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Billy Witz, Los Angeles Daily News The Coliseum Commission will review the latest sublease proposal from USC and also is expected to approve a rental agreement with the state today at its monthly meeting. USC and Coliseum negotiators have exchanged several proposals since early December, which would pump at least $50 million in infrastructure improvements into the building and secure...
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Mark Saxon, Orange County Register The Coliseum Commission’s new rent agreement with the state could help facilitate talks that would keep USC in the Coliseum for the long haul. The commission will pay the state no less than $1 million in annual rent over the next 47 years, according to the new agreement. In each of the past 52...
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The Coliseum Commission has reached a deal, just not the one USC fans are eagerly awaiting. Governor Schwarzenegger's office announced today that Monday's negotiation between the California Science Center (which technically owns the Coliseum and is appointed by the Governor) and the Coliseum Commission produced an agreement that should become official in a few weeks. The two parties were...
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Billy Witz, Los Angeles Daily News The Coliseum Commission will forward a long-term lease proposal to USC today that would give the university the right to keep an NFL team from returning to the Coliseum, but would call for stadium operations to remain under the commission’s control, according to a source familiar with the document… continue...
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The Coliseum Commission came out of a closed-door meeting this evening and announced that they will extend a new offer to USC within the next 24 hours. Coliseum General Manager Pat Lynch wouldn't elaborate on any details, but did indicate that the offer was "long term." Members of the Commission were all smiles as they walked out, but had...
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Panel to continue work on counterproposal to keep Trojans. The Coliseum Commission will hold a special, closed-door meeting this afternoon as its members continue work on a counterproposal to keep USC football games from moving across town....
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Dan Greenspan, Daily Trojan The Coliseum Commission is willing to negotiate a long-term agreement with USC, it announced late Wednesday after a closed-door meeting. “We have evaluated our past proposals to USC, and their proposals to us, and are putting together what we believe are the best parts of these proposals,” President Bernard C. Parks said in a written...
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Here's USC general counsel Todd Dickey on Tuesday: ``The Coliseum has not benefited from substantive physical upgrades or preventative maintenance for more than ten years because the Commission has focused on attracting an NFL team that would renovate the stadium.'' But here's Dickey last October: ``It's a great college football stadium. It was earthquake retro-fitted in the mid-'90s and...
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The Coliseum is considering selling naming rights to the venerable old stadium. http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_6847088 We suggest ZeroPetOdor stadium, a product which promises to remove all urine odors....
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Ryan Abraham, USCFootball.com The Coliseum was rocking on Wednesday night for the final scrimmage of fall camp. Besides getting the players ready, it was also an opportunity for the Trojan Marching Band to get back into midseason form. USCFootball.com brings you video highlights of the team warm-up, the band and Song Girls and an awesome three minute highlight reel...
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Live from the Shrine Auditorium in the center of the universe -- sunny Los Angeles, California -- it's the TrojanWire 1,000th Post Spectacular Special. Featuring appearances by Reggie Bush, Salma Hayek, Matt Leinart, Paris Hilton, Pete Carroll, Carson Palmer, Stephen Colbert, Junior Seau, Snoop Dogg, Marcus Allen, Ted Knight, Bacon-wrapped Hot Dogs, Keith Rivers, Henry Winkler, Lofa Tatupu, Alyssa Milano, Charles White, Shrek, Anthony Davis, Kirsten Dunst, Oscar Lua, Judith Regan, and many more.
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Your second favorite time of the week is upon us yet again -- it's time to go all Jack Bauer with our weekly feature, 24 Hours to Kickoff.
The Trojans face an upstart Washington team that's 4-1 overall (only loss coming against Oklahoma) and 2-0 in conference play. The Huskies come into the Coliseum off of consecutive victories against UCLA and Arizona that have some Huskies feeling confident enough to call the Trojans' "pretty beatable" in conversations with the press this week.
Tyrone Willingham's offensive attack is going to center around quarterback Isaiah Stanback, who's amassed an impressive 951 passing yards and 306 rushing yards through five games. The Trojans will need a more effective pass rush than they showed against the Cougars at Martin Stadium last week; which makes the timing of the return of nose tackle and top pass rusher Sedrick Ellis all the more fortuitous. Establishing that pass rush, and running the ball effectively on offense and controlling the clock more effectively will go a long way towards a Trojan W tomorrow.
Ok, enough prognosticating from us for one day; let's take our weekly tour around the mediasphere:
The Kids Are Alright: Gary Klein's talking about the (injury-forced) youth movement at USC, where "Youth will be served" has become the mantra. [L.A. Times]
He Could Have Been Our QB DB or WR: USC recruited Washington quarterback Isaiah Stanback when he was in high school, complete with a Stanback visit to Trojan summer camp; but Coach Carroll wanted to convert the athletic Stanback to a DB or wideout, and Stanback wasn't having it. [L.A. Daily News]
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