Updates: Bowls

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 Trojans, like other schools, are allotted 15 practices prior to a bowl game. USC’s first Rose Bowl practices are scheduled for this weekend: Friday (12/7) at 4:00p, and Saturday (12/8) at 11:00a. Their remaining practice dates are: December 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31. When they […]

To the consternation of football fans anticipating a Georgia-USC matchup–which would have pitted arguably the nation’s two hottest two-loss teams–the Rose Bowl has selected No. 13 Illinois to be the Trojans’ opponent in Pasadena on January 1st. In addition to Georgia, Rose Bowl officials passed on several higher-ranked teams, including Missouri, Kansas, and Hawaii. The […]

UCLA’s 16-0 upset victory over 9th-ranked Oregon on Saturday means that the Trojans will win their sixth-straight Pac-10 title and play in the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day if they are able to defeat the Bruins next Saturday at the Coliseum. Whom USC would play in Pasadena is another question; Big-10 winner Ohio State […]

USC’s loss to Oregon on Saturday resulted in another drop in each of the college football polls, although not quite as far as you may have expected (perhaps because national voters are finally beginning to recognize the Ducks as a very good team). The Trojans now find themselves at #13 in the AP and Harris […]