Mario Danelo
Pac-10/Rose Bowl Championship Ring. Image from PeteCarroll.com
In what’s become an annual tradition, the Trojans received their Pac-10 and Rose Bowl championship rings before the end of Spring Practice. And wow, what a ring. As reported by Ben Malcolmson for USCRipsIt and PeteCarroll.com, the USC Trojans' personalized rings feature 74 diamonds and six rubies set in an elaborate design.
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Traveler is taking up permanent residence inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. A 14-foot-by-14-foot mural is being installed at the edge of the stadium's tunnel and will be visible to most of the crowd during football games. Dubbed "Tradition," the artwork features USC's mascot being ridden back from another championship at the Rose Bowl (symbolized by a bed of...
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Chauncey Washington powers it in for a touchdown in the 2007 USC-UCLA rivalry game. AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill
It was bad news bears, or Bruins rather, for UCLA head coach Karl Dorrell. He had hoped to go into the Coliseum and repeat last year's upset win over the Trojans. Instead he left the Coliseum with another loss, a 6-6 season, and a possible end to his UCLA coaching career.
Many critics had proclaimed this season to be the Fall of Troy. With the regular-season closing win over UCLA, USC improves to 10-2 for the season, clinches its 6th consecutive Pac-10 title, and secures its place at the BCS Rose Bowl. Not too shabby.
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Filed under: California Football, USC Football, Pac 10 California wide receiver DeSean Jackson took this kick back for a touchdown--but got much more than six points. The Bears' Heisman Trophy Candidate also racked in the Pac Ten Special Teams Player of the Week honors as a result of gaining 142 all-purpose yards on but six touches. Although Jackson takes...
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I could not have said it better than what I read below. Text taken from TrojanWire in its entirety Something special happened Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; something that carried more weight than USC's 38-10 victory over the Idaho Vandals. After holding the Vandals to a punt in the opening drive of the game, the Trojans set...
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Something special happened Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum; something that carried more weight than USC's 38-10 victory over the Idaho Vandals. After holding the Vandals to a punt in the opening drive of the game, the Trojans set in motion a ten play, 80-yard drive that was capped off by 3-yard touchdown run by sophomore Stafon Johnson. It was the first touchdown of the season and the coliseum roared with applause. The first of a long line of touchdowns that, many hope, will culminate in a national championship for the USC Trojans.
But it wasn't the first touchdown that will resonate in the minds' of those in attendance. It wasn't Booty or Stafon Johnson or any other Trojan who played at the coliseum that September 1st...but rather who was missing from the roster that will be remembered. Immediately following the touchdown, everything seemed normal. The Trojan extra-point unit ran out, taking the usual formation on the field. But something was missing -or rather somebody.
There was no kicker to be found.
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Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times A ceremony honoring the late Mario Danelo will be held tonight before USC’s season opener against Idaho. Danelo, a record-setting kicker for the Trojans in 2005 and 2006, would have been a senior this season. He died last January from a fall from a cliff near his home in San Pedro… continue...
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Several of you asked what tributes are planned to kicker Mario Danelo this season. Here's a few things lined up: There will be a banner above the tunnel at the Coliseum with Danelo’s name and the goal-post pads will also pay tribute to him. Every USC player will wear a custom helmet sticker. There’s also going to be a...
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Tribute to Mario Danelo @ Howard Jones Field: (credit to Joe Andras for photo) RIP. ...
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One of the most noticeable differences with today's practice was the number of players at each position, especially kicker, where about 12 guys lined up, but we won't go there. ``We filled out the depth chart,'' USC coach Pete Carroll said. Defensive end Everson Griffen got into the action right away and made several hurries rushing the quarterbacks. There's...
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We hear ESPN is preparing a piece for the coming season on USC kicker Mario Danelo....
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Usually at this point of the college football year (and make no mistake, it didn’t take ESPN airing a daily “College Football Live” to prove that college football is now a year-round sport), hysteria runs rampant. The preseason guides are on newsstands, polls and predictions are being made by every myopic fan and blogger from Seattle to Coral Gables,...
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