Thoughts from Thursday's practice, through the eyes of USCRipsIt...- With football icon Jim Brown in attendance and cool weather in the air, the Trojans sped through a brief half-pads practice on a quintessential gridiron evening under the lights. The workout closed out the on-field portion of game preparation and pushed the team one step closer to the Stanford matchup... more »
The Trojans would like to point out that it's called a bye week and not an off week."This is not a week to sit around and relax," Coach Carroll said during Monday afternoon's team meeting. "We've got to get real good right now."So during this week, the Trojans will begin diving into the Notre Dame game plan and also... more »
History repeats itself for the Golden Bears; they enter the season with lots of hype, only to fold like a bad hand in poker. Time for them to enter hibernation!
Cal's Heisman hopeful tailback, Jahvid Bust, was held to a season-low 47 rushing yards against USC. Meanwhile Joe McKnight looked the best out there, rushing for 119 yards and two touchdowns.
Cal's quarterback, Kevin Riley, really outdid himself this time. Just when you thought his passing completion rate of 38.7% against Oregon could not get any worse, he sunk to a new low against the Trojans with a completion rate of 37.5%.
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.
Coaches pour a lot into their profession, and sometimes it comes at the expense of their home life.Arizona's Mike Stoops announced this week that he and his wife, Nicole, are in the process of getting a divorce. Stoops is 47, Nicole 33. They were married in July 2001 and have two young children.Stoops was visibly emotional when he made... more »
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Eighth in a series on grounds for optimism and worry. Biggest reason for hope -- An intact offensive line leads nine returning offensive starters. Coaches often say it all starts with the offensive line (though this is an interesting contrarian argument), so the Trojans should be off to a good start with five starters returning... more »
I knew something was up when Tim Floyd was a no show at the Coaches Tour in San Diego yesterday. Today Coach Floyd resigned. At this point nothing is surprising when it comes to the USC basketball program. In a letter to athletic director Mike Garrett, Floyd wrote:
"As of 1 p.m. today, I am resigning as head basketball coach at the University of Southern California. I deeply appreciate the opportunity afforded me by the university, as well as the chance to know and work with some of the finest young men in college athletics. Unfortunately, I no longer feel I can offer the level of enthusiasm to my duties that is deserved by the university, my coaching staff, my players, their families, and the supporters of Southern Cal," the letter said. "I always promised myself and my family that if I ever felt I could no longer give my full enthusiasm to a job, that I should leave it to others who could. I intend to contact my coaching staff and my players in coming days and weeks to tell them how much each of them means to me. I wish the best to USC and to my successor."
Coach Floyd led the Trojans to 3 straight NCAA tournament appearances, 3 straight 20 plus win seasons and a Pac-10 tourney championship. All are firsts for USC basketball. TrojanWire has nothing but love for coach Floyd and we wish him the best. It is just a bad situation right now.
After four years of relative transparency in its year-end ballots, the ages-old Coaches' poll -- one-third of the formula for spitting out the all-powerful BCS rankings -- is going secret again for individual results in 2010, on the recommendation of the professionals: "Gallup said, 'Look, why do you think they have curtains and booths for voting?'" [American Football Coaches... more »
One piece of info that came out the Coaches Tour last night was a tentative 2009-2010 Men's Basketball Schedule.
Sunday, Oct. 25: Cardinal and Gold game (exhibition)
Saturday, Nov. 7: TBA (exhibition)
Tuesday, Nov. 17: vs. UC Riverside
Saturday, Nov. 21: vs. Loyola Marymount
Friday, Nov. 27: vs. Coppin State
Sunday, Nov. 29: vs. Nebraska
Thursday, Dec. 3: at Texas
Saturday, Dec. 5: at Georgia Tech
Tuesday, Dec. 8: vs. Sacramento State
Friday, Dec. 11: vs. Idaho State
Saturday, Dec. 19: vs. Tennessee
Tue.-Fri., Dec. 22-25: Diamond Head Classic at Honolulu
Thursday, Dec. 31: vs. Arizona State
Saturday, Jan. 2: vs. Arizona
Thursday, Jan. 7: at Cal
Saturday, Jan. 9: at Stanford
Saturday, Jan. 16: at UCLA
Thursday, Jan. 21: vs. Washington State
Saturday, Jan. 23: vs. Washington
Thursday, Jan. 28: at Oregon State
Saturday, Jan. 30: at Oregon
Thursday, Feb. 4: vs. Stanford
Saturday, Feb. 6: vs. Cal
Saturday, Feb. 13: vs. UCLA
Thursday, Feb. 18: at Washington
Saturday, Feb. 20: at Washington State
Thursday, Feb. 25: vs. Oregon
Saturday, Feb. 27: vs. Oregon State
Thursday, March 4: at Arizona
Saturday, March 6: at Arizona State
Wed.-Sat., March 10-13: Pac-10 Tournament at Staples Center
If you want more information on the 2009 USC Coaches Tour featuring Pete Carroll and Tim Floyd click here and here. The tour will take place in California. These are the dates and locations:
Wednesday, May 27 • Irvine
Friday, May 29 • Indian Wells
Monday, June 1 • Pasadena
Thursday, June 4 • Bay Area (Burlingame)
Monday, June 8 • San Diego
Wednesday, June 10 • Manhattan Beach
Thursday, June 11 • Westlake Village
The evening will include cocktails, dinner, a silent auction and Q&A with both coaches. Proceeds from the event will go to the Mario Danelo Endowed Scholarship and the Ryan Francis Endowed Scholarship.
You can also call the USC Athletic Development at (213) 740-4155 for more information.
There's not many places where you can attend two spring scrimmages in one day. But if you happened to be in the City of Angels on Saturday, it was the day to pull off this rarest of feats.USC staged its spring finale at 1 p.m. at the Coliseum and UCLA started its festivities at 7 p.m. at the Rose... more »
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