Updates from August 27th, 2007

The Trojans held their first game-week practice on campus on Monday, breaking out the gameplan for Saturday’s opening contest against Idaho. As it was a game practice and no longer part of fall training camp, a more conventional rotation was in place for the players–meaning, for example, that John David Booty and Mike McDonald got […]

USC’s football opener against Idaho on Saturday at 7:00p is expected to be a sellout, but as of this evening a few thousand tickets remain unsold. The school has once again advised arriving early to the Coliseum, as it will be the first time the stadium’s new barcode scanners are in use, and delays at […]

ESPN’s Kirk Herbstreit, one of the three-headed “GameDay” crew, compiled his list of best college football players, coaches, teams and fans from across the nation in what he has dubbed the “Herbie Awards.” Among the many Trojans making this year’s lists: Joe McKnight (5th best “next wave” RB), Sam Baker (dream offensive line), J.D. Booty […]

Former Trojan tailback Emmanuel Moody announced Monday that he will be transferring to the University of Florida. Although NCAA rules require him to sit out a season, he will be eligible to play for the Gators in 2008. Moody gained 459 yards for USC in his freshman season in 2006, but felt that he would […]

Scott Wolf is reporting that, according to unnamed sources, USC will not grant a release to former WR Jamere Holland if he wants to transfer to Florida because Holland’s former coach at Taft High of Woodland Hills, Troy Starr, works at Florida as director of football operations.  Apparently members of USC’s athletic department suspect that Starr […]

Running in Monday’s LA Times is the first of what will no doubt be many OJ Mayo profiles, as today the freshman guard officially joins his teammates in practice for the first time, and begins his first–and probably last–fall semester at USC. In the article are a few more tales of Mayo’s professionalism, work ethic […]