It is beginning to look like sophmore Devon Kennard beat out junior Chris Galippo at starting middle linebacker. Kennard got the majority of first-team reps at practice yesterday. Galippo will still play an important role as backup at all three linebacker spots. As we noted yesterday, Marc Tyler and Robert Woods are getting the majority […]
Read moreUSC spring football preview: Offensive linemen
Feeling a little bracketed out? Well, take a break from March Madness and check out our position-by-position USC spring football preview. Offensive linemen are part 5 of 9. The full schedule is listed below. THE PARTICIPANTS OT Martin Coleman (redshirt junior), OT Kevin Graf (redshirt freshman), OG Zack Heberer (redshirt senior), OG Khaled Holmes (redshirt […]
Read moreDepth chart news and notes
Here are some notes and analyses from our preliminary two-deep depth chart posted on Tuesday, again keeping in mind that it’s still January and the season is still more than seven months away): Officially, if the depth chart remains as is, USC will have 11 returning starters in 2010, plus four other starters who have […]
Read moreUSC Football Recruiting UPDATE*(1/27/2010)
The linebacker and offensive line position is thin. For the recruiting class of 2010, it is essential that coach Kiffin and staff try to replenish those two positions. Unfortunately, the linebacker class this year is not strong. It appears day by day that USC will not meet those standards of grabbing those linebackers to help […]
Read moreRising up with the morning sun
The end is near. And with it, so too is the beginning. The entire team hustled through an hour-long Trojan Run workout early Friday morning, completing their sixth week of the summer program and leaving just 10 more workouts before Fall Camp and the 2009 season officially kick off. Through agility and conditioning drills under […]
Read more2009 USC Recruiting Dinner
Here are our thoughts on the guys that stood out in last nights presentation. Full bios and direct quotes from Pete Carroll after the jump. John Martinez, OL, 4-STAR Just a nasty, pancake blocking guard. He can get down field too (a la Jeff Byers). Highlight after highlight he would pull from his guard position, […]
Read moreInjury updates on Havili, Morgan, Brown
** Fullback Stanley Havili suffered a neck stinger when he collided with guard Khaled Holmes on the final play of practice. Havili lay on the ground for several minutes but said he plans to play Saturday. ** Linebacker Michael Morgan sat out for the second consecutive day after suffering a concussion against Oregon last week. […]
Read moreTackle Time
I mocked the depth chart released last spring because it showed Charles Brown and Butch Lewis at left tackle while Alex Parsons started at right tackle. And it took about five minutes in training camp for Lewis to take over at right tackle. He and Brown are established starters right now. Pat Ruel said Nick […]
Read morePlayer workout photos
<!–start image–><!– end image–>In the most recent players-only senior practice the entire team came together on a typical sunny Southern California afternoon to run drills and throw the ball around. Inside: Nearly 100 action photos of the team on the field including incoming freshmen Khaled Holmes and Blake Ayles
Read more2008 Recruiting Dinner
The scene was on court at the Galen Center again, where a couple times Pete Carroll expressed his desire to see Tim Floyd’s bunch hand the Bruins another loss this year. Carroll said this class was about “bigs” not “flash” and he felt fortunate that the Trojans were in a position to play it this […]
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