Updates from October 31st, 2007

Freshman center Mamadou Diarra may have sustained a hernia during Monday’s practice, the Times reports today. Doctors will examine the 7-footer tomorrow and determine if the injury requires surgery, which would sideline Diarra for at least a month. If surgery is necessary and rehabilitation drags on for much longer than that, the Trojans could choose […]

Quarterback controversy? Not according to USC’s coaching staff. Pete Carroll reiterated in his weekly press conference on Tuesday that, without question, if John David Booty proves he’s fully recovered from his finger injury this week in practice, he will replace Mark Sanchez as the starting quarterback on Saturday. Booty took almost all of the first-team […]