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Unlike last year’s contest, which wasn’t decided until the game’s final play, this year’s matchup between USC and Washington State (in each team’s Pac-10 opener) was decided before halftime, with the Trojans cruising to an easy 47-14 victory at the Coliseum. The Trojans showed impressive balance, with the ability to move the ball efficiently through […]

There were no major developments out of the Trojans’ walk-through on Friday, so we present a last group of articles previewing USC’s matchup with the Washington State Cougars at 5:00p Saturday at the Coliseum. We’ll be back late Saturday night with a roundup of post-game coverage (and before then, should there be any major news […]

Pete Carroll named Chauncey Washington the starting tailback for Saturday’s game: “Somebody’s got to go first, so let’s say we’re going with the oldest guy…We plan on playing everybody.” Read on for more notes from Thursday, including another statement from the NCAA on progress in the Reggie Bush investigation.

Some notes from USC’s Wednesday practice as they continue to prepare for Washington State:

Thomas Williams got a lot of time in Clay Matthews‘ strong-side LB spot on Wednesday as the latter has been limited by his broken thumb. The man who originally occupied that position, Brian Cushing (ankle), is no longer a sure thing to […]

WR Patrick Turner, who dropped three catchable balls on Saturday and fumbled another one after a catch, stayed 15 minutes after practice Tuesday catching hard balls from an angle out of a machine, and he’s working on getting his arms above his head more quickly. Turner is feeling better from the pinched nerve in his shoulder, […]

A few notes out of Howard Jones field on Monday:

LB Brian Cushing (ankle), who played sparingly in Lincoln, will “definitely” play Saturday, according to Pete Carroll. If he is able to practice well this week, Cushing will even start against Washington State.
Cushing’s replacement last week in the starting lineup, Clay Matthews (broken thumb), was able […]

The top-ranked Trojans (2-0, 0-0) will open their conference football season on Saturday, hosting the unranked Washington State Cougars (2-1, 0-0) in an evening game at the Coliseum. The Cougars, led by experienced senior quarterback Alex Brink and his stellar numbers (73.6% completions, 947 yards, 10 touchdowns) have won two straight games after losing to […]