Updates from September, 2007

The focus in practice on Wednesday was once again on the Trojan linebackers, who have lost another member, perhaps for the season. Here are the latest developments:

Since we know there are a lot of Mitch Mustain fans out there, we point you to this profile of the Trojan scout team quarterback in today’s Daily Trojan, in which he discusses the difficulties in copying the style of Washington QB Jake Locker, and other topics. He indicates that playing on the service team […]

Bud Withers of the Seattle Times notes that even though his name isn’t as well-known nationally as other USC players, nose tackle Sedrick Ellis (tagged with the telling ”Beast” tattoo on his leg) might just be the best player on 2007 Trojan team.  He describes Ellis’s dominant trait as his strength: “He has pushed up a team-best 510 in the […]

Scott Wolf cites unnamed sources who tell him that Brian Cushing’s sprained ankle is serious enough that the linebacker could be out for a month, possibly until the Notre Dame game on October 20. He’s officially listed as “probable” for Saturday, but his status will be clarified on Thursday. Pete Carroll told reporters “It will […]

Gary Klein of the LA Times examines the career of Trojan senior tight end Fred Davis , from his highly anticipated recruitment as a wide receiver (who later moved to tight end because he outgrew his position), to his missing the 2005 Orange Bowl as punishment for returning late home visits, to setting the USC record for […]

Ashley Corral, a senior point guard from Prairie High School in Washington, one of the most sought after prep basketball recruits in the nation, verbally committed to USC on Monday night to further strengthen the class of 2008.
Corral commits to USC (The Columbian)
Ashley Corral Profile (Scout)

On Monday, Pete Carroll addressed the biggest lingering question from the Washington State game: why did tailback C.J. Gable, who had such a great performance at Nebraska, get only a single carry on Saturday night? Carroll assured the media that “there’s no problem with what he’s done at all,” attributing the lack of touches for Gable […]

The top-ranked Trojans (3-0, 1-0) head to Seattle on Saturday for their first Pac-10 road contest of the season, against the Washington Huskies (2-2, 0-1). The Huskies lost their Pac-10 opener last weekend, falling to UCLA 44-31. However, earlier this season, they did defeat a then-ranked Boise State team, 24-10.
Washington is lead this year by […]

After a solid game against Washington State, Pete Carroll wasted no time in shifting his focus to Washington on Sunday, in particular their redshirt freshman quarterback Jake Locker. Carroll calls Locker “amazing” and “as good a prospect as we’ve seen in our conference in a long time,” which, pondering just the Trojan prospects during Carroll’s […]

USC is atop the AP and USA Today college football rankings for the fifth consecutive week, according to poll results released Sunday. In addition, the Trojans also find themselves ranked first in the Harris Poll, which released its first ratings of the season today. The Harris and USA Today polls comprise the human-ranking portion of […]