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Stanley Havili isn’t going to lead the Trojans in rushing yards this season. He won’t have the most receptions or passing yards either. But for a team looking to replace last season’s leaders in all three of those categories, Havili will be invaluable....
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Here's the 40 times for the running backs. Allen Bradford 4.46 C.J. Gable 4.68 Broderick Green -- injured Stanley Havili -- injured Stafon Johnson 4.44 Joe McKnight -- did not run Marc Tyler 4.59...
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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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While you were enjoying your Thanksgiving feast, ASU's Rudy Carpenter was eating a mouthful of turf.
I left the TV for about a minute to get my second-plate of Thanksgiving dinner sometime in the third quarter. By the time I got back to the TV, Arizona State had their backup quarterback in the game, and their starter, Rudy Carpenter, was on the sideline cursing and spitting up blood.
It was that sort of night for Carpenter, who was sacked six times. Four of those sacks belonged to defensive-end Lawrence Jackson, who delivered the lip-busting hit in the third. #11 USC Trojans went on to beat the #6 ASU Sun Devils, 44-24.
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Washington breaks through for a 36-yard touchdown against Cal. (AP/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
It was a dark and stormy night. Rain drenched the 72,516 sell-out crowd. The ball was water-logged. Fumbles were lost. Tackles were slipped. The field was slick. And Cal's defense again and again saw a dark figure pounding out of the backfield. Guess who?
For the Bear-D the game went a little something like this: See Chauncey Washington. See Chauncey Washington run. See Chauncey Washington run past you. Wave goodbye to Chauncey Washington. Step and Repeat.
#12 USC Drowned #24 CAL, 24-17
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The game plan was simple. The USC defense was to limit Oregon's stellar offense; the Trojan defense would do the heavy lifting. All the Trojan offense needed to do was keep the field for as long as possible, keep control of the ball, and keep pace with the Ducks scoring.
The Trojan-D played their part, limiting the Ducks total offense to 339 yards. That doesn’t seem like much of an accomplishment, until you take into consideration that Oregon had been averaging more than 200 yards plus that amount previously this season. Still, everything seemed to start in the Trojans favor. Two Oregon first-half special teams turnovers, one on the opening drive, gave USC near red-zone field position. All the Trojans needed to do was put the ball in the end-zone and dance.
But USC's offense, led by backup Mark Sanchez, couldn't capitalize on Oregon's mistakes. Those two turnovers led to a mere 3 points for the Trojans. Not enough when trying to match the juggernaut yardage of Oregon. And unfortunately for USC, Oregon didn't have the same problem capitalizing on Trojan turnovers.
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<!--start image--><!-- end image-->After a four-week lull, USC got freshman fullback Stanley Havili back involved in the offensive gameplan, and it paid dividends. Also inside: John David Booty did not throw during Monday's practice, while Mark Sanchez continued to look sharp. He admitted that everything has changed since he got the chance to start. Plus, USC heals, as most...
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Feeling Green. Not even Notre Dame's green throw-back jerseys would give them the luck they needed to keep their quarterback out of the jaws of Sedrick Ellis.
It was a historic day for the Irish and one they would likely wish to forget. The USC Trojans beat Notre Dame 38-0 Saturday, in what has become the worse loss suffered by the Fighting Irish against the Trojans in their 79-year rivalry. And to pile it on it was the Trojans' sixth-straight win over the Irish, setting a new school record.
Backup quarterback Mark Sanchez could add another notch to his belt, after leading to the Trojans to a successful second-straight win as a starter. Sanchez replaced once Heisman-hopeful John David Booty, who has been resting his broken finger since USC's upset loss to Stanford weeks earlier.
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USC coaches gave John David Booty the benefit of the doubt on two of his interceptions because of mental mistakes made by fullback Stanley Havili and wide receiver David Ausberry....
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A lot of people thought USC answered all the big questions after going to the air last week to take down the Cougars. There may not be many questions for this Trojan squad to answer at this early stage of the season, but there are some. These are nit-picky considering how embarrassingly good the team is, but still need...
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Dan Weber, Riverside P-E He is, to grab an old movie title, the man who wasn’t there. And now he’s back. And the USC offense is changed in countless ways. He is Stanley Havili, a redshirt freshman the top-ranked Trojans list as their fullback, but who lines up almost everywhere and does just about everything. “Fullback, of course,” the...
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That's what you call dominating the line of scrimmage.
Stanley Havili gained more yards on USC's first play than the Nebraska team did all game.
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