Updates from December, 2007

The Trojans held their first of three practices at the Home Depot Center on Thursday as they continued preparations for the Rose Bowl. Among the developments:

LB Keith Rivers worked with the first unit for the first time since injuring his ankle in the Cal game in early November. Rivers hopes to play against Illinois, although […]

Sophomore forward Kyle Austin will become the fourth Trojan player to transfer out of coach Tim Floyd’s program when he leaves USC at the semester break, he announced on Tuesday. Austin is seeking to go to a Big West school (such as Long Beach or Santa Barbara) where he feels he will be able to […]

Reversing a schedule change announced earlier this month, USC has moved its 2008 home contest against the Oregon Ducks back to its original date of November 22nd. The game had been shifted to October 4th (currently a Trojan bye week), but that date would pose a conflict with UCLA should both the Trojans and the […]

Playing for the first time in almost two weeks, the Trojans improved to 7-3 on the season on Monday night with an easy 83-54 victory over the Delaware State Hornets (3-6) at a half-empty Galen Center. USC held the Hornets to 38.2% shooting from the field while hitting over 68% of their own shots (including […]

The Trojans ended their first week of Rose Bowl preparations on Sunday with an intrasquad scrimmage, which the coaches used primarily as a way to evaluate players for next season. Former Arkansas teammates Mitch Mustain and Damian Williams (each sitting out this season under NCAA transfer rules and thus unable to practice with the team […]

The Trojans (6-3) move into the “easy” portion of their nonconference schedule when they host the Delaware State Hornets (3-5) at the Galen Center at 7:30p tonight.
The matchup
The Hornets, who average just 56 points per game, have lost five of their last six games, including a 77-38 defeat at Arizona State in their last contest […]

The Trojans will participate in a closed scrimmage today, Sunday, before taking a three day break and kicking off a 3-day set of practices at the Home Depot Center starting Thursday. (Practice will then resume December 26 with six straight practices leading up to the Rose Bowl game.) Rather than focusing on the game plan […]

For those of you dying to get your hands on a 2008 Rose Bowl game program in advance, the publications are being sold for $10, plus shipping and handling. (Of course, they are “not guaranteed to arrive by game day,” so technically you will only be paying for them in advance, not necessarily receiving them […]

The Los Angeles Times reported in today’s editions that sophomore forward Kyle Austin has spoken with coach Tim Floyd about potentially transferring out of USC at the semester break. Austin has rarely seen the floor in his short Trojan career, and presumably would move to a school that would offer him more playing time. Regardless […]

Friday was the first of three consecutive days of bowl practice which will conclude with a scrimmage on Sunday. After two full weeks away from live action following SC’s victory over UCLA, John David Booty practiced Friday and noted that he feels “just like [he] did last year” when he blistered Michigan for 391 yards […]