Category: Sport
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John David Booty’s been named one of the semifinalists for the O’Brien Award, given annually to the nation’s best QB. Here’s the complete list: Erik Ainge, Tennessee, Jr., SEC John Beck, BYU, Sr., MWC John David Booty, USC, Jr., PAC-10 Colt Brennan, Hawai’i, Jr., WAC Brian Brohm, Louisville, Jr., Big East Chad Henne, Michigan, Jr.,…
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Bo Jackson Sings His Ever-Lovin’ Ass Off [EDSBS]
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WRITER: Rapid-fire is so much easier…let’s just do it that way. AUDIENCE: Yeah sure, cool by us! WRITER: Good, b/c I wasn’t going to write out explanations either way. 1.) TIE — Lamarr Woodley, Michigan / Troy Smith, Ohio State 2.) Marshawn Lynch, Cal 3.) TIE — John David Booty / Steve Smith, USC 4.)…
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Rank Team Delta 1 Ohio State — 2 Michigan — 3 Louisville 1 4 Texas 1 5 Southern Cal 1 6 Auburn 1 7 Notre Dame 1 8 California 1 9 Florida 1 10 West Virginia 7
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Pete Carroll had to deliver some bad news to two of his players this week: the season-ending injuries suffered by seniors Ryan Powdrell and Travis Tofi did not qualify them for an additional (sixth) year of eligibility. Bum deal guys — you may never suit up and take the field in cardinal and gold again,…
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From last night’s Letterman — USC alum/TrojanWire Hall of Fame member Will Ferrell previews his next role, as The Phantom of the Opera. Suck on that Andrew Lloyd Webber. Fantastic. Will Ferrell is The Phantom of the Opera [YouTube/CBS]
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Wisconsin coach Bret Bielema — for showing the entire nation the stupidity of the 3-2-5-e rule and the lame end-of-half loophole it creates, we salute you. The 3-2-5-e Loophole Is Exploited [The Wizard of Odds]
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One of TrojanWire’s spies filed this dispatch yesterday (Sunday) — excuse us while we endulge our inner Us Weekly: Matt Leinart was spotted enjoying lunch at z’Tejas in South Coast Plaza (in Costa Mesa, California) on Sunday, spending his Sunday off (the Cards had their bye this week) with his newborn son Cole, and his…
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In the constant pursuit of fair & balanced USC reporting, we’ll follow the bullish optimism with a more bearish take on the Trojans, courtesy of Ivan Maisel and Mark Schlabach. The two ESPN college football pundits have published their Bowl Projections — and both have USC in the Holiday Bowl and Cal in the Rose…
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What do we like here at TrojanWire. Bullish optimism. I believe that if the Trojans win out (and win by playing well on Nationally televised games that will be seen by a lot of voters), they will be ranked as high as #2 but no lower than #4. Back it up with the fact that…
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In case you missed it, college football’s oldest living legend, Joe Paterno, had a bit of an accident on Saturday against Wisconsin, breaking his leg when an opponent’s helmet rammed his 79-year old knee. Paterno had surgery on Monday to repair ligament damage and a broken tibia, and most impressively, plans to coach the Nittany…
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From the student section of this week’s Cal-UCLA game in the Patchouli Belt. Dumbass UCLA fan provokes hometown Cal fans (must have been early in the game, otherwise not totally clear what he had to talk trash about — although that sleeveless baby blue shirt is pretty boss). After several minutes of throwing paper airplanes…
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