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Ted Miller has a spot-on look at the entire Pac-10. It is concise and worth a read.
In it he sites USC possibly owning a Firstary?
He is talking about the Seconday. He is talking about Kevin Ellison, Taylor Mays, Cary Harris and Shareece Wright. (Josh Pinkard could be in the mix as well, but we expect to see him lose a step or two from not playing for the past couple years due to injury.)
This physical crew gave up only nine touchdown passes a year ago -- the second-best total in the (Pac-10) conference was 17.
This is arguably the best secondary Pete Carroll, a DB himself, has ever had.
We sat next to USC's Firstary coach, Rocky Seto, at the A Better LA charity event a couple weeks ago. He spoke modestly of the group, but agreed it could be the key component to USC's defensive success.
As the night wore on, and the drinks kept coming, all we could say is more CB blitzes, more CB blitzes, more CB blitzes. It really is the most exciting defensive play. And a balls out, risk everything moment that captures the spirit of recent Trojan championship teams.
Breaking down the Pac-10 [ESPN]
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Ever wonder what your favorite USC football player wants to do when his football career is over, why he chose USC or who is the best player he ever played against? Kevin Carden sat down with USC defensive back Josh Pinkard and got the answers to all these questions and much more....
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Tight end Fred Davis, nose guard Sedrick Ellis and safety Taylor Mays were named Sporting News All-Americans. This is the second year Mays made the team. At least this year, they got his name right. Last year, they originally said Josh Pinkard made the team even though he missed the season with a knee injury. Everson Griffen and Butch...
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It was a cool idea, and well-executed too. That full-color USC schedule poster featuring 16 Trojans in action poses showed the strength and numbers of this year's USC team. But if you look at it closely, or did so at the end of Saturday's Arizona game, of the 16 original starters on that poster, guess how many were up...
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Make that a thin cardinal line protecting USC's backfield, which also happens to be hamstrung by injuries. While every team looses players during the season (Cal lost to Oregon State without their starting QB, Stanford beat USC without their's), can anybody in the nation match up with the Trojan's carnage? From USC football's weekly press release:Already this season, 11...
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Despite injuries to key players in the secondary, the Trojans are not worried about the quality of the defense this week as they prepare for the Washington Huskies. Cary Harris joined fellow cornerback Josh Pinkard on the injured list because of an injury to his right shoulder against Washington State....
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<!--start image--><!-- end image-->With injuries to Josh Pinkard and Vincent Joseph, USC coaches have been forced to make adjustments in the secondary. With Mozique McCurtis possibly switching positions, one player could lose his redshirt. Also inside: Pete Carroll reveals his starting tailback and compares Kristofer O'Dowd with Ryan Kali...
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Tailback Chauncey Washington and wide receiver Patrick Turner have been flying around full-speed in practice and should be ready to go this weekend but Josh Pinkard looks like he'll miss his second straight season. A year ago, Pinkard, a redshirt junior, suffered a knee injury in the opener at Arkansas and sat out the season after surgery. Then this...
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Cornerback Josh Pinkard (knee) is out for the Nebraska game. "There's more there than what we thought," Pete Carroll said. Pinkard said he had a bone bruise although things seem to be getting murkier....
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Cornerback Kevin Thomas said he will redshirt this season because his shoulder feels too ``tight'' following offseason surgery. ``I’m just trying to get it better,’’ Thomas said. Thomas will be a fourth-year junior next year, which means he no longer is in the same class as Cary Harris and Josh Pinkard....
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Brian Cushing said he can put pressure on his sprained ankle and will "definitely" play against Nebraska. Josh Pinkard said he suffered a bone bruise in his knee and will try to practice tomorrow but does not know if he will return for Nebraska....
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Two expected starters -- cornerback Josh Pinkard (knee) and wide receiver Patrick Turner (shoulder) -- did not dress for the game....
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