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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.
Full game diary after the jump.
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<!--start image--><!-- end image-->The Trojans and Sun Devils were picked to finish 1st and 2nd in the Pac-10 this season, but if Saturday's contest is any indication, the two programs couldn't be further apart. Inside: Offense, defense and special teams highlights from the 28-0 victory over Arizona State, including the exciting interception return for a score by Kevin Thomas...
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By MICHAEL LEV, OCREGISTER.COM,
USC
USC’s coaches came into this season believing they had four starting-caliber cornerbacks. They will find out Thursday night whether they have at least three. Starting cornerback Shareece Wright will miss “a number of weeks” because of a neck injury, Trojans coach Pete Carroll announced after practice Monday. Tests revealed a hairline fracture in one of Wright’s vertebrae. He originally...
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By ADAM MAYA, OCREGISTER.COM since 2006,
USC
Cornerback Shareece Wright will make his second career start in USC’s season opener Saturday at Virginia. A few days ago he was just happy to be running. “The past Sunday when I got out of bed I could barely walk. I rehabbed all day,” he said. “On Monday morning I felt good. I was running.” His status was uncertain...
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Garret Green starts off and throws a 32-yard pass to Jordan Cameron who fumbles it but recovers. So much for Aaron Corp or Mitch Mustain getting the first series. After Green is sacked by Kyle Moore, he scrambles for 16 yards on third down (against the No. 1 defense). Corp's in and throws a low pass to Vidal Hazelton...
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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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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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Cornerback Kevin Thomas will not participate in spring practice to allow his shoulder to fully heal following post-season surgery. Tight end Anthony McCoy said he will be out at least two more weeks, but appears likely to be out longer....
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Whoaaa... just got back from the Pizza Port... home of the some of the world's best IPAs.
In my half-drunken afternoon workday, wanted to let you know about the changes to the NEWS BY PLAYER (on your right).
We finally slotted Cary Harris in (officially). He has been starting at corner, but now with the injury to Kevin Thomas, he should really be starting.
Sedrick Ellis is back at nose tackle.
Mike Brittingham? Yes, the human cannon ball is starting at fullback.
And we swapped out Kyle Moore for Brian Cushing at the defensive end spot; eventhough Cush is playing that "elephant" role, where he stands up at the line and either rushes like a DE or drops back like a LB, but he starts up at the line so thats where we're leaving him.
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Pete Carroll has said that he could use 20 players on defense. Let's look at who will make up that rotation.
Starters first, in order of (our intrepretation) of Carroll's favoritism:
1. Josh Pinkard, Safety, #36
2. Lawrence Jackson, Defensive End, #96
3. Oscar Lua, Linebacker, #45
4. Dallas Sartz, Linebacker, #42
5. Chris Barrett, Defensive Tackle, #91
6. Kevin Ellison, Safety, #4
7. Sedrick Ellis, Nose Tackle, #49
8. Kyle Moore, Defensive End, #84
9. Keith Rivers, Linebacker, #55
10. Terrell Thomas, Cornerback, #28
11. Kevin Thomas, Cornerback, #15
Then the reserves (still in terms of Carroll's favor):
12. Rey Maualuga, Linebacker, #58
13. Brian Cushing, Linebacker/Defensive End, #10
14. Fili Moala, Defensive Tackle, #75
15. Kaluka Maiava, Linebacker, #43
16. Jeff Schweiger, Defensive End, #54
17. Cary Harris, Cornerback, #7
18. Thomas Williams, Linebacker, #41
19. Antwine Perez, Safety, #6
20. Taylor Mays, Safety, #29
Surely this list is debatable, but it should be a good indicator of who to watch for tomorrow. Expect the Arkansas offense to be running some no-huddle to limit SC's defensive substitutions though.
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Five days until kickoff in Fayetteville!
We have updated the TrojanWire gridiron (the NEWS BY PLAYER nav) according to the latest position battles.
First we need to talk about junior offensive guard Drew Radovich because we've never even mentioned him here before. Shame on us -- not even representing a good old boy from our hometown Orange County. Drew beat out Jeff Byers to become the starting left guard this fall. Byers will likely back up Ryan Kalil at center.
Terrell Thomas is back at corner after suffering a knee injury last year against Arkansas. Kevin Thomas or Cary Harris are listed as the second corners, but we are staying with the Thomas theme.
We are leaving the 4-3 set up on D and Kyle Moore as the second defensive end, but we could change that depending on how often we see Brian Cushing.
Oscar Lua is there at MLB because he is a team captain. Rey Maualuga will eventually supplant him though.
Chris Barrett and Fili Moala were actually listed as co-starters at defensive tackle. But we can only give the nod to one guy. Sorry Fili.
Saddleback JC transfer Ryan Powdrell takes over for Brandon Hancock in the three-point stance.
But what everyone wants to know is who will be the starting tailback? While it would be much easier to fit C.J. Gable's name in there, we came up with an abbreviation for the former math major, Chauncey Washington (C. Washington). Seems only fair. The guy deserves the benefit of the doubt if he says, "I'll be good for Arkansas."
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Filling in for John Walker (sprained ankle), 4-star recruit Kevin Thomas will get the start against Washington State this weekend. Another freshman seeing immediate PT. Look for #15 to impress.
[UPDATE: Our bad, Josh Pinkard got the start.]
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