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Are you guys going to watch The Bad Idea Jeans One-Way Invitational at Wrigley today?

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Headlinin’: Disgraced Evans officially out at Georgia

Making the morning rounds. • Unhappy trails. To no one’s surprise, Damon Evans appears to be officially out as Georgia athletic director following his tear-filled, panty-wielding DUI arrest with a younger woman in the passenger seat last Wednesday, minutes before the start of a new, $550,000-per-year contract. Evans reportedly met with university lawyers over the […]

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Urban Meyer Threatens Reporter

Jeremy Fowler, a reporter for the Orlando Sentinel, was in the line of fire Wednesday at the close of a Florida spring practice session. Fowler was among two dozen reporters watching coaches and players exit the field when coach Urban Meyer approached the group and went after Fowler for a story he filed Monday. Fowler's […]

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The newest Trojan: WR Kyle Prater

Wide receiver Kyle Prater enrolled at USC a semester early, so although he’s not signing a letter of intent today, he’s still a part of the 2010 freshman class. Here’s his bio: Kyle PraterWide receiverMaywood, Ill. (Proviso West HS) • 6-5, 215 The facts on Kyle Prater… Enrolled at USC in the spring of 2010 […]

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Putting The 2009 Season Into Perspective

When you are accustomed to watching USC win Pac-10 championships and Rose Bowls, anything short of that is a disappointment. By those lofty standards, the 2009 season was a disappointment (and hopefully just a down year). When talking about an upcoming season for the USC Trojans, you will hear the words “Rose Bowl” and “National […]

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10-3-09: Penn St, Alabama, and Miami

Sign up with BetUS… they’ve got our game. Straight Bet $25 to win $22.73 Penn State (-7) over Illinois Straight Bet $25 to win $22.73 Alabama (-17) over Kentucky Straight Bet $25 to win $22.73 Miami (+7) over Oklahoma Illinois lost to Ohio State 30-0. And over 80% of people on Covers.com are taking Penn […]

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Headlinin’: Stafon Johnson, on the comeback

• Out of the woods. Doctors said the neck and throat injury USC running back Stafon Johnson sustained while lifting weights Monday would have killed a normal person without Johnson’s marbled neck, but he was alert Tuesday after a marathon seven-hour surgery, communicating nonverbally with visitors and attempting not to laugh at Pete Carroll. And, […]

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USC gets commitment from touted receiver

Posted by ESPN.com’s Ted Miller It appears that some of the nation’s top receivers are eager to get on board with USC’s freshman quarterback Matt Barkley. Receiver Kyle Prater of Hillside, Ill., committed to USC Wednesday during a news conference, ESPN affiliate Web site WeAreSC.com reported. Prater, a four-star recruit ranked 43rd on the ESPNU […]

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Will this finally be Joe McKnight’s year?

  Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times   When Joe McKnight committed to USC there were visions of a player that many thought could be like Reggie Bush. McKnight had that IT factor…a player that could turn the direction of a game with one break out play. We saw how McKnight could break an opposing team in […]

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Surprise Teams

Here are my ’surprise’ teams for 2009 (in no particular order): Illinois–Juice Williams throwing to Arrelious Benn, Jeff Cumberland and Jarred Fayson means that Illinois should have the most explosive offense in the Big Ten this year and one of the best passing attacks in college football.  If Juice cuts his interceptions in half, I think this team wins […]

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2009 Preview: Rating The Linebackers

Get all the 2009 position ratings here… First, the inside guys: 1. Brandon Spikes, Florida–An HP preseason and postseason AA in 2008, he is the Butkus favorite after collecting 93 tackles, 8 TFL and 4 interceptions last year. 2. Rolando McClain, Alabama–Built upon a big freshman year with an even bigger sophomore year.  Led the Tide […]

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