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The NCAA released the APR today, the Academic Progress Report, the NCAA’s opportunity to seize the spotlight and do what it does best: issue press releases. The NCAA’s Academic Performance Program (APP) is creating positive behavioral change among Division I institutions, according to new four-year data released May 6. The multi-year Academic Progress Rate (APR) data – with four...
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USC Football In case you missed it, Mark Sanchez was named starting quarterback. I relegated this to Hot Links because it wasn't exactly news to anybody except Mitch Mustain. That's no knock against Mitch -- he needs to keep that mentality all the way into the fall to keep competing and trying to pass Sanchez for the starting job....
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It wasn't a jealous rival who broke the Florida Gators' 2006 National Championship trophy. It was a prospective player, a high ......
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Florida guard James Wilson has been on campus since last July, working out with teammates and waiting to get on the field. He finally practiced Wednesday. Wilson, who asked to be released from his scholarship so he could transfer, was the biggest surprise at the Gators' first spring practice. Although he worked mostly on the side because he's recovering...
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Football cornerback Jim Abbott is also a walk-on outfielder on the baseball team. He made his first appearance last week at Florida International and a fly ball hit him the forehead, requiring several stitches....
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MIAMI -- Hector Rabago (Riverside/Poly HS) hit two home runs and added a triple while Ryan Cook threw six solid innings as the USC Trojans defeated the Florida International Golden Panthers, 9-3, on Saturday. The Trojans hit four solo home runs on the night for a total of seven in the series after the team hit 25 home runs...
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The USC baseball team opens the 2008 season on the road with a nonconference series at Florida International (Feb. 22-24). Friday's game starts at 7 p.m. Eastern with a 7 p.m. start on Saturday and 1 p.m. start on Sunday. All three games this weekend will be broadcast live (audio only) on usctrojans.com with live stats available on fiusports.com....
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From Rivals.com:PAT RUEL – USC BUZZ: Ruel was a serious candidate for national recruiter of the year with an average star ranking for his six signees of 4.17. He helped recruit five-star offensive linemen Matt Kalil and Tyron Smith, but he helped pull in one of the biggest Signing Day surprises when he able to get Rivals100 cornerback...
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Recruiting rankings can be subjective, but here's one way to evaluate. Who else recruited each player? Nick Perry chose USC over Michigan. T.J. Bryant chose USC over Florida State, Florida, Miami, Alabama and LSU. Brice Butler chose USC over Georgia. Blake Ayles could have gone to Ohio State. Now it cuts both ways. Malik Jackson was headed to Fresno...
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When you consider how important linemen are for a program, it's hard to argue with USC's decision to take 10 in its recruiting class. Last year was a good example how valuable linemen are when the Trojans lost so many offensive linemen to injuries, including two on one play. The mistake some people are making is to think it's...
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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 way, this year. Joe McKnight was sure excited about the 5 solid offensive line prospects.
After the jump are some notes from last nights event.
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Dan Weber, Riverside Press-Enterprise From “Super Tuesday” to “Exactly Where Are We Now Wednesday?” is how the world is turning for USC football fans. USC will not finish No. 1 when the national signing day results are in, as it has in four of the past five years. The Trojans almost certainly won’t finish in the top five, as...
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