Allen Bradford had a breakout year, rushing for 668 yards on 115 carries (5.8 YPC) and scoring 8 touchdowns. USC fans have always said he needs more playing time, and this year he got it. With Joe McKnight entering the NFL Draft, Bradford looks to be #1 on the depth chart heading into next season. The future looks bright for #21.
For those of you who missed the USC-BC game or would like to watch it again, TrojanWire has you covered.
OFFENSE:
Despite missing 3 starters on offense (RB Joe McKnight, TE Anthony McCoy, and OL Tyron Smith), the Trojans did not miss a beat. Matt Barkley had one of his best performances this season, throwing for 350 yards, 2 touchdown passes, and 1 interception. Damian Williams had a career-high performance, 12 catches for 189 yards. The NFL is calling for Williams, but USC fans are calling for one more year.
DEFENSE:
The defense played tough. Jurrell Casey had a monster performance and Shareece Wright's return was welcomed and a positive impact. Wright had an interception and great pass coverage the whole night.
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.
For the uninitiated, the Trojan Rewind is a show that airs on FSN at 10:30pm on Tuesdays. It is a recap of gameday told by on-field and on-campus cameras. The camera operators happen to be perverts (like us) and are always zeroing in on the hottest co-eds of the crowd. These flashes of brilliance can now be immortalized on the Internet. This is "Girls of the Rewind".
As usual, we echo the majority of the sentiments expressed by the Everyday Should Be Saturday crew in their "improvements to college football's much-maligned, much-praised, and much-watched flagship preview show" post. But in particular, we'd like to formally second this motion:
Please do not prolong the withering career of Big and Rich another second.
The specialized lyrics may keep them on the ESPN payroll for another year, but the mayfly's life that is their career is done. We have lyrics for their final "special edition" song:
Well we're coming!
And we're shittaayyyyy!
If you wanna little (SPLASH! AIIGGHHHH!!! ROAAAARgggHHHH fip fip fip fip fip fip..aaiiighhn...)
That noise is a shipping container full of hungry, rabid wolverines being dropped on top of the C-list country duo just after being doused in chicken blood. If the budget doesn't allow for this, we'll understand. But after two years, it should be clear that no one wants any more ting in their ting tang, no matter how delightfully suggestive that may sound, since it would involve Big and Rich, whose appearance would serve as a powerful contraceptive to all but the most beer-soaked and undiscriminating brood mare.
Fried-food fans listen up, we're talking about your first love over here.
Blogging ROY-frontrunner Kissing Suzy Kolber has kindly submitted an analysis of the standard-issue bar menu you will encounter on any Saturday or Sunday this fall, should you have to venture away from your beloved flatscreen for one of the Trojans' away games. While we don't agree with all of their assessments (buffalo wings without celery are totally Unamerican):
Nachos
Nachos really share top billing with Buffalo wings. But you need fellow diners that are going to be sensitive about the chip-to-topping ratio. Ideally, you want each chip to have a little cheese, chicken, sour cream, jalapenos, guacamole and hot sauce. It never works out that way, because fucking Jim had to go and scoop up all the guacamole with one goddamn chip. What the fuck is wrong with you, Jim, you ungodly fat fuck?! And stop hitting on my sister! She's already said she's not interested!
Many restaurants also include chopped olives on nachos. I'd like to start a campaign against this. Olives are sweaty cherries. GRADE: A
Mmmm....where's the nearest Chili's ("The New Golf Course. It's where business happens." -Small Businessman Magazine)?
He's been a Heisman Trophy winner, an NFL superstar, Nordberg in Naked Gun, and of course, one of the most notorious murder suspects of the last 30 years. Now, he's apparently making a go of it as an Ashton Kutcher wannabe. What a long, strange trip it's been for Orenthal James:
If you want to see the Juice's latest work, featuring him in "candid" reality scenes disguised as an Elvis impersonator, a vagabond selling oranges for money, and an elderly man leading a Bingo game, check your local listings and find out when JUICED is on Pay-Per-View in your area.
And to all your superstar athletes out there -- maybe now's a good time to call someone about INVESTING some of that dough.
Update:After the jump, we've got a clip (Warning: Briefly contains NSFW content and blurry camera work) from the opening credits of Juiced (via Deadspin).
ESPN GameDay, making its debut at an Arizona State game, will broadcast from a set located in parking lot 59 north of Sun Devil Stadium at the intersection of Rio Salado and Packard drives.
Tonight (Thursday 8/4) at 10pm on Fox Sports WEST, the show Southern California Sports Report (SCSR) will be doing a special show: USC FOOTBALL
PREVIEW.
Extensive coverage and interviews.
Set your TiVo's accordingly.
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Please do not prolong the withering career of Big and Rich another second.
Fried-food fans listen up, we're talking about your first love over here.
