Updates from October 16th, 2007

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis announced today that junior Evan Sharpley would get his first start at quarterback on Saturday against USC, replacing freshman Jimmy Clausen. He will become the third quarterback to start for the struggling Irish this season, following Demetrius Jones (who started the first game and left school after he was replaced) […]

When guard Ryan Wetherell left practice Monday with a gash over his right eye (requiring stitches) after colliding with Taj Gibson, the injury bug afflicting the Trojan basektball team had reached a critical mass, causing coach Tim Floyd to cut practice short. This was the fifth practice (or pickup game related) injury to a USC hoops […]

Pete Carroll told reporters that Mark Sanchez will enter Tuesday’s practice as the projected starter against Notre Dame on Saturday, even though the sophomore gave the coaching staff a scare late Monday when it seemed he injured his finger in practice. Scott Wolf reports that it was merely a false alarm and that Sanchez’s finger […]