Three Trojans will be suiting up in Super Bowl XLIV next Sunday in Miami when the Indianapolis Colts and New Orleans Saints meet up to decide the NFL championship. Tailback Reggie Bush (New Orleans Saints), defensive lineman Sedrick Ellis (New Orleans Saints) and defensive lineman Fili Moala (Indianapolis Colts) will appear in the game, meaning […]
Read morePolamalu Seals Super Bowl XLIII Berth for Pittsburgh
(Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Love this guy. Troy Polamalu celebrates after his pick-6 in the fourth quarter of the AFC Championship game. Two other Trojans are Super Bowl bound. Backing up the resurgent Kurt Warner is Matt Leinart. And protecting them is Deuce Lutui.
Read moreAnd the nominees are …
Some familiar names are on the ballot for this year’s NFL Pro Bowl. Check out the former USC players under consideration: Ryan Kalil (C, Carolina) Deuce Lutui (G, Arizona) Sam Baker (T, Atlanta Falcons) Matt Cassel (QB, New England) Carson Palmer (QB, Cincinnati) Justin Fargas (RB, Oakland) LenDale White (RB, Tennessee) Reggie Bush (both as […]
Read moreThe Golden Ruel
(Image by Phil/TrojanWire) Long overdue props to the man with the mustache. Pat Ruel has groomed offensive line juggernauts Ryan Kalil, Deuce Lutui, Sam Baker, Fred Matua and Winston Justice. His draw is comparable to that of Ed Orgeron and has helped him win many recruits outside his position. Possibly something that Carroll rubbed off […]
Read moreSightings
Former USC players Matt Leinart and Deuce Lutui at the team hotel Thursday night.
Read moreDeuce Lutui signs with the Cards
The 6-foot-4, 338-pound guard signed a four-year contract. Lutui, a native Arizonian, is looking to turn things around. Three of the Cardinals seven draft picks, Matt Leinart being one, remain unsigned. Cardinals sign second-round pick Lutui [NFL.com]
Read moreThat’s a draft
11 USC players were selected in the NFL draft — the most of any school. Reggie Bush – 2nd overall to New Orleans Matt Leinart – 10th overall to Arizona Winston Justice – 39th overall to Philadelphia Deuce Lutui – 41st overall to Arizona LenDale White – 45th overall to Tennessee Frostee Rucker – 91st […]
Read moreDeuce joins Leinart and the Cards
When it rains it pours. Denny Green and the Arizona Cardinals take USC’s lovable big man, Deuce Lutui, with the 41st overall pick.
Read moreTaitusi “Deuce” Lutui
Deuce Lutui could be the first guard selected in the NFL draft. As a young boy he visited his mother in the hospital following a tragic car accident, “She told me if I was going to do something to do it right and do it 100 percent,” Lutui said. We couldn’t agree more. If you’re […]
Read moreOut for Justice
Coach John Fox of the Carolina Panthers noted that there are teams that actually like Winston Justice a little better than they do D’Brickashaw Ferguson of Virginia. “Some of the stuff he did was absolutely off the charts for a man so big. You don’t see those kinds of workout numbers from a 320-pounder. He […]
Read moreT-WIRE SNAPS: USC PRO DAY 2006
Reggie Bush in a blur on his way to a 4.33 time in the 40. Leinart recorded a 37 inch vertical. Nice. Old commrades, Norm Chow and Pete Carrol talk shop. Norm Chow and Jeff Fisher of the Tennesse Titans. Reggie may have run the fastest time, but nobody got more applause than Deuce. Other […]
Read moreFisher feeling good
The Senior Bowl is upon us in Mobile, Alabama. And Jeff Fisher, a Trojan from the first Robinson-era and head coach of the Tennesse Titans, and currently coaching the North team this week, broke form and fed the media his ruse: “It’s clearly evident to me that my Southern Cal players are much better than […]
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