Updates from August 14th, 2007

Tuesday saw the Trojans take the field at 9:00 am for a helmets-only practice, and then add shoulder pads for a second practice at 4:00 pm. We recap the details of the day’s events in our latest practice roundup.

As Ivan Maisel notes, No. 1 USC has more players on the ESPN.com preseason All-America team than any other school. Those Trojan All-Americans, all seniors, are OT Sam Baker, DE Lawrence Jackson, DT Sedrick Ellis, and LB Keith Rivers. The only other Pac-10 player on ESPN’s team is Cal’s junior WR DeSean Jackson, who, as Maisel […]

As part of an article on running backs in its 2007 college football preview issue (which hits newsstands tomorrow), Sports Illustrated examines the tailback situation at USC. There’s no new information, but there are some good photos of the Trojan backs.
The magazine also ranks USC #1 heading into the season, and features the Trojans on […]

ESPN has solicited predictions from a dozen of its college football analysts for the upcoming college football season. Each prognosticator selected the winner of each conference, and the winner (and loser) of the BCS title game. All 12 analysts had USC winning the national title.
USC consensus favorite to win BCS championship (ESPN)

Monday’s practice, a day after a fairly ragged scrimmage at the Coliseum, featured few notable on-field highlights. Instead, the news from today’s practice is dominated by players held of football activity due to injuries and a rivalry among defensive players competing for the same job which finally went public. Read on for a recap of […]