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O’Canada

We hear defensive lineman Chris Barrett has an agent and is trying to sign with a Canadian Football League team. If not, Barrett will be attending classes at USC although he is ineligible to play for the Trojans.

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The Top 20

Pete Carroll has said that he could use 20 players on defense. Let’s look at who will make up that rotation. Starters first, in order of (our intrepretation) of Carroll’s favoritism: 1. Josh Pinkard, Safety, #36 2. Lawrence Jackson, Defensive End, #96 3. Oscar Lua, Linebacker, #45 4. Dallas Sartz, Linebacker, #42 5. Chris Barrett, […]

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TrojanWire GRIDIRON UPDATES

Five days until kickoff in Fayetteville! We have updated the TrojanWire gridiron (the NEWS BY PLAYER nav) according to the latest position battles. First we need to talk about junior offensive guard Drew Radovich because we’ve never even mentioned him here before. Shame on us — not even representing a good old boy from our […]

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Carroll looking for a “3-technique” DT

Chris Barrett and Fili Moala, two friends from high school, are battling each other for this starting spot. The position is called the “3-technique” because the tackle lines up in the gap between the offensive guard and tackle — known as the 3-gap. The “3-technique” tackle needs good feet, must maintain leverage from outside in, […]

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NEWS BY PLAYER updated

Now that spring practice is over and the dust has settled from the biggest NFL draft in USC’s history, we thought it was high time to update the offensive and defensive starters for the Trojans. And introduce you to the guys that we haven’t talked about before, but soon will be: Kyle Williams, Chilo Rachal […]

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