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There's something about the month of May in the college off-season that brings out the Nostradamus in all of us. Next up with the crystal ball: College Football News with their 2008 predictions for the bowl games and BCS games. A few highlights.... Champs Sports Bowl ... Virginia vs. Illinois Meineke Car Care Bowl ... Florida State vs. Pitt...
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The Bill Callahan hangover is over and they're ready for the Bo Pelini era to start at Nebraska, where 80,149 packed Memorial Stadium last Saturday for the spring game. At $10 a ticket, the Cornhuskers cashed in. So did some scalpers, who were asking up to $150 for a ticket on StubHub.The momentum is carrying over to the fall....
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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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When USC and UCLA tipoff today at the Staples Center it will be the first time the two programs have ever faced each other in the Pac-10 Tournament. It may also be the last time you see the school bands at a hoops rivalry game. Earlier this year, UCLA ended a long tradition by refusing to invite the Spirit...
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Nebraska is making a strong push at quarterback Dayne Crist, who committed to Notre Dame months ago....
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The Orgeron is out at Ole Miss, according to Joe Schad of ESPN, who’s practically an honorary coroner today after announcing both Callahan’s termination and now Orgeron. We’re heartbroken. The Orgeron Era can’t die. He just…he just can’t. He’s big, tough, and aggressive, just like a Hummer! He’s gettin’ pelts on da rakrootin’ trail! He gotta da Jevan Snead...
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Linebacker Keith Rivers suffered a high-ankle sprain and Pete Carroll said he was not sure if Rivers would be able to play against Arizona State. Linebacker Clay Matthews broke a finger against Cal and will need a cast. It's not the same hand he broke against Nebraska. ``It's a good, clean break,'' Carroll said....
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USC moved up 10 spots and now ranks 80th in strength of schedule. The Trojans could finish around 58th by the end of the season, no thanks to Notre Dame or Nebraska....
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One of Pete Carroll's worst memories in the Pacific-10 Conference was a trip to Eugene, Ore., in 2001, when fans taunted the Trojans coming out of the locker room and there were some near-altercations. He even considered bringing video cameras the following season to record any incidents with the crowd. t's been six years, but once again this week,...
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America is bored with USC's success. After limping into their first game of 2007 without four starters and still winning by four touchdowns, the Trojans lost three first-place votes in the AP poll. Next, USC dismantled Nebraska, prompting a popular football blog to run a headline reading "USC Continues Boring, Humdrum Perfection." An abysmal run against Washington, Stanford, and...
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USC has become so consistently good that we, as observers, have cruised past the offramp to boredom and instead gone deep into the territory serviced by the highway of absurdity. It’s nice out here, really: instant #2 slots in polls, near-certainty in victory, and no hyperventilation when it comes to For example. Pete Carroll dropped news today that would...
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C.J. Gable started off the season working his way straight up. With nearly 70-yards per game against both Idaho and Nebraska, Gable was set to easily surpass his 2006 record of 434 yards. But then something strange happened. At the conference home opener against Washington State, Gable carried for a mere six yards.
Then, like a plane flying into the Bermuda-triangle, C.J. Gable disappeared completely off the radar.
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