Jimmy Kimmel featured a Valentine's Dating Game segment with the Octomom on Friday night. There is, of course, a college football hook to this. Bachelor No. 1 is Yogi Roth, who was a receiver at Pittsburgh from 2000-03. In recent years, he held a variety of jobs at USC and was once featured in a piece by Bruce Feldman... more »
Allen Bradford had a breakout year, rushing for 668 yards on 115 carries (5.8 YPC) and scoring 8 touchdowns. USC fans have always said he needs more playing time, and this year he got it. With Joe McKnight entering the NFL Draft, Bradford looks to be #1 on the depth chart heading into next season. The future looks bright for #21.
Last Saturday’s Heisman show on ESPN was the network’s highest-rated ever. ESPN’s Heisman Trophy telecast (Saturday, Dec. 12, at 8 p.m. ET) averaged a 4.1 rating, 4,045,000 households and 5,990,000 viewers, marking increases of 32% (vs. 3.1), 32% (vs. 3,058,000) and 44% (vs. 4,151,000), respectively, over last year. The home designated market areas (DMA) of the schools that will... more »
In case you couldn't follow us live, "The RipsIt Minute" gives you a quick rundown of the must-read Blog entries from the previous day: Sitting in an enemy territory: USC sections at AutzenNational coverage: ABC/ESPN2 mapWe fight on: Cool new songOne month later: Stafon Johnson "fighting on"Recovery issues: Forcing fumbles but not getting themDispatch from Howard Jones: Wednesday's practice... more »
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 Trojan since Reggie Bush to rush for over 1000 yards in a season?
The offense struggled with the passing game, but there were some great runs by Stanley Havili, Stafon Johnson, and Allen Bradford.
USC's young defense did a great job containing Jake Locker and holding the Huskies to 16 points. If only the offense would have scored another touchdown or two. Sophomore Jurrell Casey and redshirt freshman Nick Perry set up camp in the Huskies' backfield.
USC training camp starts in less than three weeks! Our 2009 opponent preview series will be over by the end of this week! (Yes, both of those items merit exclamation points.) Foe: Oregon When: Saturday, Oct. 31, 5 p.m. PT Where: Eugene, Ore. TV: ABC, ESPN or ESPN2 Last meeting: USC 44, Oregon 10, on Oct. 4, 2008, at... more »
JANUARY 1 | LOS ANGELES, CA -- Happy New Year, Trojan fans. I hope you’re all feeling the effects of your excessive partying from last night.
Hopefully the Penn State offense will soon be joining you all in popping numerous Advils to help ease the pain that will be inflicted upon them by the almighty Trojan D.
With the great matchup in the SEC Championships today, it’s almost a shame that I’ll be stuck watching this presumably meaningless rivalry game. I know, I’m assuming that USC will blow out that team in the girly baby blue uniforms, but c’mon. Lets be real.
And that’s why I’ll be switching back and forth between CBS and ABC for the next three hours.
That’s right. The first ever two-game running game diary.
Mark Sanchez, get ready for your close-up! At least 6 USC games in 2008 will be broadcast on ABC or ESPN. USC’s September 13th home opener against Ohio State will be the nationally-televised game of the week, as will Oregon at USC on October 4, Cal at USC on November 4 and Notre Dame at USC on November 29,... more »
"The 2008 Rose Bowl Game Presented by Citi" on DVD, featuring the complete ABC broadcast of another classic Pac-10/Big Ten matchup between the sixth-ranked USC and No. 13 Illinois, is being released by ESPN, in conjunction with Genius Products LLC.... more »