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Kicker Jordan Congdon, holder Garrett Green and snapper Chris Pousson go through early-practice field goal drills. Matt Barkley and tailback Curtis McNeal line up in the backfield during 7-on-7 period. Matt Barkley leads the Trojan offense in the final team period. Wideout Brice Butler poses for a picture with football legend Jim Brown....
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By Michael Lev, staff writer,
USC
Tuesday’s USC practice provided three rare sights (besides almost half the team being unable to participate because of injuries): C.J. Gable ran with the first-team offense. Aaron Corp ran the scout team. Kristofer O’Dowd ran well. With Allen Bradford and Joe McKnight nursing knee injuries, the coaching staff had no choice but to turn to Gable, last season’s starter...
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Thoughts from Tuesday's practice, through the eyes of USCRipsIt...- Down two with three plays remaining in the full-pads practice, the offense cam roaring back with three straight wins to capture an 8-7 victory on Competition Tuesday and earn loads of praise from the coaches. "That's the kind of practice that gets us right," Coach Carroll said in the post-practice...
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Check out this interesting feature on utility man Garrett Green, from the O.C. Register....
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By Michael Lev, staff writer,
USC
Before we delve into the present — USC at Notre Dame on Saturday — let’s take a quick look back and ahead. The Trojans’ very recent past was a bye week that gave the coaches a glimpse at the future. Freshman safeties T.J. McDonald (right) and Jawanza Starling received a ton of invaluable reps, and it isn’t difficult to...
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Here are some random thoughts on the win: - It was a win, but a frustrating one. The 1st quarter started smoothly with a quick 3-and-out from Wazzu followed by a quick TD from SC, but then 3 holding penalties, 1 offsides, 1 personal foul, and 1 roughing the kicker happened. Let's not even talk about the 3rd quarter......
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Corp is last year's Sanchez, which means Barkley is the new Mustain, making Mustain Garrett Green. And Garrett Green...well still nobody knows who Garrett Green is. Confused? Last year about the same time, Mark Sanchez was carted off the practice field with a dislocated knee cap, putting his season as the starter in jeopardy and giving Mitch Mustain the chance to win the spot. On Monday, projected starter Aaron Corp went down when a defensive lineman rolled onto his left knee. Corp has been out of commission since then, resting the swollen knee, giving Barkley an opportunity to command the first string offense. That means Barkley will be numero uno when the Trojans don full pads for the first time in practice today.
The good news for Corp was that X-rays showed the ligaments remained intact. Now all Corp can do is sit around; watching Barkley lead his team; waiting for the results of the MRI; waiting to get back into the swing of things before the train passes him by.
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The jury is out. Pete Carroll announced today his depth chart going into the huddle. Of course in traditional Carroll fashion, the competition for starting positions will continue throughout Summer workouts. But the Spring depth charts typically hold strong resemblance to the final list, come start of the football season.
Follow the jump for the complete list.
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Matt Barkley is the future of USC football. It's not a question of if. It's a question of when. And the when is not now. Pete wants the race to continue because competition breeds motivation and motivation breeds precision and innovation. The media wants the race to continue because humans love struggle and struggle sells papers. And you, you want the race to continue because its Spring, and not the good Spring but the after Trojan basketball season ended type of Spring...the way too many months until football Spring. So I don't want to be the one to play the role of coroner and notify the families, but everyone's still staring at the track when the finish line's already broken.
Please keep your hands and feet inside the vehicle at all times, you're about to enter the Trojan DePo.
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(Image from USCFootball.com)
USCFootball.com has devised a rating system to determine who will be USC's next starting QB, but until the Numerati get to quantifying the data and advancing their algorithm, we can rely on these four points from John Skinner's "The Skinny on SC Sports" as a barometer and road map for likely outcomes and decisions.
The QB Race: After two workouts and reading what the coaches are saying, Aaron Corp seems to have pulled ahead in the QB race. However, the majority of spring practice remains and Pete Carroll is known to manipulate the media and throw a few curveballs out to the public that don't mimic reality inside the coaches office. According to OC Bates, he would like to have the starter announced by the end of spring practice.
QB Race Part II: The staff is impressed with how well Matt Barkley has done despite just stepping off a high school field. His ability to make plays has raised eyebrows but with that comes quite a few mistakes. I believe this will ultimately eliminate him from the starting QB race this season allowing him to work on it throughout a redshirt year. Once he calms down and makes the proper reads he will be the best QB in the program.
QB Race Part III: The jack of all trades QB Garrett Green was the first casulty of the QB battle. He was working out with WR's in the second spring practice. Garrett is a very heady player and would do just fine as SC's quarterback. He would not make the big plays with his arm but would run the offense very efficiently. The crazy thing is that Green could probably start at 6 or 7 Pac-10 schools... wow, that is SC's 4th string QB... talk about an abundance of talent.
QB Race Part IV: Even if Corp performs better than Mustain, I could still see Mustain being named the starter. As long as he continues to improve on not turning the ball over, his experience of playing in the SEC and his ability to connect with SC's #1 receiver Damian Williams could win over the coaches. His experience level could mean a lot heading into Columbus, Ohio...
[Thanks John!]
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<!----><!---->Picking a quarterback seems simple enough. Watch all the guys competing for the job and pick the best one. Problem solved. But after one day of watching Aaron Corp, Mitch Mustain, Matt Barkley and Garrett Green battle for the top spot at USC, one thing became clearer than any other — this isn't as easy as it seems. Go...
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By Michael Lev, staff writer,
USC
Remember a couple of years back, when the media made a big to-do about Bill Parcells referring to Terrell Owens as “the player”? Well, meet the latest version of “the player” - Reggie Bush. Not coincidentally, the man who referred to the former USC Heisman Trophy winner that way is a Parcells disciple - New Orleans Saints coach Sean...
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