Comments on: Recap: USC 57, Miami (Ohio) 53 http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/ USC Athletics news delivered as it happens Tue, 22 May 2012 13:04:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Chris http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-172 Chris Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:57:51 +0000 http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-172 For all the pre-season talk about how the Trojans did not know how to play defense, this team actually looks like a pretty solid defensive ball club showing pretty nice defensive help especially out on the wings. The real nice surprise is how O.J. Mayo plays defense for all the talk that he is an offensive machine. He may not be quick enough to contain a Collison/Lawson-type guard all of the time; but he should be long, strong and big enough to bother such guards from making a home in the paint on drives after drives. The interior offense needs to improve; but the biggest area for improvement in my opinion is rebounding. Somebody other than Taj needs to step up to clean up the boards on both ends. For all the pre-season talk about how the Trojans did not know how to play defense, this team actually looks like a pretty solid defensive ball club showing pretty nice defensive help especially out on the wings.

The real nice surprise is how O.J. Mayo plays defense for all the talk that he is an offensive machine. He may not be quick enough to contain a Collison/Lawson-type guard all of the time; but he should be long, strong and big enough to bother such guards from making a home in the paint on drives after drives.

The interior offense needs to improve; but the biggest area for improvement in my opinion is rebounding. Somebody other than Taj needs to step up to clean up the boards on both ends.

]]> By: Marc http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-171 Marc Sat, 24 Nov 2007 10:02:58 +0000 http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-171 Now THAT was an exciting contest. About as exciting as the San Diego game was boring. OJ finally started taking over when it counted. I'm now confident that Davon will be ready when the games start to count. He's athletic as hell. I hope that Hackett will calm down just a bit and ramp his focus up a degree. That Tat on his right shoulder is embarrassing as crap, by the way. Didn't tribal tats go out like 15 years ago?? Then again, ballers with tats is the biggest cliche in the book anyhow. Now THAT was an exciting contest. About as exciting as the San Diego game was boring. OJ finally started taking over when it counted. I’m now confident that Davon will be ready when the games start to count. He’s athletic as hell. I hope that Hackett will calm down just a bit and ramp his focus up a degree. That Tat on his right shoulder is embarrassing as crap, by the way. Didn’t tribal tats go out like 15 years ago?? Then again, ballers with tats is the biggest cliche in the book anyhow.

]]> By: Interests » Recap: USC 57, Miami (Ohio) 53 http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-170 Interests » Recap: USC 57, Miami (Ohio) 53 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:33:25 +0000 http://trojanupdate.com/2007/11/24/recap-usc-57-miami-ohio-53/#comment-170 [...] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptThe Trojans (4-1) earned a trip to the championship game of the inaugural Anaheim Classic Tournament by defeating the Miami (OH) RedHawks (2-1) on Friday night at the Anaheim Convention Center, 57-53. The game was close throughout, … [...] […] Check it out! While looking through the blogosphere we stumbled on an interesting post today.Here’s a quick excerptThe Trojans (4-1) earned a trip to the championship game of the inaugural Anaheim Classic Tournament by defeating the Miami (OH) RedHawks (2-1) on Friday night at the Anaheim Convention Center, 57-53. The game was close throughout, … […]

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