You may watch this little Friday night walk-through tradition, and wonder how USC ever wins any games at all. But O-Line coach Pat Ruel does have 34 years of experience in both college and the NFL, and has molded such talents as Sam Baker and Ryan Kalil, so he must be doing something right. And with a bunch of hefty o-liners added in this month's recruiting class, this power-walking tradition is only going to get fatter.
Let me first say that I am a huge fan of Pete Carroll and in no way believe that he's incompetent. The following is merely my opinion on the hot topic of discussion at this minute and is not intended to imply anything other than what is written. Also my assumption is that we are striving for a... more »
Here's my review of the game: Positive - Sedrick Ellis Continues His Strong Play Although Sed didn't have a strong 4th quarter, he was absolutely dominating the 1st two and a half quarters and finished with 6 tackles and 3 sacks. The consistency in which Sed has played will make him a sure-fire 1st round pick in the draft... more »
Here are my thoughts on last night's game: Positive - O-Line Play I think there's a consensus agreement that the biggest positive from last night's game was the play of the O-Line. They were in sync the entire night and opened up giant holes. I, like many, am wowed by Kristofer O'Dowd's play. Negative - Special Teams As I... more »
Here are my thoughts on last night's game: Positive - Running Game I liked what I saw from the running game. I was hesitant after the Fall Scrimmage to anoint Stafon the lead back, but after last night's game I believe he should get equal time with CW. He showed great patience, ability to break the 1st tackle, and... more »
Congratulations to offensive tackle Matt Kalil, who earlier this week joined his Servite teammate D.J. Shoemate (WR) amongst the first verbal commitments to the USC recruiting class of 2008. Trojan fans everywhere are looking forward to watching Matt follow his brother, current Trojan center and All-American candidate Ryan, as a force on the USC offensive line for years to come.
That's Matt Leinart, Brandon Hancock, Reggie Bush, Dwayne Jarrett, Steve Smith, Dominque Byrd, Sam Baker, Jeff Byers, Ryan Kalil, Fred Matua and Winston
Justice. All ready to draft.
Pat Ruel was an offensive line assistant with the New York Giants last
season but has spent most of his 31-year career in college football,
including stints as offensive coordinator at Washington State, Texas
A&M and Kansas.
Norm Chow (offensive coordinator) has 35 years of coaching experience, Carl Smith (quarterbacks coach) has 33, Tim Davis (O-line coach) 22, and
Ed Orgeron (D-line coach) 19. That's a total of 109 years of coaching experience gone.
Coach Carroll anticipated a worst-case-scenario exodus like this, but it is still quite a shock. What's interesting is who Carroll is plugging holes
with.
All these old guys are being replaced with bright, young guys.
Steve
Sarkisian,
Carroll's former-quarterbacks coach that was with the Oakland Raiders
last year, returns as assistant head coach/quarterbacks. He's 30.
The fair-haired receivers
coach/passing game coordinator, Lane Kiffin,
son of Monte Kiffin (architect of the much-imitated Tampa Bay Buc
defense), has been promoted to offensive coordinator/wide receivers
coach/recruiting coordinator. He's only 29.
Compton College offensive lineman Kevin Myers announced that "it's a done deal" for him to attend USC next fall. Many have
compared his size and ability to Big John Drake. But SC O-Line coach, Tim Davis, says that if he's not down to 330 he'll be watching USC win a
national championship from the sidelines. Myers says he will be a Trojan [WeAreSC.com]
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