Category: Sport
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Usually at this point of the college football year (and make no mistake, it didn’t take ESPN airing a daily “College Football Live” to prove that college football is now a year-round sport), hysteria runs rampant. The preseason guides are on newsstands, polls and predictions are being made by every myopic fan and blogger from…
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USC recently was picked to win the Pac-10 title by the media for the fifth straight year. But that’s nothing compared to the Trojans’ streak of 18 straight years (1965-82) picked to win the title. Here’s the man responsible for buidling the program, Coach John McKay, in 1961 with quarterback Bill Nelsen (left) and offensive…
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There are number of Trojans on the various awards watchlists as the season approaches. Websites are linked. Here is the list so far. Mackey Award – Top tight end * Fred Davis Bednarik Award – Top defensive player of the year * Brian Cushing * Keith Rivers …
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Safety Taylor Mays looks like he’s pushing 245 pounds right now but said he hasn’t weighed himself lately. “I just know I’m faster,” Mays said.
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Ivan Maisel, ESPN.com Stanford first-year coach Jim Harbaugh didn’t realize that as he described where he wants to take the Cardinal, he explained why USC has been the best college football program of the last 10 years… continue ESPN top 25 college programs of the decade
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Nick’s jersey is available to ship now while Gabe’s jersey will ship out on July 31st. Here are the links to each respective store: Washington Wizards & Boston Celtics. I’m going with Nick’s jersey.
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<!–start image–><!– end image–>Convincing superstar out-of-state prospects to come out west has been a specialty of Pete Carroll during his USC tenure. Joe McKnight is one of the latest to make the pilgrimage to Troy, coming out all the way from Louisiana. He was a bit homesick earlier in the summer, but now McKnight is…
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What does coach Tim Floyd expect to get from O.J. Mayo in his freshman season? In a question and answer session, Steve Brauntuch of CSTV asks Floyd questions about the Trojans, recruiting, and O.J. Mayo: I think people need to remember that he is a freshman, that there will be some growing pains along the…
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The lofty expectations at Southern California come more from the defensive side, a change for a program that has built its recent reputation on flashy offensive players.
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There are a number of media outlets speculating that Khaled Holmes, younger brother of former USC tight end Alex Holmes, will announce his commitment to USC within the upcoming days. I’m willing to go beyond speculating and say the Khaled Holmes is 100% Cardinal & Gold. Last night at The Simpsons Movie premiere the USC…
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Cal wide receiver DeSean Jackson said former USC safety Darnell Bing feels some relief after being waived by the Raiders. “I just talked to him and he figures it’s an obstacle he needs to overcome,” Jackson said. “But he wanted to get away from the Raiders since Day 1.”
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