Category: Sport
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Carroll’s team is a clear No. 1 choice in the Associated Press poll. USC, one of only two schools to go wire-to-wire at No. 1 in the history of the Associated Press college football poll, will get another chance to become the first to do it twice.
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Josh Pinkard is now listed as a “safety-cornerback” on the team roster. He’s played cornerback in training camp but there was a reluctance to say he would do both.
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How accurate are preseason polls? Mark Schlabach looked at the difference between the AP’s preseason and final rankings over the last 10 years and saw some interesting trends.
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Trojans claim 62 of 65 1st-place votes, LSU, West Virginia take other three
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Mark Saxon, OC Register Not a day goes by that one of the fans who line the practice field at USC doesn’t wonder when Fred Davis is going to get more action. The athletic tight end shows flashes of being a downfield threat in the mold of NFL players like Tony Gonzalez or Antonio Gates,…
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The Open Forum answers were delayed because I was on assignment tracking down Pete Carroll at the Hermosa Beach Pier yesterday instead of answering these valuable questions because I intend to write where he is every single minute of the day. Wouldn’t that be original? And once again, these answers are brought to you by…
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College football needs a monster, and USC may be it
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From SI.com: BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A man convicted Friday of killing Southern California basketball player Ryan Francis faces an automatic life prison sentence without parole. D’Anthony Ford, 20, was found guilty by a state district court jury of second-degree murder and aggravated battery. Francis, an 18-year-old point guard from Baton Rouge, was shot…
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Pac-10 football coaches gathered here for media day, their whimpering drowned out the jet engines at nearby LAX. How, they cried, are we supposed to beat Southern California?
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Ventre: For the 2006 college football season, John David Booty of USC had to deal with one big delightful change.
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Sophomore takes one kickoff 92 yards for a touchdown; Carroll cancels Friday’s practice. Vincent Joseph is making a speedy run at possibly becoming USC’s No. 1 kickoff return specialist, but he would just as well be the guy who blocks.
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Ryan Abraham, USCFootball.com The second scrimmage of fall camp took place under the lights on Thursday at the Coliseum. The first string defense gave up only one first down and the first string offense threw for three early TDs. It was also an opportunity for some of the younger and unproven players to impress the coaching…
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