Updates: Opponents

Thursday’s big announcement was that Bruin head coach Karl Dorrell named Patrick Cowan–one of the heroes of UCLA’s upset over USC last season–as his starting quarterback for Saturday’s game. Cowan hasn’t played since November 3rd, when he suffered a collapsed lung in a game against Arizona. Another injured Bruin signal-caller–Ben Olson–may also see some action […]

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 […]

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 […]

Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis announced today that junior Evan Sharpley would get his first start at quarterback on Saturday against USC, replacing freshman Jimmy Clausen. He will become the third quarterback to start for the struggling Irish this season, following Demetrius Jones (who started the first game and left school after he was replaced) […]

Stanford quarterback TC Ostrander suffered a seizure on Sunday and, although early tests did not indicate any problems, he will be held out of Saturday’s game against USC as a precaution. The Cardinal will start Tavita Pritchard in his place. At a press conference today, Stanford coach Jim Harbaugh had this to say about Pritchard:
“[He] […]

The consensus of the preseason football pollsters is that USC will be playing LSU for the national championship in January. In an interview with Louisiana newspaper The Advocate, LSU coach Les Miles welcomes the challenge of playing the Trojans, although he is quick to point out the superiority of his SEC over the Pac-10 conference.
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