Updates: FB20070929

On a cold, windy and wet evening in Seattle, the top-ranked Trojans played perhaps their worst game of the season, losing three key players to injury, enduring a lackluster performance by their quarterback, failing to hold onto the ball, and committing an astounding number of penalties against a tough Pac-10 opponent. The result? Another USC […]

The Trojans will have a pair of new starters–CB Shareece Wright and LB Thomas Williams–as they take on QB Jake Locker and the 2-2 Washington Huskies in a 5:00p game (televised on ABC) at Husky Stadium in Seattle. The Trojans had beautiful weather for their walk-through at the stadium on Friday (see Trojan Ticker for […]

On October 9, Chris Galippo will undergo back surgery to be performed by Dr. Robert Watkins, and he’ll be eligible for a redshirt, which the freshmen considers “a blessing” because he’ll have 4 more years of eligibility to go with some solid experience gained in the first three games this season. Galippo will be barred […]

The focus in practice on Wednesday was once again on the Trojan linebackers, who have lost another member, perhaps for the season. Here are the latest developments:

Since we know there are a lot of Mitch Mustain fans out there, we point you to this profile of the Trojan scout team quarterback in today’s Daily Trojan, in which he discusses the difficulties in copying the style of Washington QB Jake Locker, and other topics. He indicates that playing on the service team […]

Bud Withers of the Seattle Times notes that even though his name isn’t as well-known nationally as other USC players, nose tackle Sedrick Ellis (tagged with the telling ”Beast” tattoo on his leg) might just be the best player on 2007 Trojan team.  He describes Ellis’s dominant trait as his strength: “He has pushed up a team-best 510 in the […]

Scott Wolf cites unnamed sources who tell him that Brian Cushing’s sprained ankle is serious enough that the linebacker could be out for a month, possibly until the Notre Dame game on October 20. He’s officially listed as “probable” for Saturday, but his status will be clarified on Thursday. Pete Carroll told reporters “It will […]

On Monday, Pete Carroll addressed the biggest lingering question from the Washington State game: why did tailback C.J. Gable, who had such a great performance at Nebraska, get only a single carry on Saturday night? Carroll assured the media that “there’s no problem with what he’s done at all,” attributing the lack of touches for Gable […]

The top-ranked Trojans (3-0, 1-0) head to Seattle on Saturday for their first Pac-10 road contest of the season, against the Washington Huskies (2-2, 0-1). The Huskies lost their Pac-10 opener last weekend, falling to UCLA 44-31. However, earlier this season, they did defeat a then-ranked Boise State team, 24-10.
Washington is lead this year by […]

After a solid game against Washington State, Pete Carroll wasted no time in shifting his focus to Washington on Sunday, in particular their redshirt freshman quarterback Jake Locker. Carroll calls Locker “amazing” and “as good a prospect as we’ve seen in our conference in a long time,” which, pondering just the Trojan prospects during Carroll’s […]