Category: Sport
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>Welcome to the first installment of USCFootball.com’s new interactive feature, Ask a Trojan. We gathered your input, chose some of your best questions and took them to senior defensive tackle Sedrick Ellis
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It was reported this morning by Scott Wolf that Broderic Green has a stress fracture in his foot, with a potential season ending injury. USC lost two players to possible season-ending injuries Thursday as tailback Broderick Green suffered a stress fracture in his foot and offensive lineman Nick Howell will undergo surgery next week for…
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USC has too many tailbacks and an NFL-caliber defense. So why is the dynasty in trouble? Mark Kriegel’s answer may surprise you.
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While everyone focuses on freshmen like Joe McKnight and Kris O’Dowd, USC coach Pete Carroll pulled aside wide receiver Brandon Carswell, tight end Rhett Ellison and safety Marshall Jones and informed them not to expect to play against Idaho, because the coaches are still deciding whether to redshirt the players.
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Comparing the two teams for this Saturday’s game between USC and Idaho might look like college football’s version of “The Odd Couple.” USC is ranked by more than a dozen polls, magazines and websites as the preseason No. 1 team in the country. Idaho was picked by one magazine to finish 113th out of 120…
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The junior, whose career has stagnated since breaking a foot while stepping on a ball two years ago, has worked on slowing his pace to make better decisions. O.J. Mayo and the USC freshmen weren’t the only Trojans eager to make strides in their games over the summer.
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Big Dad showed up at nearly every practice, stood on the sidelines near that sun-splashed part of the field where running backs work. While everyone else was tearing down Stafon Johnson, Big Dad came to hold him up.
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Tom Haire, USCFootball.com I tell you, if it’s tough for me as a columnist to get motivated to preview a game against Idaho, I can’t imagine what it’s like for a group of players used to opening seasons against teams like Auburn, Virginia Tech and Arkansas. I have no doubt, however, that Carroll will have…
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>The Kristofer O’Dowd show ended with an official announcement, obvious to anyone paying attention during Thursday’s practice: the true freshman will start at center, Saturday against Idaho. He will be the first to do so in USC histor
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All the pieces are coming together for Notre Dame. But probably not for this season. Less than a year removed from the departure …
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Cornerback Vincent Joseph will return kickoffs, Carroll said of the speedy sophomore who impressed in the preseason scrimmages. And Desmond Reed, as expected, will get the call on punt returns with Ronald Johnson also getting his shot there, Carroll announced at the end of practice.
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Marcia C. Smith, OC Register Photo: Rose Palmisano, OC Register The Terry Bradshaw Passway rolls east from Interstate 20, through a lush forest, between billboards for crawfish-boiling restaurants and easy-win casinos and beside palatial churches and tin-roof farmhouses that hang LSU flags from front porches. An exit spills onto a bumpy, two-lane country road to the…
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