Updates from August 23rd, 2007

The Los Angeles Times has a short report on USC’s newly-hired director of basketball operations, Dwayne Polee. The former Pepperdine star is expected to help with recruiting, and his presence should help cement the very early commitment of one local athlete: Westchester High sophomore Dwayne Polee Jr.
Polee, father of recruit, becomes USC’s top recruiter (LA […]

Believe it or not, we’ve finally reached the point of fall training camp where Trojan fans begin thinking, “If only we had another running back.” Find out who’s out now–and what else happened during the day’s practice–in the latest installment of our daily practice roundup.

The Los Angeles Times is reporting that the injury sustained by senior running back Chauncey Washington in last night’s scrimmage was a sprained shoulder, and he will miss the Trojans’ opening game as a result. After enjoying a great fall camp, Washington–USC’s returning leading rusher–was on track to start against Idaho, but he will now […]

TrojanUpdate has added a new Game Preview feature to the site. Each week before a football game, the Game Preview page for that game will collect all TrojanUpdate posts related to that game, supplemented by dozens of additional links to other sources, as well as key statistics for the Trojans and their opponent, links to […]

18,000 fans attended Wednesday’s free 77-play scrimmage at the Coliseum, the final simulated game before the season opener on September 1. Seemingly 10 days ago, the press was clamoring about SC’s logjam at tailback, but after recent departures, lingering eligibility issues (Green), and new injuries (Washington), some are wondering if the Trojans will have enough […]

Thursday’s LA Times has a few more details on the USC men’s basketball team’s planned trip to Mazatlan, Mexico over Labor Day weekend. A nice side benefit of the trip–allowed under NCAA rules that permit teams to play internationally every four years–is that the Trojans can hold extra practice sessions well before the usual mid-October […]