Updates from October 10th, 2007

Although the Trojans benefited from an extra week of practices before Labor Day as a result of their exhibition trip to Mexico, USC kicks off practice for the 2007-08 season for real this Friday night in a “Midnight Madness” event at the Galen Center. (Friday’s event–which includes a scrimmage, introduction of the men’s and women’s […]

Though it won’t be a certainty until later in the week, all signs from Tuesday’s practice and Pete Carroll’s press conference point to third-year sophomore Mark Sanchez starting at quarterback on Saturday against Arizona. John David Booty threw about 50 passes before practice, and though he was able to grip the ball, his release still bothered him. […]

The Los Angeles Times and Associated Press are reporting that one of the sports marketers who allegedly made payments to running back Reggie Bush while he was playing for USC has agreed to meet with NCAA investigators and will provide documentation of the financial transactions, which–if true–would violate NCAA rules. Lloyd Lake, the marketer in […]