Offense highlights: Defense highlights: History repeats itself for the Golden Bears; they enter the season with lots of hype, only to fold like a bad hand in poker. Time for them to enter hibernation! Cal’s Heisman hopeful tailback, Jahvid Bust, was held to a season-low 47 rushing yards against USC. Meanwhile Joe McKnight looked the […]
Read moreHIGHLIGHTS: Washington 2009
What a surprise! USC had another post-big game letdown entering Pac10 play. Don’t go into hibernation just yet; there are positives to be taken away from this game shown in the highlights. Joe McKnight rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries, upping his current season total rush yards to 305. Could he be the first […]
Read moreIt’s Never a Good Idea to Forget the Wife’s Birthday
Coaches pour a lot into their profession, and sometimes it comes at the expense of their home life. Arizona’s Mike Stoops announced this week that he and his wife, Nicole, are in the process of getting a divorce. Stoops is 47, Nicole 33. They were married in July 2001 and have two young children. Stoops […]
Read moreTebow, McCoy, Bradford have Florida, Texas, Oklahoma 1-2-3
It’s as easy as one, two, three. Florida, Texas and Oklahoma, the top three teams in the preseason USA TODAY Coaches’ Poll, are …
Read moreHope and concern: USC
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Eighth in a series on grounds for optimism and worry. Biggest reason for hope — An intact offensive line leads nine returning offensive starters. Coaches often say it all starts with the offensive line (though this is an interesting contrarian argument), so the Trojans should be off to a good start […]
Read moreTim Floyd Resigns
I knew something was up when Tim Floyd was a no show at the Coaches Tour in San Diego yesterday. Today Coach Floyd resigned. At this point nothing is surprising when it comes to the USC basketball program. In a letter to athletic director Mike Garrett, Floyd wrote: “As of 1 p.m. today, I am […]
Read moreIf a flawed poll hides its flawed results, will anyone be able to tell the difference?
After four years of relative transparency in its year-end ballots, the ages-old Coaches’ poll — one-third of the formula for spitting out the all-powerful BCS rankings — is going secret again for individual results in 2010, on the recommendation of the professionals: "Gallup said, ‘Look, why do you think they have curtains and booths for […]
Read more2009-2010 Men’s Basketball Schedule
One piece of info that came out the Coaches Tour last night was a tentative 2009-2010 Men’s Basketball Schedule. Sunday, Oct. 25: Cardinal and Gold game (exhibition) Saturday, Nov. 7: TBA (exhibition) Tuesday, Nov. 17: vs. UC Riverside Saturday, Nov. 21: vs. Loyola Marymount Friday, Nov. 27: vs. Coppin State Sunday, Nov. 29: vs. Nebraska […]
Read more2009 Coaches Tour
If you want more information on the 2009 USC Coaches Tour featuring Pete Carroll and Tim Floyd click here and here. The tour will take place in California. These are the dates and locations: Wednesday, May 27 • Irvine Friday, May 29 • Indian Wells Monday, June 1 • Pasadena Thursday, June 4 • Bay […]
Read moreA Day in L.A.
There’s not many places where you can attend two spring scrimmages in one day. But if you happened to be in the City of Angels on Saturday, it was the day to pull off this rarest of feats. USC staged its spring finale at 1 p.m. at the Coliseum and UCLA started its festivities at […]
Read moreTim Floyd Wants Obama to Change ‘Freedom of Speech’ for NCAA Coaches
by Will Brinson Filed under: Arizona State, USC, Pac-10, NCAA Basketball Coaches, NCAA Basketball Media Watch, NCAA Basketball Video Tim Floyd obviously wasn’t very happy with a particular call in USC’s loss to Arizona State the other night. He was so angry, in fact, that he stormed on the court leading ASU’s Jeff Pendergraph to […]
Read moreAs if you needed it, Tennessee adds one more reason to never stage a fake press conference
Somewhere, deep in the bowels of Neyland Stadium, there is video evidence of Lane Kiffin and Ed Orgeron pretending to be reporters for the benefit of a handful of Tennessee recruits, and really — for Coach O especially, preferably in one those old school fedoras with the press pass in the brim — this is […]
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