Category: Sport
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We’d rather wait to debate this, but everyone’s already speculating… Are the 2005 Trojans the best college football team ever? Better than the 1972 team? Some are quick to point out this years supposed weak defense, which still ranks #1 in the Pac-10 (a conference full of sophisticated offenses). And others forget that the defense…
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Did you know that Brandon Hancock eats 7,000 calories every day, or that Desmond Reed is afraid of snakes? Find out more about your favorite Trojans in Alexis Jones’ Q&A sessions with fullback Brandon Hancock and injured tailback/kick-returner and hopeful Reggie Bush-replacement Desmond Reed. With fun factoids like Hancock’s former Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle infatuation,…
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Listen to USC Insider as hosts Pete Arbogast and Petros Papadakis chat with head coach Pete Carroll. USC Insider gets you caught up on the latest news in USC sports, including interviews with the players and coaches USC INSIDER [CSTV.com]
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“I’ve already talked to (bus driver) Mark Jackson,” he said. “We’re going to drive up and down Telegraph until the time is right.” Pete Carroll said his team was affected by an early arrival at Memorial Stadium in 2003. If Trojans Win, Game Ball Goes to … Bus Driver? [The Daily California]
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The Dawning of the Age of Troy: This cover jump-started his emergence as one of the NFL’s most marketable personalities.
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With a sold-out crowd of 72,981 expected to fill Memorial Stadium, California hosts top-ranked USC Saturday at 12:30PM in the Golden Bears’ final home game of the 2005 season. The match-up will be televised regionally by ABC. Over the past three years, the Cal-USC game has come down to the final possession each time. The…
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Chris Wells is the #2 ranked RB prospect in the country (behind LeSean McCoy). He’s from Akron, OH and has already verbally commited to Ohio State. But we know what Pete Carroll thinks of verbal commitments–likening them to engagements–where there’s still plenty of time for them to be called off before the wedding. So Fred…
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(AP Photo/Morry Gash) At USC players could hear Troy Polamalu praying for the well being of everyone on the field before each play. Then, like an assasin, he would zone in on whoever got the ball and murder ’em. Here Brett Favre watches helplessly from the ground, as Polamalu recovers a fumble and returns it…
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Nothing has been decided so far except the top 2 candidates. The Dallas Morning News looks at Reggie Bush and Vince Young. It’s scary to see sports columnists asking “what if you removed said player from said team” when considering the Heisman race. That kind of dangerous posturing gives bronze to the likes of Gino…
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USC linebacker Rey Maualuga was arrested early Tuesday morning and booked on suspicion of misdemeanor battery after allegedly punching a man during a party near campus, a Los Angeles Police Department spokesman said. From the editors of this site, who ironically, were both punched in the face by a leather glove-wearing Marcell Allmond (former USC…
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Yesterday LenDale White pretended to quit the team, complaining that he didn’t get enough carries. He then stormed off the practice field where he began yelling at Carroll atop a building. An assistant coach came up behind LenDale, and a scuffle ensued — with a #21 dummy being tossed from the 4-story rooftop. White’s prank…
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Who isn’t an SC fan these days?: Lee grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y., and often attends Knick games at Madison Square Garden and Yankee games at Yankee Stadium. But he said that he has always been a USC football fan, and that he thanked the Trojans for beating Notre Dame. “Notre Dame, Red Sox, Celtics;…
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