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Sarkisian on the state of the Huskies
Many news conferences begin with a coach delivering a few perfunctory — read: worthless, boring, clichéd — words and then fielding questions. I’m not really faulting coaches, mind you, but coaches try to avoid being revealing or controversial when asked hard questions, so they in general aren’t going to have much to say when a […]
Read morePac-10 week one: Quick previews
Here’s a quick look at the season-openers for every Pac-10 team. All times are PDT. [ESPN]
Read moreUSC and Texas agree to home-and-home
Quick: Name the best college football game you’ve seen. The 2005 national title game, Vince Young and Texas ending USC’s bid for a third consecutive national title with a 41-38 thriller, right? Me too. [ESPN]
Read moreSix Pac-10 centers on Rimington watch list
There are lots of good centers in the Pac-10: See six being named to the 37-man watch list for the Rimington Award, which is given annually to the best one. You can see the entire list here. [ESPN]
Read moreUSC will return its 2004 title trophy
The Football Writers Association of America (FWAA) notified USC on Thursday that it has vacated the Trojans’ 2004 national championship, and USC announced shortly thereafter that it is in the process of returning the Grantland Rice Trophy it was given after that title-winning season. Here’s a statement from USC athletic director Pat Haden: “Due to […]
Read morePac-10 lunch links: UCLA’s O-line takes hit
In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me “Son fear is the heart of love” So I never went back. Arizona is hoping Willie Mobley will provide quality depth at defensive tackle. [ESPN]
Read moreBradford Meets with Kiffin
Lane Kiffin met with Allen Bradford earlier this week to discuss first-team reps in practice. After Bradford injured his knee last week the door opened for Marc Tyler to grab the starting tailback spot for the opener versus Hawaii
Read moreCushing: Overtraining caused positive test
A Nice write-up on Nickell Robey
A Nice write-up on Nickell Robey I missed this from this morning… Nickell Robey, 18, stands at just 5-foot-8 and 165 pounds but displays an alarming willingness to challenge players who have six or more inches and 50 or more pounds on him. The scrappy Florida product made four tackles during Sunday’s scrimmage, including one bone-crunching […]
Read moreEx-USC star Prior to attempt baseball comeback
USC News and Notes for 8/3
More photos » Mark J. Terrill – AP Browse more photos » Catching up on a few things from yesterday and from over the weekend… USC Bill Dwyer of The LAT thinks Pete Carroll could have stayed and helped USC through the aftermath of the NCAA’s bombing of USC. Dwyer misses it…Pete Carroll was gone going back […]
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