Updates from October 18th, 2007

Trojan seniors Sam Baker and Keith Rivers were named semifinalists for postseason honors on Thursday. Baker was named one of a dozen semifinalists for the Lombardi Award, given to the nation’s top lineman, linebacker or tight end. And Rivers was announced as one of ten semifinalists for the Butkus Award, presented annually to the top […]

Highly-recruited Harvard-Westlake forward Renaldo Woolridge announced his school decision Thursday, and it wasn’t USC. The 6′8″ Woolridge, son of former NBA player Orlando Woolridge, committed to Tennessee, choosing the Volunteers over the Trojans and the Georgetown Hoyas.
Woolridge seeing orange (Rivals, $)

While the injury news coming out of USC’s football practice on Wednesday wasn’t great, the news from the Galen Center wasn’t very encouraging, either:

G Daniel Hackett (jaw) is almost certainly out for the Trojans’ first few weeks of games, with the Oklahoma game being a very optimistic target for his earliest return. He also expects […]

Although John David Booty (fractured finger) could have participated in Wednesday’s full practice session, he didn’t; coaches held him out of half of the session. The good news for Booty is that he did not experience any swelling in his second day since returning to action, and he once again proved that he could throw […]