point second-half romp against a slow-footed Michigan defense. A nice preview of what fans could expect from…
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Chris Dufresne, Los Angeles Times Photo: Gina Ferazzi, LA Times What if college football’s end game this season didn’t involve Baton Rouge or Tallahassee and had nothing to do with the kids: Norman, Madison, Eugene, Austin or Ann Arbor? What if the biggest national news was, not loco, but local? Say you pulled out a…
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times Much has changed in the five years since USC played a season opener at the Coliseum. No one would have predicted the success the Trojans have enjoyed under Coach Pete Carroll, starting with their 2002 Labor Day victory over Auburn that drew a crowd of just over 63,000. Two national…
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times A ceremony honoring the late Mario Danelo will be held tonight before USC’s season opener against Idaho. Danelo, a record-setting kicker for the Trojans in 2005 and 2006, would have been a senior this season. He died last January from a fall from a cliff near his home in San…
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The approach at Southern California is pretty basic: Every game is a championship game. And that includes Saturday night’s game against Idaho. That’s right — Idaho.
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Following in the tradition of receivers Williams, Jarrett and Smith, Patrick Turner has the size to make USC’s passing game nearly unstoppable again. At a position where huge expectations are part of the job description, USC receivers appear to have the right qualifications.
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