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The 13th-ranked USC Trojans (7-2, 4-2) used a strong defense and a truly impressive pass rush against an overmatched Oregon State Beaver (5-4, 3-3) squad in a 24-3 victory on Saturday evening at the Coliseum. The Trojans could not put any points on the board in the second half, but that didn’t stop them from […]

The return of John David Booty to the helm of the offense (with the expanded playbook which accompanies him), combined with the emergence of a much more confident group of receivers, who seemed to have earned the confidence of their coaches and fans with strong performances against Notre Dame and Oregon, should give the Trojans […]

Pete Carroll named John David Booty the starting quarterback for Saturday’s game against Oregon State, an unsurprising announcement given that Booty’s fractured finger had healed enough for him to take most of the first-team snaps in practice this week.

OG Chilo Rachal was given the day off to rest his sore calf, which tightened up on […]

Doctors advised All-American left-tackle Sam Baker not to play Saturday against Oregon State after examining his partially torn hamstring. Even though it’s the larger part of his hamstring which is torn, making him less susceptible to suffering a full tear upon returning, and despite having received a second anti-inflammatory shot on Monday, Pete Carroll said […]

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 […]

If there was a quarterback controversy brewing at SC after Mark Sanchez’s solid performance at Notre Dame, it all but died after the 3rd-year sophomore arguably cost his team the Oregon game a week later by throwing two second-half interceptions. Pete Carroll told reporters in no uncertain terms that if John David Booty, who worked […]

The No. 13 USC Trojans (6-2, 3-2) will look to salvage what’s left of their season when they host the Oregon State Beavers (5-3, 3-2) in USC’s annual homecoming game on Saturday at the Coliseum. The two teams are tied for fourth in the Pac-10 and are looking to make a move up the standings. […]