Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller To paraphrase a great philosopher and renaissance man, Ric Flair, "This ain't no garden party, brother, this is the Pac-10, where only the strongest survive. Wooooooo!" Folks, the screws are tightening. 1. Does USC's Pac-10 run end Saturday? It's fairly simple. If Stanford wins at USC, it's likely one of the great runs in... more »
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What a surprise! USC had another post-big game letdown entering Pac10 play.
Don't go into hibernation just yet; there are positives to be taken away from this game shown in the highlights.
Joe McKnight rushed for 100 yards on 11 carries, upping his current season total rush yards to 305. Could he be the first Trojan since Reggie Bush to rush for over 1000 yards in a season?
The offense struggled with the passing game, but there were some great runs by Stanley Havili, Stafon Johnson, and Allen Bradford.
USC's young defense did a great job containing Jake Locker and holding the Huskies to 16 points. If only the offense would have scored another touchdown or two. Sophomore Jurrell Casey and redshirt freshman Nick Perry set up camp in the Huskies' backfield.
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Lining up this week's action. No. 3 USC (2-0) at Washington (1-1) USC beat the Huskies 56-0 last year ... USC leads the all-time series 49-26-4 ... USC is riding a 12-game winning streak ... Washington ended a 15-game losing streak vs. Idaho last weekend ... Washington coach Steve Sarkisian spent seven years on... more »
With national signing day less than a month away, USC coach Pete Carroll acted quickly to reshape his coaching staff, promoting secondary coach Rocky Seto to the defensive coordinator position vacated earlier this week. Carroll also announced Wednesday night that linebackers coach Ken Norton Jr. would take on the additional title of assistant head coach/defense and that former Trojans... more »
Here's a little math equation for those of you who like algebra: USC -OC -DC =??? Well, don't be upset if you can't figure it out, because right now Pete Carroll is hard at work trying to figure out the exact same thing. ESPN's Sports Center just broke that USC's defensive coordinator Nick Holt will follow former offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian up to the Washington Huskies. Head coach Sarkisian will announce Holt as Washington's new defensive coordinator at a news conference at 3pm today.
This past season under Holt, USC led the country in total defense, pass defense, scoring defense and pass efficiency defense with only three opponents averaging more than 4 yards per play. USC's average of 7.8 points allowed was the best in 20 years (Auburn, 1988). Carroll will surely have his work cut out replacing Holt.
Posted by ESPN.com's Ted Miller Washington will announce its new defensive coordinator today at 3 p.m. (PDT), but multiple reports said that Steve Sarkisian has convinced USC defensive coordinator Nick Holt to follow him to Seattle. Here's a short story on why Holt might take a pay cut to leave the Trojans. The "why" is simple: Holt wasn't widely... more »
Here's more detail on Nick Holt's interview with Washington including the important answer as to why he would entertain the offer in the first place.... more »
Nick Holt is flying to Seattle tomorrow to decide if he wants to accept the defensive coordinator's job at Washington. And it means he lied Saturday when he said he was not interested in the position. ``We're talking,'' Washington coach Steve Sarkisian said. ``It's not done. Hopefully we'll know one way or the other pretty soon.''... more »
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... more »
The race to replace All-American Sedrick Ellis is one of the top storylines for the Trojans this spring. At least it was until heir apparent Averell Spicer was sidelined with a lingering knee injury. Now a youth movement is on at nose guard with several players vying for practice repetitions. Inside: Kyle Moore, Nick Holt and Pete Carroll talk... more »
There were several reports that Raiders coach Lane Kiffin wanted to fire defensive coordinator Rob Ryan before the club issued a statement last week saying Ryan would return. This is rich on a few levels, with the idea of a 32-year-old first-year coach firing a respected assistant. But we mention it for another reason. The rumor among league coaches... more »
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