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beargrowlz 01-16-2007 04:10 PM

Yeah
 
I was playing FOF2k7 since almost the day it came out and really played it and played it and played it - so much so that I just needed a break from it, then remembered how much I had enjoyed TCY and the fact that you've got player turnover every four (or five) years. I also like the chaos of the Bowl system - though I wish it's Bowl system was the pre-BCS anarchy where there was always an argument about who was national champion and there weren't automatic BCS seeded games.

I'd definitely recommend getting the game if you like college football. It looks like an antique compared to FOF2k7, but it's still a lot of fun.


-Bear

beargrowlz 01-16-2007 04:16 PM

2015 Season (2nd Qtr)
 
2015 Season (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 5
@ Oregon State (0-3) (PAC-10)
(USC -4) USC BCS RANK: #8

1st quarter grades came out, only two players with D's and 1 player with a D+. Gave all three of them a bunch of coaching blocs to help them get more study time.

OC Chester Hoffman and RG Ernie Cheatham just dominated the line of scrimmage opening holes for the Southern Cal running game with 9 key run blocks between them as USC took a solid road win over Oregon State 35-10.

Tailback Aaron Castillo led the Trojan running game with 122 yards and one touchdown on 27 carries while QB malcolm Moreno ran for 52 yards on 5 carries. Moreno also threw for 209 yards and 3 TD's, but also got picked twice.

It was a good, solid win on the road to open the PAC-10 season.

USC 35 -- Oregon State 10
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)

* * *

WEEK 6
@ Oregon (2-2) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #7

We stay in the great state of Oregon again this week, playing the Ducks of the University of Oregon after our solid win against the Beavers of Oregon State.

Three recruits signed letters of intent to play for USC next season. They are; J.B. Wilson, an 80++ (ranked #4) running back from North Cedar High School in Stanwood, Iowa; Albert Wilcox, a 70++ (rank #66) defensive tackle from Glendora High School in Glendora, California; and Max Fitzgerald, an 82- (Rank #45) cornerback from Atwater High School in Atwater, California. Three very good early signings.

OLB Riddick Taylor and WR Ronnie Wheeler look like they'll be out for the year after last week's game. That hurts.

It was a defensive struggle all day with DE Alonzo Chevrier leading the way to a Trojans road win, 19-14 at Oregon.

Chevrier made 7 tackles while assisting on 2 others while sacking the Ducks QB twice on the day. SILB Tyrell Vaughn added 8 tackles to help shutdown the Duck offense.

Kicker Walter Perez booted 4 field goals and the lone USC touchdown came on a 3 yard pass from Malcolm Moreno to Richie Warrick.

A tough win, but a win nonetheless.

USC 19 -- Oregon 14
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

* * *

WEEK 7
vs. California (3-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -14) USC BCS RANK: #5

We're really getting hit by the injury bug early this season. Tyrell Lyons chose this week to come down with tonsilitis - when I was a kid they used to take our tonsils out when we were like 3. I remember watching the moon landing and sucking on grape popsicles in the hospital in the wee hours of the morning when we walked on the moon. Now they wait till college and disrupt football season.

The marvels of medical science.

We lost a DE we had recruit to UCLA, but landed two other erecruit this week. I have no doubt that because UCLA landed him, the DE will go on to be the next Richard Seymour. That's life.

Signing with us were Bobby Burgess, a 68++ (rank #100) offensive tackle from Tillamook High School in Tillamook, Oregon and Rodney Gardner, a kicker from Slater High School in Slater, Missouri. Gardner was the best kicker available in this year's recruiting class and is rated a 93+.

We could get no ground game going this week, but s tingy Southern Cal defense held the Gilden Bears to 166 total yards of offense, Walter Perez kicked 3 field goals and QB Malcolm Moreno seemed to be getting untracked as USC held on for a 14-14 nailbiter against Cal.

The USC defense was so dominating that it held Cal to 0.4 yards per carry on 20 carries, led by LB's Brett Vinnick, Tyrell Vaughn and Johnny El Nino, who made 5, 4, and 4 tackles respectively. This left Cal with no choice to throw the ball, where the Trojan pass rush pressured the Golden Bear QB all day recording 4 sacks, two of them by DE Alonzo Chevrier.

On offense it was all QB Malcolm Moreno, who put it all together this week to go 18/31 for 266 yards and one touchdown pass - that to WR Richie Warrick who had 3 catches for 79 yards.

It was a very hard fought victory for USC, but we'll take it.

USC 16 -- California 14
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (5-0)

* * *

WEEK 8
vs. Arizona State (0-5) (PAC-10)
(USC -36) USC BCS RANK: #3

Our solid, if unspectacular play has vaulted us to #3 in the nation this week, just behind Virginia and Florida. Out for this week's game will be WR Ronnie Wheeler, ILB Chad Berg and OLB Riddick Taylor.

Landed two more recruit this week. Lester Kirkwood, an offensive tackle from Pueblo High School in Tucson, Arizona and Andrew Francis, a defensive tackle from Malibu High School in Malibu, California both signed letters of intent to play for USC in 2016. Kirkwood is a 67+ OT ranked 94th in his recruiting class. Francis is an 83-- DT who was ranked 32nd in his recruiting class, but I wasn' all that impressed with him. Still, he'll provide some solid depth at the nose if nothing else.

In what was mostly a defensive struggle for the 1st quarter, ASU struck first with 3:20 left in the 1st on a 79 yard touchdown bomb to take a 7-0 lead after one.

The Trojans wouldn't allow another point all day.

The stifling defense of Southern Cal, led by DE Alonzo Chevrier and his 7 tackles and 3.5 sacks, sacked the Sun Devil QB 8 times and held ASU to 33 yards rushing on 19 carries, and 115 total yards of offense on the day.

Offensively, after a sluggish 1st quarter in which ASU held the Trojans scoreless, 5th year senior QB Malcolm Moreno erupted for what was easily his best game of the year to date, passing for over 400 yards on a 26 for 36 day.

Three Southern Cal receivers broke the hundred yard mark on the day - Wingback Gabe Whalen made 9 catches for 116 yards, WR Cole McConnell had 7 grabs for 129 yards and Richie Warrick had 6 receptions for 112 yards and the lone USC touchdown through the air.

On the ground the Sun Devils were mostly successful in holding Tailback Aaron Castillo in check, limiting him to 93 yards and 1 TD on 26 carries (3.5 ypc) but Wingback Gabe Whalen, who had a fabulous all around performance today, ran for 65 yards and 3 touchdowns on 13 carries (5.0 ypc).

All in all once we woke up we played a thoroughly dominating game. Good win.

USC 47 -- Arizona State 7
PAC-10 (4-0) -- OVERALL (6-0)

* * *

WEEK 9 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 9, 2015
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                7-0    SEC  1.50  1.00  0.00  3.80  6.30  1     
Virginia                5-0    ACC  2.50  3.50  0.00  3.56  9.56  2     
Iowa                    6-0    B10  4.25  3.00  0.00  4.44  11.69 3     
Syracuse                6-0    BGE  4.75  3.50  0.00  4.64  12.89 4     
**Southern California  6-0    P10  3.50  8.50  0.00  4.56  16.56 5     
Keene State            7-0    NNE  10.50 4.00  0.00  4.92  19.42 6     
Toledo                  6-1    MAC  6.50  12.50 1.00  0.88  20.88 7     
Texas A&M              5-1    B12  11.00 6.00  1.00  3.00  21.00 8     
Notre Dame              6-1    IND  9.25  10.00 1.00  4.12  24.37 9     
Penn State              5-1    B10  13.00 11.00 1.00  4.28  29.28 10     
Nebraska                6-0    B12  19.00 7.50  0.00  4.68  31.18 11     
Wisconsin              7-1    B10  13.75 12.50 1.00  4.52  31.77 12     
Oklahoma                5-1    B12  11.50 17.50 1.00  1.88  31.88 13     
Miami of Ohio          5-1    MAC  9.50  21.00 1.00  1.96  33.46 14     
Michigan                4-2    B10  18.75 15.00 2.00  0.36  36.11 15     
UCLA                    6-1    P10  24.25 8.00  1.00  4.48  37.73 16     
Rice                    4-1    WAC  16.50 17.50 1.00  3.36  38.36 17     
Texas Christian        4-1    USA  18.50 16.50 1.00  2.60  38.60 18     
Southern Methodist      5-1    WAC  17.00 21.00 1.00  3.32  42.32 19     
Colorado                5-1    B12  11.00 29.00 1.00  2.64  43.64 20     
Alabama                5-1    SEC  23.75 18.00 1.00  3.92  46.67 21     
Tulsa                  5-2    WAC  10.25 36.00 2.00  0.12  48.37 22     
North Texas            5-1    SUN  17.75 28.50 1.00  2.12  49.37 23     
Louisiana-Lafayette    4-1    SUN  21.00 25.00 1.00  2.40  49.40 24     
Louisville              5-1    USA  27.00 17.50 1.00  4.96  50.46 25


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Marathoner 01-16-2007 05:41 PM

Wow bear, you have really set-up Keene State. Will they ever get a shot at the national title? Very well-written dynasty.

edited for spelling.

beargrowlz 01-16-2007 06:30 PM

Marathoner,

I think I did a solid job recruiting and building the program the four seasons I was there, as well as building up the program's prestige.

I don't think however, that as long as an AI coach is controlling them, they'll ever get to play for a national title. That's mainly because of the way the BCS rankings in the game are calculated. Strength of schedule counts for just enough to keep them out of one of the top two spots in the rankings. A human coach could make up for the weak NNE conference and schedule they play, along with the annual Northen Illinois game, by scheduling two Top 5 or Top 10 opponents.

But the AI isn't likely to schedule those games for them, so while they may make a BCS Bowl Game (Top 8 teams), they probably won't get to the National Championship game.

(Wouldn't it rock if TCY were multiplayer?) :)

And thanks again for the read and compliments!


-Bear

beargrowlz 01-16-2007 08:20 PM

2015 Season (3rd Qtr)
 
2015 SEASON (3rd Qtr.)


WEEK 9
@ Stanford (5-1) (PAC-10) *TV2*
(USC -13) USC RANK: #5

Wheeler, Berg and Taylor will all be out for this week's game again - and likely the rest of the season. Tailback Aaron Castillo has been listed probable almost all season with a brusied rib cage - same again this week.

Have I mentioned how much I hate it when a new walk-on shows up with a failing grade? When your team loses players to injuries, new walk-ons come out for the team. Normally, if the kid shows up with a failing grade, I cut him and tell him to go to the library and study. In this case, the kid is popular with the rest of the squad, so instead of hurting team morale I allocated a bunch of coaching blocs to him. had two players with D-'s, so allocated blocs to them and 3 players with D's, so I gave them some. A bit worse than 1st quarter grades.

Good news on the recruiting front as we land three recruits this week. Pat Oxendine, a quarterback from East High School in Morristown, Tennessee, Louis Ballard, an offensive guard from Chenango Valley High School in Binghamton, New York and R.J. Lackey, a 76- (rank #45) defensive end from Mountain Valley High School in Rumford, Maine all signed letters of intent to play for Southern Cal next season.

Oxendine is the #6th ranked recruit in the nation and is scouted as an 80+ QB and the second best signal caller in this year's recruiting class. Our scout says he likes to run all the time but alas, his high school stats suggest otherwise. He comes with terrific academics and comes from high school with very good academic and athletic prep programs.

Ballard was the 19th ranked recruit in the nation and was scouted as an 86++ - he looked far better than the 86 my scout gave him, which was an excellent rating to begin with. Ballard's specialty is run blocking, which we need more of here at Southern Cal. His grades are average, nothing spectacular, though his prep athletic program was good - though not great.

That brings our recruiting class to 10. We can sign up to 16 players to letters of intent, but only have 15 scholarships available due to redshirting (I think I may "over-redshirt" in that I don't like to waste a year of a very good player's eligibility sitting on the bench as a backup that may play occassionally, but YMMV), so we may end up recruiting someone to walk-on nearer to the end of the season.

Southern Cal OC Chester Hoffman and FB Warren Guthrie dominated the line of scrimmage, throwing 6 and 5 key run blocks respectively as they opened up holes for Tailback Aaron Castillo all day en route to a 24-6 Trojan victory at Stanford.

Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards just kept calling Tailback Castillo's number all day as Castillo had a whopping 44 carries, gaining 202 yards (4.5 ypc) while running for one touchdown as the USC running game controlled the ball for over 38 minutes.

Richie Warrick had a solid day at wideout, making 5 catches for 81 yards and hauling in a touchdown pass from Malcom Moreno. Moreno was quiet most of the day, going 10/22 for 143 yards while throwing the one touchdown to Warrick and getting picked once.

On defense the Trojans shut down the Cardinal in fine fashion. Nickel back Roger Majka ran an INT back for a touchdown while redshirt sophomore Rick Holmes, starting in place of injured OLB Riddick Taylor, had two sacks. CB Tyrell Lyons had two picks and the Trojan D had five interceptions on the day.

Even though we didn't put a ton of points on the board, we dominated every facet of the game, especially on defense, where we held the Cardinal to 10 net yards rushing on 19 carries and 115 net yards altogether.

We're playing pretty solid football, particularly on defense. Now if Malcom Moreno could just get untracked and our running attack be a little more consistent, that'd be some truly good news.

USC 24 -- Stanford 6
PAC-10 (5-0) -- OVERALL (7-0)

* * *

WEEK 10
@ Washington (5-2) (PAC-10)
(USC -5) USC BCS RANK: #6

No new injuries to report, and Castillo is still probable.

Both UCLA and us are 5-0 in the PAC-10, everyone else has lost at least a game to date. We just need to keep playing hard and taking them one game at a time and things will fall as they may.

We landed another big offensive lineman recruiting this week as Nate Lauvray, an offensive guard from Wethersfield High School in Wethersfield, Connecticut signed a letter of intent with USC. Lauvray is scouted at 84-- whose specialty is run blocking. He has very good grades and comes from a very solid academic program, but only a fair athletic program. He'll be a project.

QB Malcolm Moreno lit a fire under the Trojans this week, leading the way to a dominating win over the Washington Huskies, 44-10.

Moreno had a big day passing going 17/25 for 292 yards while tossing two touchdown passes - one of them an 86 yard strike to Wingback Gabe Whalen, who had three receptions for 102 yards on the day.

And then it was all defense and the special teams of the Trojans as SILB Tyrell Vaughn returned an INT for a touchdown and Mo Napiecek returned a punt for a touchdown and the rout was on, leading to a very big road win against a solid Huskie program.

USC 44 -- Washington 10
PAC-10 (6-0) -- OVERALL (8-0)

* * *

WEEK 11
vs. Arizona (0-8) (PAC-10)
(USC -39) USC BCS RANK: #4

Injury list the same as it has been; Berg, Wheeler and Taylor listed as out; Castillo as probable.

Deja vu all over again it seems. We lost to an 0-8 Arizona team last season that started our downward spiral out of conference (and national?) championship hopes and into the Liberty Bowl. This year the boys say they are more mentally prepared and have a score to setle with the Wildcats.

We'll see.

We had one more recruit sign a letter with us this week, Edwin Kidman, a wide receiver from Glencoe High School in Hillsboro, Oregon. Kidman is a 70++ receiver who is an outstanding punt returner. He comes to us from a school with an outstanding academic program and very solid grades. The atheletic program is fair to good.

We seem to be getting more players from the Pacific Northwest these days - maybe I'm just recruiting more up there, but as three of our PAC-10 opponents are from Washington state and Oregon, it's nice to win kids over from their backyards.

Invited a number of students to come to visit campus and come out for the program as walk-ons. Most were high academic types with good skill sets but under-recruited because they come from programs with poor athletic prep. As they'll be back of the roster types, that should work out fine for us and them - and you never know, one may turn out to be a solid contributor one day. But at least they won't be academic problems.

Arizona opened the game 9 minutes into it with a field goal. Then Safety Louie finch returned the ensuing kickoff for a touchdown and we never looked back, vengeance on the minds of the men of troy as we built a 31-3 lead at the half on the way to a dominating 52-6 victory over the Wildcats.

The passing attack was quiet all day - wasn't much need for it and backup Mark Rayburn played a good part of the game as Malcolm Moreno got much of the second half off.

Backs Aaron Castillo and Gabe Whalen had a field day running through the Arizona front seven, with Castillo galloping for 120 yards and four touchdowns on 21 carries (5.7 ypc) and Whalen rushing for 70 yards and a TD on 16 carries (4.3 ypc). Much of their success was due to the blocking of OC Chester Hoffman who had a terrific 6 key run blocks on the day.

Defensively DE Alonzo Chevrier got to the Wildcat QB 2.5 times and backup Safety Shaun Nordskov had two picks as we dominated all facets of the game.

And with UCLA's 16-14 loss at home to Stanford in Week 10, and their one point home loss to Cal this week, we are the only PAC-10 team undefeated - every other PAC-10 team has at least two losses. That means, that with our dominant win this week, we just captured our first PAC-10 Conference Championship of my tenure here at Southern Cal.

Damn that feels good. And give what Zona did to us last year, couldn't have worked out beter than to clinch by beating them, and beating them badly.

We've got two games left - one at Notre Dame and one at home against UCLA. We need to maintain our intensity.

Because now there's a lot more at stake than just the PAC-10 title.

USC 52 -- Arizona 6
PAC-10 (7-0) -- OVERALL (9-0)

* * *

WEEK 12
@ #9 Notre Dame (7-1) *TV5*
(ND -2) USC BCS RANK: #4

A big showdown this week in South Bend. This will easily be our toughest game of the year. The Irish blew us out last year en route to the National Championship Game. This year, the boys have some more vengeance to take. Let's see if they can do what it takes to win.

Starting OT Nathan Padgett is added to the injury list as probable. Castillo remains probable. Same guys are out as all year.

We landed two more recruits this week, Renaldo Elder, a 75++ (rank #25) inside linebacker from Malcolm X Shabazz High School in Newark, New Jersey and Artie Waugh, a 65+ safety from Glen Ridge High School in Glen Ridge, New Jersey have committed to USC for next season. turned out to be another very solid recruiting year for us.

At this point, we have two slots left open in our recruiting class. We have one scholarship remaining and one offer out there. We also have offerred four players walk-on spots, but I think the way it works is that only one will be able to accept because you're limited to a recruiting class of 16.

Well, we just weren't able to stay with the Fighting Irish, it was a game for the first half but they blew it open in the 3rd quarter. We couldn't run the ball or pass the ball against that defense, and eventually they just wore us down, beating us 34-10.

Our lone touchdown came on a Malcolm Moreno pass to wideout Richie Warrick, who had only two receptions on the day. Defensively Alonzo Chevrier got to the Irish QB twice and NT Bert Duncan had a sack and a half.

A tough loss, but not a heartbreaking one - we just didn't have the hosses to stay with them. Maybe next year.

Notre Dame 34 -- USC 10
PAC-10 (7-0) -- OVERALL (9-1)

* * *

WEEK 13 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 13, 2015
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                10-0    SEC  2.00  1.00  0.00  4.00  7.00  1     
Virginia                9-0    ACC  1.25  3.00  0.00  4.80  9.05  2     
Iowa                    9-0    B10  3.50  3.00  0.00  4.16  10.66 3     
Syracuse                9-0    BGE  5.00  3.00  0.00  4.96  12.96 4     
Texas A&M              8-1    B12  7.25  5.00  1.00  2.32  15.57 5     
Toledo                  8-1    MAC  5.50  10.50 1.00  1.08  18.08 6     
Notre Dame              8-1    IND  9.00  6.50  1.00  2.80  19.30 7     
Rice                    8-1    WAC  5.50  10.00 1.00  4.64  21.14 8     
**Southern California  9-1    P10  8.75  10.00 1.00  3.80  23.55 9     
Keene State            9-1    NNE  11.75 6.50  1.00  5.00  24.25 10     
Wisconsin              10-1    B10  9.75  9.50  1.00  4.52  24.77 11     
Louisville              8-1    USA  9.75  12.50 1.00  4.88  28.13 12     
South Florida          9-1    USA  12.75 11.50 1.00  4.44  29.69 13     
Penn State              8-2    B10  12.00 13.00 2.00  3.72  30.72 14     
Michigan                7-3    B10  12.25 15.50 3.00  0.12  30.87 15     
Virginia Tech          8-1    ACC  18.00 19.50 1.00  4.76  43.26 16     
Hawaii                  8-2    WAC  20.00 18.50 2.00  3.48  43.98 17     
Nebraska                8-2    B12  22.75 16.00 2.00  4.32  45.07 18     
Pittsburgh              7-2    BGE  17.25 25.50 2.00  2.20  46.95 19     
Baylor                  9-1    B12  13.00 29.00 1.00  4.40  47.40 20     
Bowling Green          8-2    MAC  20.25 23.00 2.00  3.76  49.01 21     
Middle Tennessee State  8-1    SUN  21.75 22.00 1.00  4.92  49.67 22     
California              7-2    P10  23.50 21.50 2.00  4.48  51.48 23     
Boston College          8-2    BGE  25.50 20.00 2.00  4.36  51.86 24     
San Diego State        8-2    MTW  21.25 26.00 2.00  3.20  52.45 25




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beargrowlz 01-16-2007 09:12 PM

2015 Season (4th Qtr.)
 
2015 SEASON (4TH Qtr.)


WEEK 13
vs. UCLA (7-3) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -7) USC RANK: #9

Even though we've already clinched the PAC-10 championship -woo! - this game is BIG in more ways than one. We're ranked #9 in the BCS rankings. We're close enough in the rankings that with a win here, we might be able to creep into one of the top 8 BCS spots and go to a BCS Bowl Game. That'd be a super huge accomplishment for our program and tremendous progress after a real downer of a season last year.

Oh, and besides, the alumni want this one real bad.

No changes to our injury list, good or bad.

Quarterly grades came out, three D-'s and one D+, major improvement from last quarter. Gave out a bunch of coaching blocs to those four students and still have 15 blocs left for the 4th quarter grades before finals. Two of the four players are walk-ons - grr.

Deron O'Neal, a 60+ outside linebacker from Chatsworth High School in Chatsworth, California accepted the last scholarship we could offer this season. Now we just wait to see if any of the players we invited accepts a walk-on spot.

96.600 fans at the Rose Bowl sat in stunned silence as UCLA returned the opening kickoff for a touchdown. 9:30 into the game the Bruins added another touchdown and it looked like UCLA was going to win in a walk.

They wouldn't score again.

Tailback Aaron Castillo then took over the game, rushing for four touchdowns and WR Cole McConnell, playing in place of the injured Ronnie Wheeler made 10 receptions for 144 yards and a touchdown as Southern Cal put up 41 unanswered points en route to a crowd pleasing 41-14 win over our arch-rival the UCLA Bruins.

QB Malcolm Moreno had a fantastic day passing against the Bruin secondary, going 26/35 for 342 yards and one touchdown as he stayed mistake free the entire game. Aside from hitting McConnell ten times, Moreno also hit wideout Richie Warrick 5 times for 93 yards in a winning effort.

Castillo did not have a great day statistically - aside from the four, rather important touchdowns that is - as he ran for 145 yards on 38 carries (3.8 ypc), but he got the yards he needed to when it counted.

The defense came up big again, allowing only 119 total yards on the day and limiting the Bruins to 42 net yards rushing on 19 carries.

Just how dominating was the defense after UCLA's 1st quarter scoring drive? Here's a look at the Bruins drive chart.

Code:


UCLA Drive Chart
 Quar Began Poss From  Plays Yards Result
 1 11:56 2:36 OWN 42  6 58 Touchdown
 1 2:29 1:22 OWN 26  3 -3 Punt
 2 9:12 4:32 OWN 30  7 35 Downs
 2 2:58 2:00 OWN 22  4 16 Punt
 2 0:10 0:10 OWN 20  1 -1 Half
 3 10:34 0:58 OWN 20  3 -3 Punt
 3 7:50 1:30 OWN 27  3 7 Punt
 3 2:43 1:57 OWN 20  4 14 Punt
 4 10:35 0:37 OWN 20  3 0 Punt
 4 8:44 0:31 OWN 36  3 0 Punt
 4 4:39 0:33 OPP 47  4 0 Interception
 4 2:25 1:46 OWN 18  3 -4 Punt



Bucky Riley's defense played simply amazing.

Credit also needs to go to Offensive coordinator Randy Edwards and his play calling, whose offense controlled the ball for over 41 minutes in this big, big win.

So we go a perfect 8-0 in the PAC-10 and win the conference championship, and beat our arch rival UCLA to boot.

One terrific year.

Now let's see where we end up bowl game-wise.

USC 41 -- UCLA 14
PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (10-1)

* * *

WEEK 14
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #6

That big win catapulted us back into the top eight at #6. Hopefully we can stay in the top eight through conference championship week - then we'll go to a BCS Bowl.

PAC-10 (7-0) -- OVERALL (9-1)

* * *

WEEK 15
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #6

We stayed at #6, that's good news.

We're hoping Caly boy OC Cornell Ours, a 53+ OC accepts our walk-on offer. He's decent academically and probably won't be much more than an end of the bench player, but he's better than most walk-ons, academically and athletically, that we usually get.

PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (10-1)

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WEEK 16
MINOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #7

We got word, we'll be going to the Fiesta Bowl to play #4 Virginia (11-0). Truly outstanding for our program.

Cornell Ours, a center from Bret Harte Union High School in Angels Camp, California, has agreed to come out as a walk-on for USC next season, filling out our recruiting class.

PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (10-1)

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WEEK 17 BCS RANKINGS

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The College Years
Week 17, 2015
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    11-0    B10  1.25  2.50  0.00  2.84  6.59  1     
Florida                12-0    SEC  2.50  1.00  0.00  3.76  7.26  2     
Texas A&M              11-1    B12  2.25  4.00  1.00  0.76  8.01  3     
Virginia                11-0    ACC  3.00  2.50  0.00  4.80  10.30 4     
Syracuse                10-1    BGE  6.25  5.50  1.00  4.44  17.19 5     
**Southern California  10-1    P10  6.50  8.00  1.00  3.48  18.98 6     
Rice                    10-1    WAC  6.75  7.50  1.00  4.88  20.13 7     
Keene State            11-1    NNE  10.00 5.50  1.00  5.00  21.50 8     
Toledo                  11-2    MAC  11.75 12.00 2.00  1.16  26.91 9     
Notre Dame              9-2    IND  12.75 10.50 2.00  3.12  28.37 10     
Hawaii                  10-2    WAC  9.75  15.50 2.00  3.32  30.57 11     
Penn State              9-2    B10  15.25 9.50  2.00  3.84  30.59 12     
Michigan                8-3    B10  12.75 15.50 3.00  0.12  31.37 13     
South Florida          10-1    USA  16.00 9.50  1.00  4.96  31.46 14     
San Diego State        9-2    MTW  14.25 19.00 2.00  2.76  38.01 15     
Pittsburgh              9-3    BGE  11.00 24.00 3.00  0.04  38.04 16     
Wisconsin              10-2    B10  19.00 13.50 2.00  4.48  38.98 17     
Boston College          9-2    BGE  17.50 17.50 2.00  4.00  41.00 18     
California              9-2    P10  18.50 16.50 2.00  4.24  41.24 19     
Miami of Ohio          10-3    MAC  16.50 21.50 3.00  2.04  43.04 20     
Louisville              10-2    USA  22.00 14.50 2.00  4.68  43.18 21     
Middle Tennessee State  10-2    SUN  20.50 23.50 2.00  4.60  50.60 22     
Tulsa                  9-3    WAC  17.50 30.00 3.00  0.32  50.82 23     
Virginia Tech          9-2    ACC  23.25 22.50 2.00  4.64  52.39 24     
Bowling Green          9-3    MAC  21.75 25.50 3.00  3.56  53.81 25




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aztarheel 01-16-2007 09:48 PM

Nice job beating up on the Bruins -- one win away from likely competing for a national title ...

beargrowlz 01-16-2007 10:32 PM

Thanks.

Was a great season. And a much needed catharsis after the last one. ;)

beargrowlz 01-16-2007 10:42 PM

2015 Season (Final)
 
2015 SEASON (FINAL)



WEEK 17
MAJOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #6

QB Malcolm Moreno was ticketed by police for creating an unlawful disturbance for making too much noise by having a party at a house off campus. Moreno was apparently caught en flagrante delecto with two cheerleders along with some alcohol, but the police only cited him for the noise the party was making. The NCAA took no action. School officials wanted me to suspend him, but I'm not going to suspend the 5th year senior from going to the Fiesta Bowl for making too much noise and joining the glee club, so to speak.

Quarterly grades came out. A walk-on failing a class, a few D-'s. Allocated coaching blocs and hope that's enough to keep anyone from failing this semester.

News of note: UCLA lost to Georgia Tech in the Liberty Bowl, 20-17. Notre Dame beat UNLV 70-6 in the Patriot Bowl. Ouch. And my old school, Keene State, defeated Middle Tennesee State in the Georgia Bowl 13-7. Good for them.

PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (10-1)

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WEEK 18
FOUR STAR TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #6

PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (10-1)

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WEEK 19
NEW YEAR'S TIER
FIESTA BOWL: vs. #4 Virginia (11-0) *TV1*
(Virginia -3) USC BCS RANK: #5

We'll be facing off against a very good Virginia program, one that you could arguably make a case for that they should be playing for the national championship. A win for us would be a huge victory for our program. It would also give us 11 wins on the season, the most in a single season since I've been at USC.

Wheeler, Berg and Taylor will miss the game due to injuries as they have most of the year. WR Richie Warrick is listed as probable.

Bucky Riley expects the Cavaliers to come out trying to run the ball against us -- our defensive strength. I guess we'll see if he's right.

1st Qtr: We trade scores as Tailback Aaron Castillo takes it in from one yard out to give us a 7-0 lead before the Cavaliers tie it up on a Ryan Maas touchdown pass.

After 1: Tied 7-7.

2nd Qtr: Trojan QB Malcolm Moreno takes over and tosses two touchdown passes, the first a 15 yarder to WR Cole McConnell, the second to FB Warren Guthrie. Virginia is only able to answer with a field goal with 4 seconds left on the clock before the end of the half.

Halftime: USC 21-10

3rd Qtr: Cavalier QB Ryan Maas tosses his second touchdown pass of the day and Virginia adds a field goal. We are unable to answer. This game has suddenly gotten too close for comfort.

End of the 3rd: USC 21-20

4th Qtr: We start off the fourth and drive to the Cavalier 39 where we go for it on 4th and 5. Aaron Castillo ran for 4 yards and we turn the ball over on downs. Virginia takes over and our defense holds and they go three and out.

We then begin a 7 minute drive to the Virginia 9. Walter Perez tries a field goal but the Cavalier defense comes up big and blocks the kick - ouch! They take over at their own 24 with 6:11 left in the game.

Virgnia then proceeds to drive down the field to our 24 with 2:31 left on the clock. The Cavs send out placekicker Sean Oreck, who has already connected for two field goals today, to try a 41 yarder.

Wide right.

We take over at our own 24 with 2:24 left to play, ahead by one. They stop our QB option for no gain, then stuff Castillo for a 1 yard gain on 2nd down.

On third and nine QB Malcolm Moreno drops back and hits WR Cole McConnel for 14 yards and a first down, but he's forced out of bounds stopping the clock -- no harm no foul as it hit the 2 minute warning mark anyway.

On 1st down they stuff Castillo for no gain again. On 2nd Castillo pounds out three yards bringing up a 3rd and 7 on our own 42 with 1:07 left to play.

Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards calls the QB option and Moreno sprints left and pitches to Aaron Castillo. Redshirt senior Fullback Warren Guthrie just hammers his man, throwing a key run block and springs Castillo for a 9 yard gain and a first down. Virginia is out of timeouts and Malcolm Moreno takes a knee a couple of times and that's the ball game -- one heckuva game but we hold on, 21-20.

Just reading from the game log the game was frackin exciting. What a big, big win for us.

Neither team could run the ball all day. They gained 69 net yards on 24 carries on the day. We gained a little more yardage (89 yards) , but ran the ball 46 times. But we got a big nine yards on that one play thanks to FB Warren Guthrie.

Malcolm Moreno played extremely well in his final game as a USC Trojan, going 16/24 for 240 yards and two touchdowns while getting picked off once. His favorite target was who it has been down the stretch, Cole McConnell, who started the year on the bench as a backup. McConnell, who caught the big 14 yard first down play to keep the ball in our hands late in the 4th quarter, had 6 receptions on the day for 100 yards and one touchdown. Moreno's other TD toss went to who else - FB Warren Guthrie.

Our defense was led by two other players who started the year as backups: redshirt sophomore WLB Rick Holmes, who made 7 tackles and sacked the Cavalier QB twice on the day; and WILB Brett Vinnick, who also made 7 tackles.

The play of guys who started the year on the bench, or at seemingly unimportant positions like Fullback, just show how important it is to recruit depth. Without the play of McConnell, Holmes, Vinnick and Guthrie, we probably don't win the Fiesta Bowl. They played a heckuva game.

What a truly exciting and terrific end to a fabulous season.


FIESTA BOWL
USC 21 -- Virginia 20
PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (11-1)

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WEEK 20
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #4

We move up to #4 in the BCS Rankings off our tremendous Fiesta Bowl victory.

Florida hammers Iowa 42-14 to win its second consecutive National Championship. Florida QB Heath Hammond wins his second consecutive Heisman.

We end the year where we started the week, ranked #4 in the final BCS rankings.

Awesome.

PAC-10 (8-0) -- OVERALL (11-1)

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2015 FINAL BCS RANKINGS

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The College Years
Final 2015
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                13-0    SEC  1.25  1.00  0.00  2.44  4.69  1     
Texas A&M              12-1    B12  1.50  2.00  1.00  0.56  5.06  2     
Iowa                    11-1    B10  3.25  3.50  1.00  1.20  8.95  3     
**Southern California  11-1    P10  3.25  6.50  1.00  2.36  13.11 4     
Virginia                11-1    ACC  5.50  4.00  1.00  4.16  14.66 5     
Keene State            11-1    NNE  10.25 4.50  1.00  5.00  20.75 6     
Syracuse                10-2    BGE  8.25  8.00  2.00  3.48  21.73 7     
Notre Dame              10-2    IND  11.00 8.00  2.00  2.72  23.72 8     
Michigan                9-3    B10  9.75  12.00 3.00  0.08  24.83 9     
South Florida          11-1    USA  12.50 7.50  1.00  4.92  25.92 10     
Toledo                  11-2    MAC  12.00 10.50 2.00  1.64  26.14 11     
California              10-2    P10  9.00  14.00 2.00  3.96  28.96 12     
San Diego State        10-2    MTW  7.50  18.00 2.00  1.96  29.46 13     
Hawaii                  10-2    WAC  11.25 14.00 2.00  3.80  31.05 14     
Rice                    10-2    WAC  12.50 12.00 2.00  4.60  31.10 15     
Boston College          10-2    BGE  14.75 16.00 2.00  3.64  36.39 16     
Pittsburgh              9-3    BGE  12.75 24.00 3.00  0.04  39.79 17     
Louisville              10-2    USA  22.75 13.50 2.00  4.76  43.01 18     
Miami of Ohio          10-3    MAC  15.50 22.50 3.00  2.12  43.12 19     
Virginia Tech          10-2    ACC  16.25 20.50 2.00  4.40  43.15 20     
Tulsa                  9-3    WAC  14.50 28.50 3.00  0.36  46.36 21     
Penn State              9-3    B10  25.25 16.00 3.00  3.24  47.49 22     
Wisconsin              10-3    B10  22.25 19.50 3.00  4.44  49.19 23     
Middle Tennessee State  10-2    SUN  22.25 22.50 2.00  4.72  51.47 24     
North Carolina State    9-3    ACC  21.00 25.50 3.00  2.96  52.46 25



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beargrowlz 01-17-2007 12:30 AM

2015 Season Summary & Review
 
2015 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW


SEASON REVIEW

What a fabulous season. 2015 turned out to be the complete antithesis of 2014. We went undefeated in the PAC-10, smoked our arch-rival UCLA, earned a BCS Bowl bid, then defeated Virginia in a hard fought 21-20 victory in the Fiesta Bowl. We ended up ranked 4th in the BCS final rankings. We simply played very solid football all year, and it was tremendously rewarding to see it all come together. What a big step for our program here at Southern Cal.

As you'll see below, the All PAC-10 teams look like our starting lineup. Big congrats go out to graduating senior QB Malcolm Moreno for being named PAC-10 MVP. His play down the stretch and in the Fiesta Bowl was remarkable. It was good to see him put it all together.

From an analytical perspective, I still don't think we ran the ball as well as we could have. I was however quite pleased with our passing attack and very pleased with the fact we hardly ever turned the ball over - our turnover margin was 2nd best in the nation.

Defensively teams found they simply couldn't run the ball against us, and when they tried they just got stuffed by our front seven. Teams tried to throw at an incredible rate against us, but we held them to a 42.7% completion rate. And of those completions, our opponents averaged only 5.66 yards per reception - 12th best defensively in the nation.

And finally, on crucial third downs, we converted third downs at a rate of 44.1%, a very good 13th nationally, while our defense held opponents to a 26.4% third down conversion rate, good enough for 10th best in the country.

All in all it was a terrific year by both our offense and defense, with a wonderful outcome that matched the high statistical ratings we produced.

Clearly, Southern Cal football has taken a giant step up in the world.

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2015 USC Award Winners

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2015 University of Southern California Trojans
Individual Awards
 
* DE Alonzo Chevrier (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All-American
  - Senior All-American
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* QB Malcolm Moreno (5th yr. Sr.)
  - PAC-10 Most Valuable Player
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* S Joel Arvold (Fr.)
  - PAC-10 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
 
* WR Richie Warrick (5th yr Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OC Chester Hoffman (Jr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* OG Ed Fuller (Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* OT Nathan Padgett (5th yr Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* K Walter Perez (RS Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* TB Aaron Castillo (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd team All PAC-10
 
* FB Warren Guthrie (RS Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* OG Frank Elliot (Fr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* CB Tyrell Lyons (5th yr Sr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* S Louie Finch (Jr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10



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2015 USC Team Summary

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2015 Team Summary
 
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (8th yr.)
Offensive Coordinator: Randy Edwards (4th yr.)
Defensive Coordinator: Bucky Riley (8th yr.)
Syndicate Coordinator: Pete Prior (17th yr.)
Lead Scout: Lance Coe (1st yr.)
 
Overall Record: 11-1
BCS Rank: #4
Coach's Poll: #7
Fan's Poll: #6
PAC-10 Record: 8-0
PAC-10 Finish: 1st Place ***PAC-10 Champions***
 
Southern California    Team      Rank 
Rushes                  541      9         
Rushing Yards          1934      23         
Yards Per Carry        3.57      57         
Pass Attempts          313      73 (T)     
Completions            193      39         
Passing Yards          2867      18         
Yards Per Attempt      9.15      11         
3rd Down Conversions    44.1      13         
Points Per Game        30.5      27         
Turnovers              11        4 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +16      2 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes                  322      1         
Rushing Yards          652      3         
Yards Per Carry        2.02      5         
Pass Attempts          377      116       
Completions            161      30 (T)     
Passing Yards          2136      42         
Yards Per Attempt      5.66      12         
3rd Down Conversions    26.4      10 (T)     
Points Per Game        12.5      7 (T)     
Turnovers              27        17 (T)     
 
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    28    NCAR (80)    9     
2    30    BALL (57)    7     
5    35    at ORST (101) 10     
6    19    at OREG (83)  14     
7    16    CALI (13)    14     
8    47    AZST (111)    7     
9    24    at STAN (41)  6     
10    44    at WASH (51)  10     
11    52    ARIZ (123)    6     
12    10    at NODM (9)  34     
13    41    UCLA (28)    14     
19    21    vs VIRG (5)  20  ***Fiesta Bowl (BCS)***   
 
Passing            Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int 
14 Moreno          QB    300  185  2722  9.07  14    7     
Team                ---  313  193  2867  9.15  15    7     
 
Rushing            Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst 
21 Castillo        RB    351  1318  3.75  16    91    130   
25 Whalen          RB    82    318  3.87  5    27    38     
14 Moreno          QB    62    124  2.00  1    29    107   
Team                ---  541  1934  3.57  25    160  306   
 
Receiving          Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC  TD 
1 Warrick          WR    78    48    876  18.2  354  8     
2 McConnell        WR    73    39    603  15.4  209  2     
25 Whalen          RB    44    29    389  13.4  176  1     
33 Guthrie          FB    39    30    304  10.1  153  2     
21 Castillo        RB    31    20    227  11.3  113  0     
4 Wheeler          WR    19    9    155  17.2  85    1     
86 Heekin          WR    17    11    197  17.9  64    1     
Team                ---  313  193  2867  14.8  1194  15     
 
Defense            Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL  Ints  Defn 
79 Chevrier        DE    51    21    17.5  27    0    0     
95 El Nino          OLB  44    13    1.0  7    0    5     
49 Vinnick          ILB  43    17    0.0  3    2    4     
39 Arvold          S    40    17    0.0  2    3    7     
41 Vaughn          ILB  38    18    1.0  5    2    6     
47 Holmes          OLB  37    6    5.5  10    0    4     
38 Finch            S    36    9    0.0  4    3    17     
26 Napiecek        CB    35    11    0.0  5    1    10     
91 Duncan          DT    32    16    7.5  12    0    1     
90 Stender          DE    30    14    5.0  9    0    0     
36 Majka            CB    26    7    0.0  1    1    11     
29 Lyons            CB    20    3    0.0  1    5    9     
Team                ---  542  166  44.0  103  20    85 




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beargrowlz 01-17-2007 01:37 AM

2016 Preseason (Winter)
 
2016 PRESEASON (Winter)

Big jump in USC's prestige rating after the 2015 Fiesta Bowl win, from Excellent (80) to Excellent (85). That makes Southern Cal the 10th most prestigious program in the nation.

Southern Cal's academic reputation is now Very Good (70), 11th highest in the nation. The GPA of students in the football program is now 3.18, still highest in the country. I do find it kind of funny however, that of the three majors USC doesn't offer, one is Spanish.

Just saying.

OLB Reggie Buckley left the football program because of last year's suspension. Hey, it's not like I suspended him for crying out loud.

QB Jason Krieger, a highly touted recruit coming out of high school, left the program because of a lack of playing time last season. Krieger would have been a redshirt junior this season and may have competed for the starting job. My fault for recruiting too many quarterbacks.

WR Thurman Whelan was inducted into the USC Football Hall of Fame. Thurman was here during the dark years of USC football when i first took over the program. He was an excellent wideout who made 227 receptions for 3829 yards and 24 touchdowns in his career. Interestingly enough, he becomes the first player inducted into the USC Hall.

I receive a large number of job offers, but don't seriously consider any of them - even though this is liable to be a major rebuilding year at USC. Among the more prestigious offers were Louisville (Excellent-81), San Diego State (Very Good-78) and Hawaii (Excellent-80). One PAC-10 rival, Arizona State also offerred me their job.

But I turn them all down and stay at USC for my ninth season at the helm of the Trojans.

The football program financials came out today and the program earned $54,870,000 for the university - 6th highest amount in the nation. Our television revenue was $14,950,000, also 6th best in the country. I'm sure the Board of Trustees is pleased with those numbers.

The entire staff remains intact. I'm not entirely pleased with Lance Coe's work at Lead Scout, but can find no one much better, so he'll stay.

TCY Today ranked our recruiting class #13 in the nation - one of our poorer showings as of late. Here's a look at the class.

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The College Years
University of Southern California Trojans
2015 Recruiting List, Ranking View
TCY Today Ranking: #13
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
##Oxendine, Pat          QB    6-0  188  TN  6    2      1      1       
**Wilson, J.B.            RB    5-9  190  IA  4    1      1      1       
$$Kidman, Edwin          WR    6-1  181  OR  235  19    5      1       
##Ours, Cornell          C    6-4  247  CA  ---  97    ---    16     
**Ballard, Louis          G    6-3  271  NY  19    1      3      1       
##Lauvray, Nate          G    6-5  274  CT  376  23    4      1       
$$Kirkwood, Lester        T    6-6  291  AZ  94    16    2      1       
$$Burgess, Bobby          T    6-4  282  OR  100  17    1      1       
$$Gardner, Rodney        K    5-9  168  MO  13    1      1      1       
$$Lackey, R.J.            DE    6-2  246  ME  47    7      1      1       
**Francis, Andrew        DT    6-3  253  CA  32    2      2      1       
**Wilcox, Albert          DT    6-5  262  CA  66    4      5      2       
**Elder, Renaldo          ILB  6-1  227  NJ  25    1      1      1       
##O'Neal, Deron          OLB  6-0  214  CA  919  52    ---    8       
**Fitzgerald, Max        CB    6-2  184  CA  45    1      4      1       
##Waugh, Artie            S    5-10 164  NJ  996  62    24    1       
 
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
##Oxendine, Pat          Yes    No    Committed *     
**Wilson, J.B.            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Kidman, Edwin          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Ours, Cornell          No    No    Committed *     
**Ballard, Louis          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Lauvray, Nate          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Kirkwood, Lester        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Burgess, Bobby          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Gardner, Rodney        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Lackey, R.J.            Yes    No    Committed *     
**Francis, Andrew        Yes    No    Committed *     
**Wilcox, Albert          Yes    No    Committed *     
**Elder, Renaldo          Yes    No    Committed *     
##O'Neal, Deron          No    No    Committed *     
**Fitzgerald, Max        Yes    No    Committed *     
##Waugh, Artie            Yes    No    Committed *     
 
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be 
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest. 
 
The College Years
Recruiting List, Worksheet View
 
  Player                  Pos  ST  Visit Cost  Dist.  Fit Score
##Oxendine, Pat          QB    TN  1210        1999    76           
**Wilson, J.B.            RB    IA  987        1587    97           
$$Kidman, Edwin          WR    OR  577        844    87           
##Ours, Cornell          C    CA  335        305    91           
##Lauvray, Nate          G    CT  1187        2554    74           
**Ballard, Louis          G    NY  1199        2389    98           
$$Kirkwood, Lester        T    AZ  384        459    83           
$$Burgess, Bobby          T    OR  589        854    88           
$$Gardner, Rodney        K    MO  980        1454    84           
$$Lackey, R.J.            DE    ME  1213        2668    90           
**Wilcox, Albert          DT    CA  244        32      94           
**Francis, Andrew        DT    CA  237        10      99           
**Elder, Renaldo          ILB  NJ  1200        2477    96           
##O'Neal, Deron          OLB  CA  238        14      95           
**Fitzgerald, Max        CB    CA  320        260    94           
##Waugh, Artie            S    NJ  1201        2476    91           
 
  Player                  Scout  Phone  Visit  Emphasis    Status
##Oxendine, Pat          80+    4      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
**Wilson, J.B.            80++    3      2      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
$$Kidman, Edwin          70++    3      2      Dist/Acad  Committed *     
##Ours, Cornell          53+    2      2      Dist/Prest  Committed *     
##Lauvray, Nate          84--    4      3      Dist/Acad  Committed *     
**Ballard, Louis          86++    5      1      Prest*/Acad Committed *     
$$Kirkwood, Lester        67+    2      3      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Burgess, Bobby          68++    2      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
$$Gardner, Rodney        93+    2      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Lackey, R.J.            76-    3      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
**Wilcox, Albert          82-    3      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
**Francis, Andrew        83--    2      2      Dist/Acad  Committed *     
**Elder, Renaldo          78++    3      2      Acad*/Prest Committed *     
##O'Neal, Deron          60+    2      2      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
**Fitzgerald, Max        70++    4      2      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
##Waugh, Artie            65+    1      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
 
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be 
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest.




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beargrowlz 01-17-2007 01:47 AM

2016 Preseason (Spring)
 
2016 PRESEASON (SPRING)

We already have a full schedule for 2016. Besides our eight PAC-10 games, we have our annual game against Notre Dame, and the second half of home and home's against North Carolina and Ball State.

As always, there is one PAC-10 team we don't play each season. This year we don't play Oregon State.

Here's a look at our 2016 schedule.

Code:

The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2016 Schedule
 
BCS Preseason Rank: #11
Preseason Coach's Poll: #11
Preseason Fan's Poll: #10
Rival: UCLA
Stadium Capacity: 96,600
Season Tickets Sold: 96,600
 
  Week  Opponent                  Result    Attendance  Weather    Television 
2      at North Carolina                                             
3      at Ball State                                                 
$$5    (43) STANFORD                                                 
$$6    at Washington State                                           
$$7    ARIZONA                                                       
$$8    at Washington                                                 
$$10    OREGON                                                         
$$11    at (15) California                                             
$$12    ARIZONA STATE                                                 
13      at (8) Notre Dame                                             
$$14    at (9) UCLA                                                   
 
Home Games in ALL CAPS 
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games



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beargrowlz 01-17-2007 03:33 AM

2016 Preseason (Summer)
 
2016 PRESEASON (Summer)

Well, we play seven road games this season, so we've got our work cut out for us. But time to manage academic schedules and all. No one was placed on academic probation this season. That's good news.

After setting up the schedules for the incoming frosh and tweaking the schedules of the upperclassmen, one thing that made me laugh is that one of my Tight Ends was angry at me because of his lack of playing time.

There's a reason we don't recruit tight ends, we run a flexbone. There are no tight ends in the formation. We've run that formation for 8 years. Why would a tight end walk onto the team, and then be angry that he doesn't play? Cripes.

Looks like this might be a rebuilding year for us, it really depends on how well the offensive line comes together and how well the secondary - easily our weakness this year, plays.

Starting at QB will be 5th year senior Mark Rayburn, but don't be surprised to see redshirt sophomore Brock Dole taking some snaps this season as well. If he continues to develop he'll likely be our starter next year. I'm not real happy with how well Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards has developed quarterbacks as I don't believe they're achieving their full potential, but in this offense Malcolm Moreno played well enough to win the conference MVP, so we'll see.

Rayburn's primary targets this season will be 5th year senior receiver Richie Warrick and redshirt sophomore sensation Ron Morrison. We expect outstanding things from Morrison this year and in the future. Our third receiver will again be Cole McConnell, who filled that role quite ably last year.

Joining Rayburn in the backfield will be 5th year senior Fullback Warren Guthrie. He'll be blocking for 5th year senior Tailback Ross Berberich, who finally gets his chance to show what he can do. Returning as the starting Wingback will be redshirt senior Gabe Whalen, who is also an excellent receiver. Redshirt sophomore Mercury Schultz shoul;d also get some carries this season, and next year we expect him to step into the starting Tailback position.

A lot of our success will depend on how well the offensive line run blocks this year. Anchoring the line will be four year starter, senior OC Chester Hoffman - hard to believe he graduates already this year. At the guard positions will be junior Ernie Cheatham and sophomore Frank Elliot. And at the tackle positions will be redshirt junior Hunter Blount and redshirt sophomore Dana Aska. You can also expect to see OT Billy Joe Joyner and OG Graham Molina see a little action as well.

We'll have a strong front seven on defense once again this season, as Defensive Coordinator Bucky Riley always seems to develop a good unit. Anchoring the D-line will be 5th year senior NT Bert Duncan. He'll be flanked by DE's senior Tracy Aalders and redshirt junior Freddie Stander. Freshman R.J. Lackey will also see some time on passing downs.

Senior ILB Tyrell Vaughn returns at ILB along will redshirt junior Chad Berg. On the outside will be redshirt junior Johnny el Nino (got to love that name) and redshirt senior Riddick Taylor. We're not sure what to expect from taylor this season as he's coming off some serious ACL damage to his knee. In case he falters, redshirt junior Rick Holmes, who filled in ably last year, will step up into Taylor's position.

It's in the secondary where we may have our biggest problems. Aside from senior safety Louie Finch, there's not a lot of experience or developed talent here. Joining Finch at safety will be second year starter, sophomore Joel Arvold. At the corners will be 5th year senior Roger Majka and redshirt junior Sam Alexander, with redshirt sophomore Buddy Reed playing the nickel.

It's difficult to know at this stage how good we'll be. Our passing attack should be quite good as Mark Rayburn has plenty of highly talented targets to throw to. We'd like to improve our running game some, as that's our bread and butter, but much of that depends on how well the offensive line plays. Defensively, the secondary could be a seive, but the front seven looks to be as strong as ever.

Here's a look at our 2016 roster.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2016 Roster/Scout Overview
From the Desk of Lance Coe, Lead Scout
 
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate 
Bernard, Walt          18  QB  Sr    39                100               
Bjorke, Wayne          10  QB  Jr*  26                89                 
Dole, Brock            9    QB  So*  35                100               
Oxendine, Pat          4    QB  Fr    26                87                 
Rayburn, Mark          8    QB  Sr    49                100               
Berberich, Ross        34  RB  Sr    70                83                 
Shultz, Mercury        37  RB  So*  49                70                 
Whalen, Gabe            25  RB  Sr*  64                92                 
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Fr    50                95                 
Vanderlaan, Levon      46  RB*  Sr*  39                52                 
Book, Emmanuel          28  FB  So    42                79                 
Guthrie, Warren        33  FB  Sr    64                75                 
Woolley, Jackie        40  FB  So*  31                72                 
Finley, Jeffrey        30  FB*  Jr*  8                8                 
Glover, Randy          88  TE*  Fr    9                26                 
Shreves, Maurice        89  TE*  Sr*  8                25                 
Specter, Jumbo          81  TE*  So*  6                11                 
Heekin, Sammy          86  WR  Sr*  54                77                 
Kidman, Edwin          6    WR  Fr    32                88                 
McConnell, Cole        2    WR  Sr*  56                72                 
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  So*  68                100               
Warrick, Richie        1    WR  Sr    72                76                 
Weiler, Darren          5    WR  Sr    32                46                 
Blackburn, Mitchell    58  C    Jr*  43                76                 
Connell, Tim            53  C    Sr    29                53                 
Cook, Glenn            57  C    Jr*  38                68                 
Hoffman, Chester        56  C    Sr    69                72                 
Rodriguez, Tony        50  C    Sr*  22                81                 
Ours, Cornell          52  C*  Fr    10                66                 
Ballard, Louis          61  G    Fr    34                84                 
Cheatham, Ernie        72  G    Jr    47                63                 
Eliot, Frank            66  G    So    34                63                 
Lauvray, Nate          71  G    Fr    11                59                 
Molina, Graham          64  G    So*  18                65                 
Pilgrim, Ty            68  G*  Sr    16                27                 
Quinn, Leland          69  G*  Sr*  3                3                 
Aska, Dana              74  T    So*  38                63                 
Blount, Hunter          67  T    Jr*  39                68                 
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Fr    5                79                 
Harnisch, Vernon        62  T    Sr*  26                50                 
Joyner, Billy Joe      75  T    So    34                85                 
Kaplan, Gabe            63  T    Jr*  30                78                 
Kirkwood, Lester        79  T    Fr    4                53                 
Thornton, Brett        12  P    Jr    70                93                 
Brown, Robbie          15  P*  So*  1                1                 
Gardner, Rodney        17  K    Fr    44                100               
Perez, Walter          11  K    Sr    52                84                 
Samuels, Zach          3    K    Jr*  44                83                 
Buckley, Victor        16  K*  Sr    3                3                 
Aalders, Tracy          78  DE  Sr    67                68                 
Lackey, R.J.            76  DE  Fr    33                68                 
Stender, Freddie        90  DE  Jr*  46                100               
Sutton, William        93  DE  So*  23                72                 
Cobb, Colin            70  DE*  Sr*  10                21                 
Dragon, Tracy          92  DT  Sr    37                78                 
Duncan, Bert            91  DT  Sr    48                85                 
Francis, Andrew        99  DT  Fr    31                60                 
Milton, Trent          77  DT  So*  36                93                 
Wilcox, Albert          94  DT  Fr    22                68                 
Berg, Chad              45  ILB  Jr*  48                96                 
Elder, Renaldo          54  ILB  Fr    38                75                 
Pathon, Dale            97  ILB  So*  12                52                 
Sankey, Mo              55  ILB  Sr    38                78                 
Vaughn, Tyrell          41  ILB  Sr    98                100               
Vinnick, Brett          49  ILB  Jr    49                88                 
El Nino, Johnnie        95  OLB  Jr*  39                90                 
Holmes, Rick            47  OLB  Jr*  39                81                 
Mazzeo, Tyrus          59  OLB  So*  27                71                 
O'Neal, Deron          96  OLB  Fr    6                71                 
Taylor, Riddick        98  OLB  Sr*  50                80                 
Hoffman, William        51  OLB* So*  6                18                 
Stagg, Jake            42  OLB* Sr*  17                50                 
Alexander, Sam          43  CB  Jr*  35                43                 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Fr    31                71                 
Majka, Roger            36  CB  Sr    47                97                 
Reed, Buddy            44  CB  So*  27                67                 
Flowers, Tracy          32  CB*  Sr    29                44                 
Arvold, Joel            39  S    So    46                66                 
Finch, Louie            38  S    Sr    78                78                 
Griffin, Cris          24  S    Jr    43                77                 
Korinek, Dwight        35  S    So*  35                55                 
Nordskov, Shaun        20  S    Sr*  28                67                 
Waugh, Artie            27  S    Fr    21                50




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beargrowlz 01-17-2007 03:37 AM

2016 Preseason (BCS Rankings)
 
2016 PRESEASON (BCS RANKINGS)

Code:

The College Years
Preseason, 2016
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                0-0    SEC  1.00  1.00  0.00  2.04  4.04  1     
Texas A&M              0-0    B12  2.00  2.00  0.00  1.24  5.24  2     
Michigan                0-0    B10  4.00  3.50  0.00  0.52  8.02  3     
Iowa                    0-0    B10  3.00  5.00  0.00  0.48  8.48  4     
Virginia                0-0    ACC  5.00  4.50  0.00  0.32  9.82  5     
Syracuse                0-0    BGE  6.00  5.50  0.00  1.48  12.98 6     
UCLA                    0-0    P10  9.00  8.50  0.00  1.92  19.42 7     
Notre Dame              0-0    IND  8.00  7.00  0.00  4.56  19.56 8     
Penn State              0-0    B10  10.00 9.50  0.00  0.72  20.22 9     
Keene State            0-0    NNE  7.00  9.00  0.00  4.84  20.84 10     
**Southern California  0-0    P10  11.00 10.50 0.00  1.88  23.38 11     
Toledo                  0-0    MAC  13.00 13.00 0.00  4.08  30.08 12     
Rice                    0-0    WAC  12.00 17.00 0.00  3.44  32.44 13     
California              0-0    P10  15.00 18.00 0.00  1.72  34.72 14     
Louisville              0-0    USA  17.00 15.50 0.00  3.04  35.54 15     
Hawaii                  0-0    WAC  18.00 15.00 0.00  3.32  36.32 16     
Boston College          0-0    BGE  16.00 20.00 0.00  1.32  37.32 17     
South Florida          0-0    USA  14.00 19.50 0.00  4.60  38.10 18     
Wisconsin              0-0    B10  19.00 19.50 0.00  0.80  39.30 19     
Nebraska                0-0    B12  24.00 20.00 0.00  1.04  45.04 20     
San Diego State        0-0    MTW  22.00 22.50 0.00  2.72  47.22 21     
Pittsburgh              0-0    BGE  20.00 27.00 0.00  1.40  48.40 22     
Oklahoma                0-0    B12  27.00 22.00 0.00  1.12  50.12 23     
Texas Christian        0-0    USA  26.00 22.00 0.00  3.16  51.16 24     
North Carolina State    0-0    ACC  30.00 24.50 0.00  0.28  54.78 25



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aztarheel 01-17-2007 06:25 AM

Wow, only four home games? Nice reward for a great season the year before ...

beargrowlz 01-17-2007 01:38 PM

Yeah, you'd think I tagged the AD's daughter or something.

beargrowlz 01-17-2007 10:35 PM

2016 Season (1st Qtr.)
 
2016 SEASON (1st Qtr.)


WEEK 1
Off week.
BCS Rank: #11

We don't open up Week 1, so most of my time is spent recruiting. Again we'll be targeting high profile recruits and expect to have a solid recruiting class. I'm not real pleased with the holes I perceive in the year's team - whether that has to do with recruiting too many players at certain positions so that developemtn gets blocked for some players, or whether my coordinators aren't doing their job in development - which I particularly think is true of Randy Edwards and quarterbacks - or some combination of both, I'm no Svengali so it's difficult to tell. Suffice to say it may be a bit of both phenomena.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (0-0)

* * *

WEEK 2
@ North Carolina (0-0)
(NC -1) USC BCS RANK: --

Ahh the fickle fates of early week BCS rankings. We fall out of the Top 25 - not sure we belong there yet anyway this year. I think our preseason ranking was based on last year's terrific season - but many, if not most, of those players graduated. But the polls are always screwey the first three weeks.

Resisted the strong, almost irresistable urge to recruit an OT named George Patton. Wasn't a good fit for our program, not a real run blocker, but halftime speeches would have been a blast.

Continued making more first time contacts and getting scholarship offers out there. Really trying to narrow mthe credentials of what I am looking for - high academic kids with high athletic preperation. Of course, that's what every school wants.

As if to say "I've been sitting here patiently on the bench for four years coach, it's my turn now", 5th year senior Tailback Ross Berberich led the way to a 35-0 stomping of the Tar Heels at Chapel Hill.

Berberich rushed for 3 touchdowns and 121 yards on 26 carries, while Wingback Gabe Whalen added another 33 yards and FB Warren Guthrie had 18 yards on three carries as USC just ground the ball into the NC defense. OC Chester Hoffman and company ldominated the line of scrimmage, Hoffman manhandling his opponent for 6 key run blocks while OG Ernie Cheatham and OT Dana Aska had four each.

5th year senior QB Mark Rayburn had an adequate performance in the first start of his career, going 13 for 20 for 180 yards while throing one touchdown and one INT.

The Trojan defense, led by ILB Tyrell Vaughn who made 8 tackles and assisted on 2 others and DE Tracy Aalders who got to the NC QB twice, stifled the Tar Heel offense and held North Carolina to 154 yards total offense on the day.

It was a very good road win to start the year and I'm pleased with the running game. Rayburn was mediocre - rather like a bowl of oatmeal or unflavored grits in the morning - good enough to get you through the day, but nothing to write home about.

USC 35 -- North Carolina 0
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (1-0)

* * *

WEEK 3
@ Ball State (0-1) *TV5*
(USC -1) USC BCS RANK: #16

Oddsmakers don't like us much this season, underdogs last week, only favored by a point this week. Still, this year's squad is an unknown quantity, so i can see their point.

Spent the week adding even a few more kids to our primary list - a little unusual as I usually have my primary list done by now, but we've been forced to scramble at the end of the year to land our last one or two recruits so I thought I would expand our original pool a bit this year.

FB Warren Guthrie ran for one score and had another receiving in leading the Trojans to a narrow 26-22 win over Ball State.

Southern Cal rushed for two touchdowns on the day, the other by Wingback Gabe Whalen, and QB Mark Rayburn was on target all day with his passes - though the targets weren't always wearing the USC colors. Rayburn went 15/18 for 189 yards while throwing one touchdown, but also got picked off again in the win.

The Ball State D held Tailback Ross Berberich in check for the most part, making him earn every one of his 125 uards on 32 carries (3.9 ypc).

FB Warren Guthrie had 5 receptions for 69 yards on the day.

A solid, if unspectacular win on the road.

USC 26 -- Ball State 22
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (2-0)

* * *

WEEK 4
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #25

An off week and some time to contemplate what to do about the QB situation. Rayburn hasn't really developed as he should have - much of that comes from riding the pine behind Malcolm Moreno for most of his collegiate career, but a lot of the blame has to go to Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards, who hasn't been developing QB to their potential - even Moreno didn't develop anywhere close to his potential.

But clearly, Rayburn is the best we have at this point in time. The thing is, if we give redshirt sophomore Brock Dole playing time now - lots of playing time - down the road he's likely to develop into a far better QB than Rayburn is now.

But I don't have the luxury of being at a program where we can say "the heck with it" and go 3-8 and start Dole all year. Dole is really raw and Rayburn is good, but not by any means as good as he should have become. There's a big qualitative difference in their development right now - Rayburn can at least keep us in games, I'm not certain Dole can.

Rayburn is going to throw a ton of INT's unless I completely check down the passing attack - which is an issue because his best asset is his arm strength. Bleh - I guess we'll see how the early season progresses and go from there.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (2-0)

* * *

WEEK 5 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 5, 2016
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    3-0    B10  3.75  4.00  0.00  2.80  10.55 1     
South Florida          4-0    USA  1.25  13.00 0.00  1.48  15.73 2     
Syracuse                3-0    BGE  7.25  4.50  0.00  4.28  16.03 3     
Florida                3-0    SEC  13.00 1.00  0.00  3.48  17.48 4     
Toledo                  3-0    MAC  5.75  9.50  0.00  2.84  18.09 5     
Texas A&M              2-0    B12  14.00 2.00  0.00  3.32  19.32 6     
Wisconsin              2-0    B10  4.00  14.50 0.00  3.12  21.62 7     
UCLA                    3-0    P10  11.75 6.50  0.00  3.68  21.93 8     
Keene State            3-0    NNE  14.75 6.50  0.00  4.44  25.69 9     
Alabama                3-0    SEC  5.25  19.50 0.00  2.32  27.07 10     
Marshall                3-0    MAC  8.00  16.00 0.00  3.24  27.24 11     
Virginia                3-0    ACC  19.25 3.50  0.00  4.88  27.63 12     
Louisville              3-0    USA  12.75 11.50 0.00  4.08  28.33 13     
Arkansas State          2-0    SUN  2.25  25.50 0.00  1.32  29.07 14     
Rice                    2-0    WAC  17.25 13.00 0.00  3.88  34.13 15     
Michigan                2-1    B10  14.75 18.00 1.00  0.68  34.43 16     
Nebraska                3-0    B12  15.50 15.50 0.00  4.20  35.20 17     
Notre Dame              3-1    IND  17.75 16.00 1.00  1.72  36.47 18     
Colorado State          3-0    MTW  16.75 20.00 0.00  3.36  40.11 19     
California              2-1    P10  12.75 28.50 1.00  0.96  43.21 20     
Penn State              2-1    B10  19.50 22.50 1.00  2.36  45.36 21     
Utah                    2-0    MTW  18.75 24.50 0.00  4.84  48.09 22     
**Southern California  2-0    P10  36.00 8.00  0.00  4.92  48.92 23     
Hawaii                  3-0    WAC  34.00 12.00 0.00  4.32  50.32 24     
Boston College          2-0    BGE  29.75 16.50 0.00  4.48  50.73 25 





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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 01:35 PM

2016 Season (2nd Qtr)
 
2016 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 5
vs. Stanford (2-1) (PAC-10) *TV5*
(USC -11) USC BCS RANK: #23

Quarterly grades came out this week. Five players had D+'s, no lower grades. I allocated 3 coaching blocs to each of them - I started the year with 63 blocs, keeping a lot in reserve for the rest of the year. Hopefully that will get them into the C- range or C range at best, at worst keep them from failing.

No recruiting committments or rejections yet, so I keep hitting the trail re-contacting the players we want and letting them know what we have to offer.

We took the apron strings off Mark Rayburn a bit this week and allowed him to air it out some, and he had a fine, fine day, leading Southern Cal to a 49-17 rout over the Stanford Cardinal.

Rayburn went 14/20 for 229 yards this week while throwing four touchdown passes and only being picked once. His favorite target on the day was redshirt sophomore wideout Ron Morrison, who caught 6 passes for 140 yards - three of them for touchdowns.

Tailback Ross Berberich also had a fine day running the ball, gaining 139 yards on 26 carries (5.3 ypc) while running for two touchdowns.

The defense was once again led by senior ILB Tyrell Vaughn, who made 9 tackles and also had a sack, as well as DE Tracy aalders, who had two sacks.

A fine way to open the PAC-10 season for us, especially on the road.

USC 49 -- Stanford 17
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)

* * *

WEEK 6
@ #25 Washington State (3-0) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -8) USC BCS RANK: #6

This week will be a tough road test against a very solid Washington State Cougar team. We've popped up to #6 in the BCS after last week's win. We're completely healthy at this point, knock on wood.

We land one recruit this week, losing three others to schools back east - fine with me so long as UCLA doesn't get them.

Gino Lyubashevsky, a center from Dos Pueblos High School in Goleta, California has signed a letter of intent to play for us next season. Gino is a run blocking OC who is only rated a 68++, but it's the ++ and the excellent (98) athletic prep work that got me, as well as his solid grades. A 68 OC wouldn't normally excite me - not that we'd turn him away or anything, that's a solid scouting grade, but when I saw him play he looked much better (hence the "++" suffix), and the high athletic preperation indicates he might be a solid contributor as an underclassman.

5th year senior wideout Richie Warrick led the USC attack both through the air and on the ground as Southern Cal captured another big win on the road, 31-0, against the Washington State Cougars.

Warrick ran for a 28 yard touchdown on a reverse and hauled in 5 catches for 65 yards in leading the Trojans to victory. QB Mark Rayburn had another solid day, going 18/24 for 283 yards while throwing one touchdown, but was mistake free all day. He hit Tailback Ross Berberich for his lone touchdown pass, and Berberich added two more on the ground, though only rushing for 78 yards on the day.

Defensively this is getting to be the Tyrell and Tracy show, as ILB tyrell Vaughn led the way with another 10 tackles on the day and Tracy Aalders added two more tackles to his team leading total. The defense also picked off three Cougar passes and completely dominated Washington State on the road.

A very good win and solid play all around for us this week.

USC 31 -- Washington State 0
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

* * *

WEEK 7
vs. Arizona (0-4) (PAC-10)
(USC -34) USC BCS RANK: #5

We seem to be the only team Arizona can beat in recent years - hopefully like last year, we'll avoid playing down to their level. No injuries to report this week.

We lost a wideout I really would have liked to have to Florida this week, but we did get three more players to sign letters of intent with us. They are: Brian Barton, an 89-- offensive guard from Bloomfield High School in Bloomfield, New Mexico; Wally Knight, a defensive end from Cherokee High School in Marlton, New Jersey; and Moe Oben, an inside linebacker from Derby High School in Derby, Connecticut.

Oben is an 86+ ILB with top notch grades coming from an excellent (93) athletic program. It's quite possible he could make a solid contribution as an underclassman. Knight is a 91+ DE with good academics coming from one of the best prep athletic programs in the country (100). Again, exactly the type of player we were trying to land this year.

Made some new contacts with some OLB and DB recruits. Hoping to nbring in a few with high level of athletic preperation and good grades. I find myself not even looking at poor students these days. I just can't get them properly developed and keep their academics up.

This game was over at the half as Southern Cal built a 31-0 lead over the Wildcats on the strength of Tailback Ross Berberich's running en route to a 45-10 pasting of Arizona in front of a packed house at the Rose Bowl.

Berberich ran for four touchdowns and 164 yards on 20 carries (8.3 ypc) and Wingback Gabe Whalen also pounded out 61 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries as Arizona was totally unable to stop our running game.

Three QB's saw action for Southern Cal with Mark rayburn giving way early as USC built up a huge lead. Redshirt sophomore Brock Dole, expected to start next year, had a fine day in relief going 9/11 for 202 yards. Wideout Richie Warrick had 5 catches for 156 yards on the day, breaking open the Wildcat secondary.

DE Tracy Aalders had another 1.5 sacks and the Trojan defense limited the Wildcats to 17 yards rushing and 190 yards total offense on the day. Another game in which we dominated all facets of play.

Good, solid win in a game we should win. I'll take it.

USC 45 -- Arizona 10
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (5-0)

* * *

WEEK 8
@ Washington (4-2) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -18) USC BCS RANK: #7

We continue to play very good football and be ranked high. The team has come together pretty well and Ross Berberich has done a very solid job at Tailback in his senior year. Hopefully we can keep this brand of football up and have a very solid season. Another difficult road game this week however, so we've got to be at our best.

We landed another kid from the pacific northwest this week as Eddie Casillas, a quarterback from Naches Valley High School in Naches, Washington signed a letter of intent to play for USC next year. Casillas is a 68+ QB and was ranked the 5th best QB in his recruiting class. He is scouted an an above average running QB - though I have found those scouting reports to be unreliable, but he did run for over 500 yards in his senior year in high school. He has excellent academics and comes from s chool with excellent athletic prep (98) and academic prep(99). He'll likely redshirt then be a solid #2 QB for most of his collegiate career, with a shot at starting his 5th year.

In what can only be hailed as the most inexplicable of playcalling, we ran the ball only 16 times this week en route to getting whitewashed by the Huskies 19-0.

The defense played well, toughening up every time Washington got into the red zone and allowed only one touchdown. ILB Tyrell Vaughn had 10 tackles and assisted on 5 others, adding a QB sack. DE Tracy Aalders added another sack and made 8 tackles.

But our offense was inexplicably weird this week. We only ran the ball 16 times, QB Mark Rayburn went 3/12 and got picked off once and we didn't make a single visit to the Huskies redzone.

Our offense was just totally overwhelmed as you can see from our drive chart. We were just really bad.

Code:

Southern California Drive Chart 
 
                  Quar  Began  Poss  From          Plays  Yards  Result 
                  1      8:00  1:51  OWN 6        3      -5    Punt 
                  1      1:08  2:05  OWN 35        3      7      Punt 
                  2      7:01  3:02  OWN 32        4      15    Punt 
                  2      2:02  0:33  OWN 44        3      0      Punt 
                  3      15:00  1:58  OWN 29        3      5      Punt 
                  3      10:12  2:14  OWN 31        3      -9    Punt 
                  3      1:23  1:30  OWN 32        3      -1    Fumble 
                  4      12:03  0:43  OWN 29        1      0      Interception 
                  4      8:40  1:06  OWN 13        4      46    Missed FG 
                  4      2:08  0:40  OWN 6        2      2      Interception 



Washington 19 -- USC 0
PAC-10 (3-1) -- OVERALL (5-1)

* * *

WEEK 9 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 9, 2016
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                7-0    SEC  3.50  1.00  0.00  3.80  8.30  1     
Iowa                    7-0    B10  2.25  4.00  0.00  2.20  8.45  2     
Texas A&M              5-0    B12  6.50  2.00  0.00  4.28  12.78 3     
South Florida          7-0    USA  1.00  9.50  0.00  2.40  12.90 4     
Keene State            7-0    NNE  7.00  6.00  0.00  4.24  17.24 5     
UCLA                    6-0    P10  6.50  6.50  0.00  4.64  17.64 6     
Syracuse                6-0    BGE  12.75 5.00  0.00  4.76  22.51 7     
Rice                    6-0    WAC  9.00  9.50  0.00  4.84  23.34 8     
Virginia                7-0    ACC  15.00 3.50  0.00  4.96  23.46 9     
Nebraska                6-0    B12  9.00  10.50 0.00  4.48  23.98 10     
Toledo                  5-1    MAC  7.25  16.00 1.00  0.36  24.61 11     
Louisville              6-0    USA  12.00 9.00  0.00  4.32  25.32 12     
Arkansas State          6-0    SUN  4.25  19.00 0.00  3.04  26.29 13     
Alabama                6-0    SEC  11.50 13.00 0.00  4.68  29.18 14     
Notre Dame              5-1    IND  14.50 11.50 1.00  3.32  30.32 15     
Bowling Green          5-1    MAC  8.75  22.00 1.00  1.04  32.79 16     
**Southern California  5-1    P10  15.75 14.00 1.00  2.64  33.39 17     
Pittsburgh              5-1    BGE  12.50 21.50 1.00  2.04  37.04 18     
Penn State              5-2    B10  15.75 20.00 2.00  1.88  39.63 19     
Boston College          5-1    BGE  16.75 20.00 1.00  3.68  41.43 20     
Marshall                5-1    MAC  22.75 20.50 1.00  3.12  47.37 21     
Hawaii                  6-1    WAC  30.00 16.00 1.00  4.60  51.60 22     
Michigan                5-2    B10  32.25 16.00 2.00  3.72  53.97 23     
Michigan State          5-2    B10  22.50 28.50 2.00  1.08  54.08 24     
Wisconsin              4-2    B10  22.75 30.00 2.00  1.60  56.35 25





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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 03:45 PM

2016 Season (2nd Qtr.)
 
2016 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 9
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #17

Quarterly grades came out this week. Five players had D+'s, nothing lower. Allocated three coaching blocs to each player, hopefully that will get them up to C-'s or at minimum keep them where they are. Still hav 31 blocs left for the final twp sets of grades.

Not able to land any of the WR recruits I wanted this year, but Dan Cipa, a cornerback from Windsor High School in Windsor, Connecticut did sign a letter of intent to play for us next season. Cipa is an unspectacula 71-- who comes to USC from a high school with very good academic and athletic programs, and his academics are stellar. A good signing, nothing to write home about though.

Spent a bunch of time smashing my keyboard against the desk, apparently despite me always typing 100% perfectly the keyboard insists on misspelling words.

Damn keyboard.

In any case, spent some time pursuing more new recruits, particularly at the OLB and DB positions as I'd like to add some freshmen at those positions.

PAC-10 (3-1) -- OVERALL (5-1)

* * *

WEEK 10
vs. Oregon (3-5) (PAC-10)
(USC -23) USC BCS RANK: #12

Back up to #12 in the BCS rankings, surprises me we're still that high. But we've played mostly well this season, especially so given the fact it's really a rebuilding year here.

Landed four recruits this week. Billy Vance, a 64+ running back from Baker County High School in Glen Saint Mary, Florida, Devin Benzer, a fullback from Yankton High School in Yankton, South Dakota, Dana Long, a center from Murray High School in Murray, Utah and Xavier Eason, a 100- punter from Stanwood High School in Stanwood, Washington all signed letters of intent to play for the Trojans next year.

Benzer is a 76++ Fullback that comes from an outstanding high school athletic program. We suspect he may be able to contribute immediately. His grades are outstanding and his prep school atcademic prep is very good, though not outstanding.

Long is a 77+ OC that also comes from a high school with a tremendous athletic program. Dana's grades are avera and his high school's academic programs were only slightly above average, so we may need to help him along some - but by no means are his academics bad.

Tailback Ross Berberich had a simply outstanding day rushing for 182 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries (9.1 ypc) in leading the Southern Cal Trojans to a 49-10 rout over Oregon in front of a pleased sellout crowd of 96,600 at the Rose Bowl.

5th year senior wideout Richie Warrick also had a fine day, making 7 catches for 134 yards and a touchdown reception from QB Mark Rayburn. Rayburn was quietly efficient on the day, going 12/17 for 226 yards with two TD strikes.

WR Ron Morrison caught Rayburn's second touchdown pass and also returned a punt 51 yards for another score.

Defensively OLB Riddick taylor led the way making 7 tackles and assisting on 3 others and 5th year senior NT Bert Duncan got to the QB for a sack and a half on the day.

A good, solid win and a good way to bounce back from the whitewashing at Washington.

USC 49 -- Oregon 10
PAC-10 (4-1) -- OVERALL (6-1)

* * *

WEEK 11
@ #21 California (6-2) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -3) USC BCS RANKING: #12

I'm actually a little bit surprised to see us favored playing on the road against a good Cal team, especially after we got manhandled by Washington. Hopefully yhe oddsmakers are right.

We landed two recruits this week; Skipjack - mighty cool name - Walker, a 72++ running back from South High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia and Oliver Hartl, a 72+ wide receiver from Homestead High School in Homestead, Florida signed letters with USC this week.

Neither school did a whole heckuva lot on offense and both squads relied on their field goal kickers, but Cal eeked out a 20-16 win over us up in Berkeley.

They pretty much shut down our running game, which is really the key to defeating us. Mark Rayburn was ok passing the ball, but he just never developed into the player he was supposed to be coming out of high school and really can't carry a team when it gets no running game. Rayburn went 13/23 for 203 yards, tossing 1 TF while being picked off once.

Wideout Richie Warrick had a fine day however, making 5 catches for 103 yards and a score, while Wingback Gabe Whalen added 6 receptions on the day.

On defense, Johnny "The Storm" El Nino sacked the Golden Bear quarterback twice while picking off one of his passes. A big day for El Nino.

California 20 -- USC 16
PAC-10 (4-2) -- OVERALL (6-2)

* * *

WEEK 12
vs. Arizona State (4-4) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -20) USC BCS RANK: #17

Still hanging around in the Top 25 with three games in the year - the last two on the road against Notre Dame and UCLA. Should be an interesting challenge to see if we can remain in the Top 25 with that rough end of the season.

We landed one recruit this week, Jon Brennan, a safety from Ravenna High School in Ravenna, Michigan. Brennan is an 81-- Safety from a poor prep athletic program but has excellent academics and comes from a high school with a great academic program. He'll be a project, but won't require much, if any, help from the staff maintaining his grades. So he stands a good chance of being a solid contributor as an upper classman.

We have three slots in our recruiting class left this year, but only one scholarship, as again I tend to "over-red-shirt". So we'll be inviting some good academic players with decent skill sets to walk-on for next season.

The defense was the story in this one as senior ILB Tyrell Vaughn made 12 tackles while the D held the Sun Devils to 37 yards rushing on 27 carries en route to a very solid 34-10 win at a filled to capacity Rose Bowl.

The Trojans manhandled the ASU QB all day, sacking him four times and causing three interceptions on the day.

Tailback Ross Berberich led the offense with another solid effort, rushing for 154 yards and two touchdowns on 26 carries (5.9 ypc) while QB Mark Rayburn struggled mightily, going 10/18 for 79 yards and getting picked off twice.

Well, Rayburn has been mediocre at best this season. To date, through nine games he is 107/165 (65.1%) with 11 TD's and 8 INT's while being sacked 14 times. We're out of PAC-10 contention as UCLA is 7-0 at this point. I'm seriously considering starting redshirt sophomore Brock Dole in our final two games just to get him the reps. I know Rayburn gives us the best chance to win today, but his mediocre play hasn't helped a lot - though it hasn't really hurt aside from the one game where we really needed a QB who could be a playmaker. But going with dole might be what's best for the next three years.

USC 34 -- Arizona State 10
PAC-10 (5-2) -- OVERALL (7-2)

* * *

WEEK 13 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 13, 2016
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    11-0    B10  1.50  2.50  0.00  3.08  7.08  1     
Florida                10-0    SEC  5.25  1.00  0.00  2.96  9.21  2     
Virginia                9-0    ACC  6.50  2.50  0.00  5.00  14.00 3     
Rice                    9-0    WAC  3.75  6.50  0.00  4.84  15.09 4     
South Florida          9-1    USA  2.75  11.00 1.00  1.20  15.95 5     
UCLA                    10-0    P10  7.25  4.50  0.00  4.88  16.63 6     
Nebraska                10-0    B12  6.75  7.00  0.00  4.04  17.79 7     
Keene State            10-0    NNE  10.00 4.50  0.00  4.96  19.46 8     
Notre Dame              8-1    IND  9.50  7.50  1.00  4.24  22.24 9     
Pittsburgh              8-1    BGE  6.25  14.50 1.00  0.52  22.27 10     
Louisville              9-1    USA  10.25 11.00 1.00  2.76  25.01 11     
Bowling Green          9-1    MAC  7.00  14.00 1.00  3.16  25.16 12     
Texas A&M              7-2    B12  14.50 9.00  2.00  0.80  26.30 13     
Boston College          8-1    BGE  8.00  13.50 1.00  4.28  26.78 14     
Michigan                8-2    B10  13.75 11.00 2.00  2.16  28.91 15     
**Southern California  7-2    P10  13.50 16.00 2.00  1.76  33.26 16     
Toledo                  7-2    MAC  16.00 18.00 2.00  0.36  36.36 17     
California              8-2    P10  18.75 18.50 2.00  1.72  40.97 18     
Alabama                8-2    SEC  18.75 23.00 2.00  3.56  47.31 19     
Penn State              7-3    B10  19.25 24.00 3.00  2.68  48.93 20     
Nevada-Las Vegas        8-1    MTW  21.50 22.50 1.00  4.16  49.16 21     
Hawaii                  8-2    WAC  28.00 18.00 2.00  4.00  52.00 22     
Colorado State          8-2    MTW  21.50 24.00 2.00  4.92  52.42 23     
Southern Methodist      8-2    WAC  22.25 26.00 2.00  4.20  54.45 24     
Syracuse                7-3    BGE  27.75 20.50 3.00  4.44  55.69 25




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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 05:04 PM

2016 Season (3rd Qtr.)
 
2016 SEASON (3rd Qtr.)


WEEK 13
@ #9 Notre Dame (8-1) *TV4*
(ND -5) USC BCS RANK: #16

A very tough road game for us this week against our annual foe, the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. It'll be a big win for us if we can pull it off. Decided to go with Mark Rayburn again at QB, can't really justify starting Brock Dole when I know Rayburn gives us a lot more of a chance to win.

Quarterly grades came out - 6 D+'s and one D. Allocated three coaching blocs to the D and 2 each to the D+'s. That leaves me with 16 blocs remaining for before finals. I think we'll keep them all eligible.

No recruiting news to report this week as we wait to see if OT Bernie Kirk from North Carolina accepts the offer of our last scholarship this year.

DE Tracy Aalders and LT Hunter Blount are out for this week's game. OLB Riddick taylor is listed as questionable and WR Richie Warrick is probable.

Sophomore RG Frank Elliot and senior OC Chester Hoffman spent the day dominating the line of scrimmage, throwing 7 and 5 key run blocks respectively, as Tailback Ross Berberich ran for 226 yards and 3 touchdowns on 32 carries (7.0 ypc) en route to a wild 49-49 USC victory in overtime.

5th year senior Mark Rayburn rewarded the coaching staff for their confidence in starting him again by having a very solid, mistake free day, going 19/23 for 255 yards while throwing two touchdown strikes, one to wideout Richie Warrick (6 catches for 103 yards) and the other to WR Cole McConnell. FB Warren Guthrie added 7 receptions for 85 yards in the very efficient Southern Cal passing attack.

Senior ILB Tyrell Vaughn led the Trojan defense with 10 tackles while USC also picked off three Irish passes on the day.

Really a terrific win for us.

USC 49 -- Notre Dame 46 (OT)
PAC-10 (5-2) -- OVERALL (8-2)

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WEEK 14
@ #3 UCLA (10-0) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -3) USC BCS RANK: #12

Do the oddsmakers know something we don't? UCLA is undefeated and if they beat us stand a good chance of playing in the National Championship Game, yet we're at UCLA and favored by three.

Just saying.

We lost Bernie Kirk to Virginia - damn they're a mighty fine recruiting school, offerred our last scholarship to a middling OT. Invited an OLB to walk-on.

Aalders and Blount will miss this game as well. Backup NT Tracy Dragon is listed as doubfutl. DE R.J. Lackey is questionable and Riddick Taylor and Richie Warrick are probable.

Our arch-rivals contained Tailback Ross Berberich very well, but QB Mark Rayburn took over in leading Southern Cal to a 30-10 win at UCLA.

Rayburn had arguably the finest game of his collegiate career, going 21/37 for 320 yards and two touchdowns in a game when the Trojans needed him to carry the load.

Rayburn kept going to his wideouts all day, and the Bruins simply couldn't keep up with them, as Richie Warrick grabbed 8 passes for 135 yards and Ron Morrison made 7 more receptions for 115 yards and a TD. Wingback Gabe Whalen also had 4 catches for 52 yards and a touchdown to go along with a very solid day on the ground where he rushed for 62 yards and another score on 10 carries (6.2 ypc).

Defensively sophomore Safety Joel Arvold had two interceptions as the Trojan D picked off the Bruin QB three times on the day.

A very solid win on the road against our arch-rival, making two years in a row we've beaten them - making the alumni particularly happy.

And we probably just killed their national title hopes. Not too shabby for a rebuilding year.

USC 30 -- UCLA 10
PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-2)

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WEEK 15
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #8

Well, that's a mighty fine surprise. With our win over UCLA, we passed them in the BCS rankings and jumped up to #8. If we can maintain that ranking through this week - in which a few conferences have championship games - we'll be going to a BCS Bowl game for the second year in a row. What a major success that would have to be considered for this year.

For now, we sit and wait and watch.

Kurt Berry, a 61- offensive tackle from Lakewood High School in Sumter, South Carolina signed a letter of intent with us to play for Southern Cal next year. He may be able to contribute as an upperclassman, but likely is a depth player.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-2)

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WEEK 16
MINOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANKING: #8

We get jobbed as we are ranked #8 in the BCS rankings, but UNLV, ranked #19 goes to the Sugar Bowl instead of us.

I'm thoroughly perplexed how the decision was made. We're # 8 in the BCS, an average of #5.50 in all the computer polls, and #14 in both the Coach and Fan polls.

Meanwhile UNLV is #19 in the BCS, an average of #15.5 in the computer rankings, and #18 and #22 in the Coach and Fan polls respectively. I just don't get it - unless each conference can only have one team in a BCS Bowl - that being UCLA who snuck back ahead of us.

Anyway, it means a trip to the Hoosier Bowl against (11-1) Nebraska, ranked #9th in the BCS - a school that recently offerred me their job. Not a bad bowl bid to get, but still Top 8 is Top 8.

In recruiting news, Joe Merchberger, a fullback from Herndon High School in Herndon, Virginia and Wayne Biakabutuka, an outside linebacker from South San Antonio High School in San Antonio have agreed to come out for the Trojans next season as walk-ons, filling our recruiting class for the year.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-2)

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WEEK 17 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 17, 2016
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                12-0    SEC  1.75  1.00  0.00  2.32  5.07  1     
Iowa                    11-0    B10  1.00  2.00  0.00  3.48  6.48  2     
South Florida          10-1    USA  3.75  8.00  1.00  1.24  13.99 3     
Rice                    10-1    WAC  4.50  7.00  1.00  4.44  16.94 4     
Pittsburgh              10-1    BGE  4.25  11.00 1.00  1.64  17.89 5     
UCLA                    10-1    P10  10.25 4.50  1.00  4.88  20.63 6     
Nebraska                11-1    B12  8.25  9.00  1.00  2.60  20.85 7     
Virginia                10-1    ACC  13.25 3.00  1.00  5.00  22.25 8     
**Southern California  9-2    P10  7.75  13.00 2.00  0.48  23.23 9     
Louisville              10-1    USA  14.00 7.50  1.00  2.92  25.42 10     
Texas A&M              9-3    B12  12.00 11.00 3.00  0.20  26.20 11     
Keene State            11-1    NNE  18.00 4.50  1.00  4.96  28.46 12     
Toledo                  9-2    MAC  11.50 14.50 2.00  1.48  29.48 13     
Boston College          10-2    BGE  11.00 16.00 2.00  2.88  31.88 14     
Michigan                9-2    B10  18.00 9.50  2.00  2.80  32.30 15     
California              9-2    P10  13.50 16.00 2.00  1.20  32.70 16     
Hawaii                  10-2    WAC  12.50 15.50 2.00  4.20  34.20 17     
Nevada-Las Vegas        10-1    MTW  14.25 18.00 1.00  4.60  37.85 18     
Southern Methodist      10-2    WAC  14.75 20.50 2.00  2.04  39.29 19     
Penn State              8-3    B10  13.50 21.50 3.00  2.84  40.84 20     
Georgia Tech            9-2    ACC  16.25 21.00 2.00  1.80  41.05 21     
Alabama                9-3    SEC  15.50 25.50 3.00  2.08  46.08 22     
Notre Dame              8-3    IND  22.75 19.00 3.00  1.84  46.59 23     
Bowling Green          9-3    MAC  26.00 25.50 3.00  1.52  56.02 24     
Army                    9-3    USA  19.50 34.50 3.00  1.96  58.96 25





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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 05:50 PM

2016 Season (Final)
 
2016 SEASON (FINAL)


WEEK 17
MAJOR BOWL TIER
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #9

4th quarter grades came out, 1 D- and three D's. Allocated 7 coaching blocs to the D- and three each to the D's. Hopefully the D+'s can handle it on their own till finals.

No recruiting news as our recruiting class is filled for this year.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-2)

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WEEK 18
FOUR STAR TIER
HOOSIER BOWL: vs. #7 Nebraska (11-1)
(USC -4) USC BCS RANK: #9

A little jumping around in the BCS rankings has put us down at #9 and Nebraska at #7 this week. They look like a very good team and this should be a tough challenge for us.

Out: OT Hunter Blount
Doubtful: DE Tracy Aalders
Probable: DE R.J. Lackey, DE William Sutton and NT Tracy Dragon.

I noticed a decrease in injuries this year as I severely reduced the amount of specials teams time starters play - as it was only one season, could just be a coincidence or it could be something of merit to note. We'll try it again next season and see what happens.

A scoreless first quarter belied the end result, as Southern Cal poured it on the rest of the game for a 34-6 rout of Nebraska in the 2016 Hoosier Bowl.

Leading the Trojan attack was 5th year senior QB Mark Rayburn who just systematically picked apart the Cornhusker defense going 16/21 for 297 yards and one touchdown strike to wideout Ron Morrison. Morrison had a huge day against the Huskers, hauling in 4 passes for 137 yards, including the 87 yard scoring strike from Rayburn.

Wingback Gabe Whalen was as versatile as ever, catching 4 passes for 44 yards and breaking off a 47 yard run against an overwhelmed Nebraska defense. Tailback Ross Berberich broke the 100 yard barrier and ran for two touchdowns on the day.

The triumphant USC defense was led by redshirt junior ILB Claude Berg who made 8 tackles and 5th year senior NT Bert Duncan, who sacked the Cornhusker QB twice on the day.

A totally dominant victory to end a very good year.

Hoosier Bowl
USC 34 -- Nebraska 6
PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (10-2)

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WEEK 19
NEW YEAR'S TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #5

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (10-2)

* * *

WEEK 20
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #5

The Florida Gators win their unprecedented third consecutive National Championship by beating Iowa 45-21 in the BCS Championship Game.

Michigan QB Johnny Lake won the Heisman, throwing an incredible 50 touchdown passes this year.

We end the season ranked #5 in the nation. A very good year which far exceeded my expectations.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (10-2)

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2016 FINAL BCS RANKINGS


Code:

The College Years
Final 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                13-0    SEC  1.00  1.00  0.00  0.96  2.96  1     
Iowa                    11-1    B10  2.50  2.00  1.00  1.32  6.82  2     
Rice                    11-1    WAC  3.00  5.50  1.00  3.88  13.38 3     
UCLA                    11-1    P10  4.75  3.50  1.00  4.40  13.65 4     
**Southern California  10-2    P10  4.00  9.00  2.00  0.24  15.24 5     
Louisville              11-1    USA  9.00  6.00  1.00  3.12  19.12 6     
Michigan                10-2    B10  9.75  6.50  2.00  1.84  20.09 7     
South Florida          10-2    USA  6.75  11.00 2.00  0.72  20.47 8     
Pittsburgh              10-2    BGE  9.25  14.50 2.00  1.48  27.23 9     
Keene State            11-1    NNE  19.00 3.50  1.00  5.00  28.50 10     
Boston College          10-2    BGE  11.25 12.50 2.00  3.44  29.19 11     
Hawaii                  10-2    WAC  11.50 11.50 2.00  4.24  29.24 12     
Nevada-Las Vegas        11-1    MTW  10.50 14.50 1.00  3.76  29.76 13     
Alabama                10-3    SEC  7.50  21.00 3.00  1.16  32.66 14     
Southern Methodist      10-2    WAC  13.25 17.00 2.00  2.00  34.25 15     
Virginia                10-2    ACC  21.25 8.00  2.00  4.76  36.01 16     
Nebraska                11-2    B12  18.50 13.50 2.00  2.20  36.20 17     
California              9-3    P10  16.25 19.50 3.00  1.00  39.75 18     
Texas A&M              9-4    B12  23.00 13.50 4.00  0.16  40.66 19     
Toledo                  9-3    MAC  20.25 18.00 3.00  1.68  42.93 20     
Wisconsin              9-3    B10  19.00 21.00 3.00  4.12  47.12 21     
Colorado State          9-3    MTW  15.25 26.00 3.00  4.28  48.53 22     
Georgia Tech            9-3    ACC  21.00 26.50 3.00  1.36  51.86 23     
Notre Dame              8-4    IND  28.50 22.50 4.00  1.52  56.52 24     
Penn State              8-4    B10  23.00 27.50 4.00  2.40  56.90 25





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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 08:37 PM

2016 Season Summary & Review
 
2016 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW


SEASON REVIEW

Well, I really thought this would be a very rough season for us. I felt this season would pretty much be a rebuilding year after our PAC-10 championship run in 2015. Given the fact we played seven road games - two of them at UCLA and Notre Dame - as opposed to four home games, I wasn't expecting too much success from this group.

I really wasn't expecting us to play as well down the stretch as we did, especially after our losses at Washinton and at Cal. I really didn't expect to on on a run that saw us end the year winning at Notre Dame, at UCLA and then win the Hoosier Bowl against Benraska. The team really gelled and came together and I'm real happy about how well the season turned out.

Our defense really had a wonderful season. We posted two shutouts, held teams to ten points or less in seven games - including at UCLA and in the Hoosier Bowl against Nebraska - and only allowed 14.1 points per game. Teams once again found they simply could not run the ball against us, rushing for only 812 yards and 2.18 ypc. Our pass defense was considerably weaker this year than last, allowing a 48.7% completion percentage for opposing quarterbacks. We did however intercept 22 opponent passes - contributing to our very good +13 turnover margin for the season.

ILB Tyrell Vaughn had a terrific season, good enough to be named PAC-10 Defensive Player of the Year. He seemed to be everywhere the ball was this year. Tracy Aalders had a fine year rushing the passer and sophomore Safety Joel Arvold picked off five passes and seems to be growing into that position. While I felt our secondary was relatively weaker than it has been in years, I think as a whole our defense was quite strong and put us in position to win a lot of football games - when your opponent scores 10 or fewer points, you better win games.

On the offensive side of things, Tailback Ross Berberich played extremely well after being patient for four years and waiting his turn, when he finally got the opportunity he ran with it - literally. Berberich gave us our strongest running game in years rushing for over 1500 yards, 20 touchdowns and averaging 4.79 yards per carry. Very impressive numbers.

QB Mark Rayburn gave us little hope for a big season through the first half of the campaign. He was mediocre at best, couldn't generate much offense and turned the ball over as often as he hit our guys for scores. But about the midway point of the year he seemed to grow into the position and he was lights out down the stretch, leading, and sometimes carrying us when we needed it, culminating in his fantastic Hoosier Bowl performance.

None of Mark's, or the offense's success however, would have been possible without seniors WR Richie Warrick, FB Warren Guthrie and OC Chester Hoffman. All three played crucial roles and were very clutch down the stretch, Warrick as Rayburn's primary target, Hoffman as a dominating offensive lineman opening holes and protecting the passer, and Guthrie both for his blocking and as a check down receiver for Rayburn. Without them, we wouldn't have had the success we did this year.

I can't be anything but pleased with the results this season. It's true we didn't go to a BCS Bowl, but we did crack the Top 8 to qualify for one, we went to a Four Star Tier bowl game, we went 10-2 on the year, and we beat both Notre Dame and UCLA, on the road to boot. Given the expectations at the start of the year, this season goes down as an unqualified success.

* * *

2016 AWARDS

Code:


2016 University of Southern California Trojans
Award Winners
 
* DE R.J. Lackey (Fr.)
  - Freshman All-American
 
* OC Chester Hoffman (Sr.)
  - Senior All-American
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* LB Tyrell Vaughn (Sr.)
  - PAC-10 Defensive Player of the Year
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* TB Ross Berberich (5th yr Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* FB Warren Guthrie (5th yr Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* WR Richie Warrick (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* K Walter Perez (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* WB Gabe Whalen (RS Sr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OG Frank Elliot (Soph.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* LB Chad Berg (RS Jr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OC Gino Lyubashevsky (Inc. Fr.)
  - High School All-American
 
* S Jon Brennan (Inc. Fr.)
  - High School All-American



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2016 USC TEAM SUMMARY

Code:


The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2016 Team Summary
 
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (9th yr)
Offensive Coordinator: Randy Edwards (5th yr)
Defensive Coordinator: Bucky Riley (9th yr)
Syndicate Coordinator: Pete Prior (18th yr)
Lead Scout: Lance Coe (2nd yr)
 
Overall Record: 10-2
BCS Rank: #5
Coach's Poll: #9
Fan's Poll: #9
PAC-10 Record: 6-2
PAC-10 Finish: 3rd Place
 
Southern California    Team      Rank 
Rushes                  527      11         
Rushing Yards          2101      18         
Yards Per Carry        3.98      35         
Pass Attempts          261      107       
Completions            175      59         
Passing Yards          2728      31         
Yards Per Attempt      10.45    5         
3rd Down Conversions    45.4      6         
Points Per Game        33.1      19         
Turnovers              13        14 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +13      9 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes                  372      25         
Rushing Yards          812      6         
Yards Per Carry        2.18      4         
Pass Attempts          343      82 (T)     
Completions            168      36 (T)     
Passing Yards          2228      42         
Yards Per Attempt      6.49      30 (T)     
3rd Down Conversions    33.5      55 (T)     
Points Per Game        14.1      5         
Turnovers              26        20         
 
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
2    35    at NCAR (79)  0     
3    26    at BALL (31)  22     
5    49    STAN (58)    17     
6    31    at WAST (49)  0     
7    45    ARIZ (119)    10     
8    0    at WASH (41)  19     
10    49    OREG (98)    10     
11    16    at CALI (19)  20     
12    34    AZST (55)    10     
13    49    at NODM (22)  46     
14    30    at UCLA (4)  10     
18    34    vs NEBR (16)  6    ***Hoosier Bowl***   
 
Passing            Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int 
8 Rayburn          QB    246  163  2459  9.99  16    9     
Team                ---  261  175  2728  10.45 16    10     
 
Rushing            Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst 
34 Berberich        RB    317  1521  4.79  20    73    80     
25 Whalen          RB    113  432  3.82  6    29    47     
8 Rayburn          QB    45    -8    -0.17 0    24    137   
Team                ---  527  2101  3.98  32    136  277   
 
Receiving          Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC  TD 
1 Warrick          WR    76    54    958  17.7  277  3     
82 Morrison        WR    61    34    666  19.5  211  7     
25 Whalen          RB    47    30    360  12.0  235  2     
33 Guthrie          FB    36    29    333  11.4  179  2     
34 Berberich        RB    18    13    143  11.0  75    1     
2 McConnell        WR    17    10    213  21.3  97    1     
Team                ---  261  175  2728  15.5  1113  16     
 
Defense            Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL  Ints  Defn 
41 Vaughn          ILB  87    33    4.0  19    1    7     
98 Taylor          OLB  52    22    0.0  8    1    5     
38 Finch            S    47    10    0.0  8    0    21     
95 El Nino          OLB  39    14    3.0  7    1    4     
91 Duncan          DT    38    16    5.5  17    0    0     
39 Arvold          S    37    15    0.0  7    5    11     
78 Aalders          DE    35    13    10.5  16    0    0     
45 Berg            ILB  35    14    0.0  10    0    1     
36 Majka            CB    34    15    0.0  3    3    6     
44 Reed            CB    20    8    0.0  2    2    9     
90 Stender          DE    17    7    1.5  3    0    1     
43 Alexander        CB    17    11    0.0  1    0    2     
55 Sankey          ILB  13    4    0.0  2    0    0     
32 Flowers          CB    13    1    0.0  0    2    1     
47 Holmes          OLB  13    4    0.0  4    0    0     
93 Sutton          DE    12    2    2.0  5    0    1     
Team                ---  610  214  31.0  123  22    72 





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beargrowlz 01-18-2007 11:17 PM

2017 Preseason (Winter)
 
2017 PRESEASON (Winter)

USC took another jump up in prestige, going from Excellent (85) to Excellent (88), now tied for the seventh most prestigious program in the nation (tied with the University of Virginia). The six schools more prestigious than Southern Cal at this point are (all "Excellent"); University of Florida (100) - three consecutive national championships will do that for ya - Texas A&M (96) - they won two in a row awhile back - Iowa (95), Michigan (91), UCLA (89) and, heh, finally, Keene State at (88).

For those interested, here is a list of the schools that have won the National Championship to date.

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The College Years
Solecismic National Champion List
 
Year      Champion 
2016      Florida                   
2015      Florida                   
2014      Florida                   
2013      Michigan                 
2012      Syracuse                 
2011      Louisville               
2010      Texas A&M                 
2009      Texas A&M                 
2008      Penn State               
2007      Texas                     
2006      Michigan                 
2005      Oklahoma                 
2004      Georgia   



* * *

USC's academic rating remains at Very Good (70), 11th best in the nation. The schools with better academic reputations than USC are listed below.

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School                GPA      Overall Reputation   
Duke                    3.08      88                                     
Rice                    3.09      87                                     
Wisconsin                3.01      82                                     
Northwestern            2.92      81                                     
Stanford                2.82      78                                     
UCLA                    3.05      76                                     
Michigan                2.95      73                                     
Maryland                2.89      72                                     
Illinois                2.84      71                  0                   
Tulane                  2.82      71 


I'm not sure if I can get Southern Cal's reputation over 70, as we don't offer three majors. Once again, the GPA of the players in the football program was best in the nation at 3.22. So we're doing all we can to make it a highly rated football program and academic school.

* * *

FB Jackie Woolley and TE Jumbo Specter have left the program because of a lack of playing time. Woolley I can understand, but Specter is just dumb as nails - we don't use tight ends, of course he's not going to play. Oy.

ILB Renaldo Elder has been suspended by the NCAA for, and I quote, "recording a truly awful rap album about the pain and humiliation of athletes foot."

When they're right, they're right.

I received a number of job offers over the Christmas holidays. The most pretigious school was SMU (Very Good-79), and the one with the most name cache was Florida State. I didn't give serious consideration to any of them and will return to Southern Cal for my tenth season.

TCY Today has ranked our recruiting class from last season 6th in the nation. Here's a look at the incoming freshman for 2017.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2016 Recruiting List, Ranking View
TCY Today Ranking: #6
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
$$Casillas, Eddie        QB    6-3  215  WA  67    5      2      1       
$$Vance, Billy            RB    5-7  171  FL  132  11    9      3       
$$Walker, Skipjack        RB    5-9  179  WV  280  21    3      1       
$$Benzer, Devin          FB    5-11 217  SD  45    2      1      1       
##Merchberger, Joe        FB    6-0  193  VA  ---  76    58    4       
$$Hartl, Oliver          WR    5-11 166  FL  278  26    18    2       
$$Lyubashevsky, Gino      C    6-2  265  CA  69    1      9      1       
$$Long, Dana              C    6-6  299  UT  93    3      1      1       
$$Barton, Brian          G    6-6  295  NM  64    10    3      2       
##Berry, Kurt            T    6-3  272  SC  ---  ---    27    6       
$$Eason, Xavier          P    6-0  195  WA  58    1      1      1       
$$Knight, Wally          DE    6-2  241  NJ  1    1      1      1       
$$Oben, Moe              ILB  6-2  231  CT  25    2      1      1       
##Biakabutuka, Wayne      OLB  6-1  199  TX  ---  ---    ---    9       
##Cipa, Dan              CB    6-0  168  CT  510  31    12    2       
$$Brennan, Jon            S    6-2  176  MI  853  52    32    5       
 
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
$$Casillas, Eddie        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Vance, Billy            No    No    Committed *     
$$Walker, Skipjack        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Benzer, Devin          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Merchberger, Joe        No    No    Committed *     
$$Hartl, Oliver          No    No    Committed *     
$$Lyubashevsky, Gino      Yes    Yes    Committed *     
$$Long, Dana              Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Barton, Brian          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Berry, Kurt            No    No    Committed *     
$$Eason, Xavier          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Knight, Wally          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Oben, Moe              Yes    No    Committed *     
##Biakabutuka, Wayne      No    No    Committed *     
##Cipa, Dan              Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Brennan, Jon            Yes    Yes    Committed *     
 
 
  Player                  Scout  Phone  Visit  Emphasis    Status
$$Casillas, Eddie        68+    2      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
$$Walker, Skipjack        72++    2      2      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
$$Vance, Billy            64+    1      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Benzer, Devin          76++    3      3      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
##Merchberger, Joe        54+    1      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
$$Hartl, Oliver          72+    2      1      Prest*/Acad Committed *     
$$Long, Dana              77+    2      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Lyubashevsky, Gino      68++    4      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Barton, Brian          89--    2      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
##Berry, Kurt            61-    1      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Eason, Xavier          100-    3      2      Prest/Dist  Committed *     
$$Knight, Wally          91+    3      3      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
$$Oben, Moe              86+    3      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
##Biakabutuka, Wayne      61-    2      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
##Cipa, Dan              71--    2      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Brennan, Jon            81--    1      1      Acad/(Dist) Committed *     
 
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be 
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest. 



* * *

No PAC-10 teams make coaching changes this off-season.

Our entire staff aside from Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards will be returning for 2017. I have been displeased for some time the way Edwards has failed to develop players - most notably quarterbacks, and his playcalling was pretty good, not excepttional. Replacing Edwards will be Zach Fuchs. Fuchs comes to USC from the Florida State Seminoles where he was Offensive Coordinator. Fuchs is a brilliant play caller (rated Excellent) and excells at developing players, particularly quarterbacks. We'll continue to run the flexbone under Zach.

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beargrowlz 01-19-2007 03:22 PM

2017 Preseason (Spring)
 
2017 PRESEASON (Spring)


Spring, 2017

Time to set up our schedule for 2017.

All home and home contracts have expired. We have our annual game against Notre Dame, this year once again at South Bend. And every season there is one PAC-10 team we don't play. This season that school is Oregon.

So that leaves us two free games to schedule. As one of my readers suggested a couple of seasons back, I'm going to offer my old school, Keene State - which has become a national power - a home and home series.

Stage 1: Keene State rejected my offer. Perhaps if I offer them the game at Keene this year they will accept. Iowa State is offering me a home game for Week 2. I'm going to accept that and then offer Keene the home and home again during stage 3.

State 2: Changed the terms slightly on Iowa State, moving the game to Week 1. Now to see if Keene State will accept the home and home starting on their turf.

Stage 3: Keene State rejected us again. They simply won't play with the big boys. Chickens.

Stage 4: Akron has offerred me a home game for Week 2. Might as well accept it.

Stage 5: I changed the game to week 3 and Akron accepted. That fills our schedule.

Here's a look at our 2017 schedule.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2017 Schedule
Preseason BCS Rank: #7 
Preseason Coach's Poll: #8
Preseason Fan's Poll: #5
Rival: UCLA
Stadium Capacity: 96,600
Season Tickets Sold: 96,600
 
  Week  Opponent                  Result    Attendance  Weather    Television 
1      IOWA STATE                                                     
2        -Off Week-
3      AKRON                                                 
4        -Off Week-
$$5    OREGON STATE                                                   
$$6    at Arizona State                                               
$$7    at (17) California                                             
8        -Off Week-
$$9    at (43) Washington State                                       
$$10    (42) WASHINGTON                                               
$$11    ARIZONA                                                       
$$12    STANFORD                                                       
13      at (11) Notre Dame                                             
$$14    at (5) UCLA                                                   
 
Home Games in ALL CAPS 
$$-Conference Games, ##-League Championship Games, **-Post-Season Games 



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beargrowlz 01-19-2007 05:31 PM

2017 Preseason (Summer)
 
2017 PRESEASON


Summer, 2017

Spent much of the summer getting the workout and practice schedules together, as well as the bulk of my time spent on student-athlete academics. We're obviously doing something right as we have the highest GPA of any Division 1 football program in America.

Once we got the kids into summer two-a-days in camp, two things became evident in regards to how far we go this season. First, how new starting QB, redshirt junior Brock Dole, and first year starting Tailback redshirt sophomore J.B. Wilson can avoid the turnover bug. Second, on how well the defensive secondary plays. Our secondary has been a big question mark for me ever since Lnce Coe took over as Lead Scout. He's not a real good of defensive backs, so it's kind of an educated blind duck hunt, so to speak. In any case, if they can cause more turnovers than they give up big plays, that'll be a big success and it'll help our cause.

Considering we lost a lot of seniors to graduation, including QB Mark Rayburn and Tailback Ross Berberich, our offense could even be better this season. We've got an explosive backfield with redshirt sophomore J.B. Wilson, just a phenominal talent, at Tailback. He'll be accompanied by Wingback Gabe Whalen, who has really developed nicely entering his final season for us. At Fullback will be junior Manny Book - but don't look for Manny to get many carries, he's there to block and to catch the ball. Backing them up is redshirt junior Mercury Schultz, who could start at Halfback for a number of Top 25 programs.

How explosive the passing game depends a lot on the arm of QB Brock Dole. Dole has some talented receivers to throw to, but he needs to avoid turning the ball over as he grows into the position. Our number one wideout will be redshirt junior Ron Morrison, who we expect to have a big season. He'll be paired with redshirt sophomore Ed Kidman, who has a lot of potential. Our third receiver will once again be the reliable Cole McConnel, a 5th year senior. Dole will also likely be throwing the way of Whalen, Wilson and Book a lot as well.

Blocking for what could be our most explosive backfield in years will be a solid run blocking offensive line. First year starting OC Mitchell Blackburn, a redshirt senior, anchors the line and is flanked by guards senior Ernie Cheatham and junior Frank Elliot. You can expect to see redshirt sophomore Louis Ballard a bit at OG as well this year. At the tackles will be redshirt senior Hunter Blount and junior Billy Joe Joyner. This unit will continue to have time to grow together, as only Cheatham graduates this season. We'll miss alumnus OC Chester Hoffman who was just a dominating presence at OC, but we're hopeful Mitch Blackburn can step in and fill some of that void.

On defense we look to be very strong against the run again this year. Our line is anchored by redshirt sophomore Nose Tackle Andy Francis, who won the job in summer camp as a big run stopper. He'll be flanked at DRE by redshirt senior Freddie Stender, who gets an opportunity to show off his pass rushing skills this year. At DLE, redshirt junior William Sutton will be starting, but he'll be subbed out on passing downs for sophomore R.J. Lackey.

Our linebacking corps is solid, if not spectacular, as we return all four starters from last season. Up the middle will be ILB's redshirt senior Chad Berg and true senior Brett Vinnick. Freshman Moe Oben is the first backup there, so he may see a good share of action as well. On the outside at WLB is Johnny "The Storm" El Nino, a redshirt senior. Over on the strong side will be 5th year senior Riddick taylor, who has had a very solid career here at Southern Cal.

In the secondary the only returning starter is junior Joel Arvold at safety. Joining Joel at safety is senior Shaun Nordskov. Our dime back will be redshirt junior Dwight Korinek.

On the corners will be first year starters redshirt senior Sam Alexander and redshirt junior Buddy Reed, who will man the shutdown corner position. Our nickel back will be redshirt sophomore Sam Alexander.

As you can see, we have a very inexperienced secondary, and in essence, a rookie quarterback. It'll be up to these two areas of the team to avoid mistakes and not beat ourselves. If our defensive backs and our Quarterback can play relatively mistake free football, we should go a long way this season.

Here's a look at our 2017 roster.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2017 Roster/Scout Overview
From the Desk of Lance Coe, Lead Scout
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate 
Bjorke, Wayne          10  QB  Sr*  33                89                 
Casillas, Eddie        18  QB  Fr    17                55                 
Dole, Brock            9    QB  Jr*  48                100               
Oxendine, Pat          4    QB  So*  35                87                 
Shultz, Mercury        37  RB  Jr*  62                69                 
Vance, Billy            40  RB  Fr    37                53                 
Walker, Skipjack        36  RB  Fr    39                80                 
Whalen, Gabe            25  RB  Sr    72                93                 
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  So*  72                95                 
Vanderlaan, Levon      46  RB*  Sr    50                52                 
Benzer, Devin          22  FB  Fr    43                86                 
Book, Emmanuel          28  FB  Jr    45                78                 
Finley, Jeffrey        30  FB*  Sr*  9                9                 
Merchberger, Joe        32  FB*  Fr    15                44                 
Dresselhaus, Graham    84  TE*  Fr    0                4                 
Glover, Randy          88  TE*  So*  10                26                 
Shreves, Maurice        89  TE*  Sr    8                25                 
Hartl, Oliver          83  WR  Fr    27                82                 
Heekin, Sammy          86  WR  Sr    51                77                 
Kidman, Edwin          6    WR  So*  51                88                 
McConnell, Cole        2    WR  Sr    60                72                 
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Jr*  90                100               
Blackburn, Mitchell    58  C    Sr*  48                76                 
Cook, Glenn            57  C    Sr*  31                68                 
Long, Dana              53  C    Fr    29                71                 
Lyubashevsky, Gino      56  C    Fr    29                70                 
Rodriguez, Tony        50  C    Sr    39                81                 
Ours, Cornell          52  C*  So*  22                66                 
Ballard, Louis          61  G    So*  40                84                 
Barton, Brian          65  G    Fr    23                93                 
Cheatham, Ernie        72  G    Sr    54                63                 
Eliot, Frank            66  G    Jr    54                63                 
Lauvray, Nate          71  G    So    22                59                 
Molina, Graham          64  G    Jr*  33                65                 
Pilgrim, Ty            68  G*  Sr    16                27                 
Quinn, Leland          69  G*  Sr    2                2                 
Aska, Dana              74  T    Jr*  41                63                 
Berry, Kurt            78  T    Fr    5                70                 
Blount, Hunter          67  T    Sr*  57                68                 
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    So*  35                79                 
Harnisch, Vernon        62  T    Sr    31                50                 
Joyner, Billy Joe      75  T    Jr    34                85                 
Kaplan, Gabe            63  T    Sr*  40                78                 
Kirkwood, Lester        79  T    So*  22                53                 
Eason, Xavier          8    P    Fr    58                85                 
Thornton, Brett        12  P    Sr    68                93                 
Brown, Robbie          15  P*  Jr*  1                1                 
Gardner, Rodney        17  K    So*  74                100               
Samuels, Zach          3    K    Sr*  54                83                 
Knight, Wally          91  DE  Fr    40                74                 
Lackey, R.J.            76  DE  So    40                68                 
Stender, Freddie        90  DE  Sr*  63                100               
Sutton, William        93  DE  Jr*  30                72                 
Cobb, Colin            70  DE*  Sr    10                21                 
Francis, Andrew        99  DT  So*  40                60                 
Milton, Trent          77  DT  Jr*  39                93                 
Wilcox, Albert          94  DT  So*  30                68                 
Flynn, Buddy            73  DT*  So    11                24                 
Berg, Chad              45  ILB  Sr*  71                96                 
Elder, Renaldo          54  ILB  So*  34                75                 
Oben, Moe              92  ILB  Fr    27                78                 
Pathon, Dale            97  ILB  Jr*  13                52                 
Vinnick, Brett          49  ILB  Sr    63                88                 
El Nino, Johnnie        95  OLB  Sr*  42                90                 
Holmes, Rick            47  OLB  Sr*  38                81                 
Mazzeo, Tyrus          59  OLB  Jr*  25                71                 
O'Neal, Deron          96  OLB  So*  9                71                 
Taylor, Riddick        98  OLB  Sr    61                80                 
Biakabutuka, Wayne      55  OLB* Fr    11                50                 
Hoffman, William        51  OLB* Jr*  5                18                 
Stagg, Jake            42  OLB* Sr    14                50                 
Alexander, Sam          43  CB  Sr*  47                47                 
Cipa, Dan              21  CB  Fr    30                68                 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  So*  37                71                 
Reed, Buddy            44  CB  Jr*  39                67                 
Arvold, Joel            39  S    Jr    57                66                 
Brennan, Jon            29  S    Fr    20                62                 
Griffin, Cris          24  S    Sr    48                77                 
Korinek, Dwight        35  S    Jr*  42                55                 
Nordskov, Shaun        20  S    Sr    28                67                 
Waugh, Artie            27  S    So*  37                50




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beargrowlz 01-19-2007 10:00 PM

2017 Season (1st Qtr)
 
2017 SEASON (1st Qtr.)



WEEK 1
vs. Iowa State (0-0)
(USC -14) USC BCS RANK: #7

We open up with what should be a good tune up for our year. We'll get a chance to see how everyone meshes and works together as we have a lot of first year starters. Really high BCS ranking to start, let's hope it stays that way.

Made our initial recruiting contacts for the season. Looking mainly to bolster our defensive secondary and find a quarterback as heir to Brock Dole.

In what could only be labeled absolute dominance, the capacity crowd at the Rose Bowl saw its Southern Cal locals rout the Iowa State Cyclone 66-7.

First year starting QB Brock Dole got off to an auspicious start for the Trojans, going 20/24 for 344 yards and 5 touchdowns before giving way to backup Pat Oxendine. Wideout Cole McConnell had a big day hauling in those passes, making 6 catches for 120 yards and a touchdown. FB Manny Book lit the scoreboard as well, as he caught two touchdown passes on the day.

The USC backfield ran wild all day as well. Tailback J.B. Wilson carried the ball 20 times for 171 yards (8.5 ypc) and two scores and Wingback Gabe Whalen managed another 71 yards on 17 carries 4.1 ypc).

Defensively, OLB Johnny El Nino and CB Max Fitzgerald each returned an interception for a touchdown on the day and ILB Chad Berg made 9 tackles to complete the all around dominance of the Cyclones by Southern Cal.

Well, a damn fine start to the season - but they just weren't in our class.

USC 66 -- Iowa State 7
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-0)


* * *

WEEK 2
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #2

Bad news as we lose wideouts Cole McConnel (up to 6 weeks) and Ron Morrison (up to 13 weeks) due to injury. We're going to remove the redshirt from freshman WR Oliver Hartl and he could see a bunch of action in the coming weeks as we're down to two healthy wideouts - redshirt sophomore Eddie Kidman and 5th year senior Sammy Heekin.

Spent the week making more contacts and expanding our recruiting poor. Really want to land Ike Daugherty, a RB from Nebraska - he'd be a perfect fit for our program though his academics are only average. But he'd make one heckuva tailback in this system.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-0)

* * *

WEEK 3
vs. Akron (0-1)
(USC -7) USC BCS RANK: #17

Ahh the fickle fates of early BCS rankings as we bounce from #2 to #17. Hopefully once the season gets rolling along we'll be moving up, not down.

Injury Report: (Out) - WR's Cole McConnell and Ron Morrison, (Probable) CB Max Fitzgerald.

Akron just came in and shut us down. Brock Dole had a rookie-like day going 13/33 and getting picked twice. We obviously didn't get the ball into the hands of J.B. Wilson enough, as Wilson ran for 83 yards but on only 10 carries.

Safety Joel Arvold made 12 tackles and ILB Chad Berg 11 as DE Freddie Stender recorded two sacks.

The perils of an untried and untested QB.

Akron 21 -- USC 18
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-1)

* * *

WEEK 4
Off Week.
USC BCS RANK: --

Yup, definitely deserve to drop from the Top 25 after that one. We'll get back though, I have faith in the boys.

Spent the week heavily contacting recruits on our shortlist (house rule of only 1 phone call and 1 visit to their home per week). We've got a larger list than usual, and already have a number of kids visiting USC so far. Hopefully that's a good sign.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-1)

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WEEK 5 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 5, 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Hawaii                  3-0    WAC  1.75  9.00  0.00  2.04  12.79 1     
Boston College          4-0    BGE  1.75  10.00 0.00  1.68  13.43 2     
Virginia                3-0    ACC  6.25  5.50  0.00  4.52  16.27 3     
Keene State            3-0    NNE  7.50  6.00  0.00  3.56  17.06 4     
UCLA                    3-0    P10  11.50 3.50  0.00  4.04  19.04 5     
Florida                2-0    SEC  13.50 1.00  0.00  4.64  19.14 6     
Marshall                3-0    MAC  6.25  12.00 0.00  3.76  22.01 7     
Wisconsin              3-0    B10  8.75  12.00 0.00  3.72  24.47 8     
Iowa                    3-0    B10  19.50 3.00  0.00  4.68  27.18 9     
Georgia Tech            3-0    ACC  8.75  15.50 0.00  2.96  27.21 10     
Fresno State            3-0    WAC  4.50  24.50 0.00  1.16  30.16 11     
Virginia Tech          3-0    ACC  9.50  21.00 0.00  4.16  34.66 12     
South Carolina          2-0    SEC  16.00 17.00 0.00  4.24  37.24 13     
Penn State              2-1    B10  10.50 24.50 1.00  1.32  37.32 14     
Michigan                3-0    B10  31.25 2.50  0.00  4.40  38.15 15     
Memphis                3-0    USA  11.50 24.50 0.00  3.48  39.48 16     
Alabama                3-0    SEC  23.00 12.00 0.00  4.60  39.60 17     
West Virginia          3-0    BGE  17.75 18.00 0.00  4.12  39.87 18     
Syracuse                3-0    BGE  30.75 7.00  0.00  4.72  42.47 19     
Illinois                3-0    B10  7.50  32.00 0.00  3.12  42.62 20     
Tulsa                  2-0    WAC  20.00 20.00 0.00  4.28  44.28 21     
Nevada-Las Vegas        2-0    MTW  20.00 20.00 0.00  4.36  44.36 22     
Rice                    3-0    WAC  31.50 8.00  0.00  5.00  44.50 23     
Pittsburgh              3-1    BGE  23.75 22.00 1.00  3.40  50.15 24     
Michigan State          3-0    B10  30.25 16.00 0.00  4.80  51.05 25




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beargrowlz 01-19-2007 11:17 PM

2017 Season (2nd Qtr.)
 
2017 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 5
vs. Oregon State (1-2) (PAC-10)
(OSU -2) USC BCS RANK: --

Going to do some rearranging of the gameplan a bit this week as we haven't been getting JB enough carries and perhaps we've been expecting too much out of Dole this early. We'll see.

3rd string QB Walter Bjorke was found possessing a small amount of marijuana in his car. The NCAA took no action, but he has been suspended by the program for the year.

Quarterly grades came out this week. A new walk-on failing a class but only two D+'s from everyone else, everyone else lowest grade was a C- or higher. Fewer coaching blocs to assign this year as Randy Edwards was quite good at that stuff, but live and learn. Gave 5 to the failing student and 3 each to the students with D+'s. That leaves me with 40 for the rest of the season.

Made some more recruiting trips and calls, offerred one or two more scholarships. If things break right we'll have a well rounded recruiting class.

We got the running game going today and ran all over the Beavers, 45-16. Tailback J.B. Wilson led the way with 167 yards and 2 TD's on 20 carries (8.3 ypc) and Wingback Gabe Whalen added another 59 yards and a touchdown to lead USC to victory.

Dole really couldn't get it going, my guess is he just doesn't have the experienced receivers to rhwo too, and that he's still young and inexperienced - though no mistakes today.

Still, a good, solid win to open the PAC-10 schedule.

USC 45 -- Oregon State 16
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (2-1)

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WEEK 6
@ Arizona State (1-3) (PAC-10) *TV5*
(USC -11) USC BCS RANK: --

Still not back into the BCS Top 25, but heavily favored at ASU. Some more fine tuning of the game plan for Brock until he develops - think we all got carried away with his lights out performance against Iowa State.

Great news on the recruiting front, we landed the back we were looking for. Ike Daugherty, a running back from South High School in Omaha, Nebraska signed a letter of intent o play for Southern Cal next year. Daughtery is an 87++ RB that comes from one of the best high school athletic programs in the nation (100). While it's too early to tell for sure, I think he may have the ability to be one of the best backs in the nation in our program.

Also signing with us this week were Austin Lew, an 89++ defensive end from Spring-Ford High School in Royersford, Pennsylvania and Monty Garcia, an 88+ inside linebacker from Barstow High School in Barstow, California. A terrific week of signings.

Offensive Coordinator Zach Fuchs continues to make every effort to get the ball into JB's hands more, and JB keeps rewarding us, rushing for 173 yards and a touchdown on 27 carries (6.4 ypc) for a 23-20 USC victory.

ILB Chad Berg made 8 tackles and DE Freddie Stender had two more sacks as the defense kept the Sun Devils in check most of the day.

But it was a close one.

USC 23 -- Arizona State 20
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (3-1)

* * *

WEEK 7
@ California (3-2) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -1) USC BCS RANK: #22

Popped back into the BCS rankings this week, but yet another tough game at the Golden Bears. Hopefully our play will continue to improve, particularly that of QB Brock Dole. I don't really have an alternative to go to yet if he can't cut it with Jason Krieger having left the program.

Three more good signings this week, though not the quarterback we were hoping for. Signing with us were Glen Jacobs, a wide receiver from Wishkah Valley High School in Aberdeen, Washington, Floyd Jeffers, a defensive end from Harriton High School in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and Matt Blackston, an outside linebacker from Acalanes High School in Lafayette, California.

Blackston is an 82+ LB that comes to us from an excellent athletic program. Jacobs is an 85- wideout that comes from yet another outstanding athletic program. Finally, Jeffers is a 69++ DE who once again comes from an excellent prep program. All three could become key contributors early in their collegiate careers at Southern Cal.

J.B. Wilson ran for 113 yards and one touchdown while making 4 receptions and scoring another touchdown to lead USC past the Golden Bears at Berkeley, 31-17.

QB Brock Dole was alright but a bit shaky, though getting the job done when needed today, going 15/32 for 224 yards, 2 TD and 1 INT. His favorite target of the day was freshman wideout Oliver Hartl, who started the year as a redshirt. Hartl made 6 catches for 122 yards and a touchdown.

But it was on defense where the Trojans really dominated. Pass rush specialist RJ Lackey sacked the Golden Bear QB 3.5 times while Freddie Stender sacked him three times and OLB Johnny El Nino got him twice more. It's hard to complete a pass when you're sitting on you're ask him, he'll tell ya.

A big, big road win for us, though I haven't a clue about how to get Brock Dole on track. Maybe he just needs the year to grow into the job.

USC 31 -- California 17
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (4-1)

* * *

WEEK 8
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #20

So far it seems like it's been a good move to give the starting Tailback job to J.B. Wilson. He and Gabe Whalen and Mercury Schultz all battled for it during the summer, but Wilson just had that something extra that makes you think he's going to be a superstar. Hopefully he'll prove me right.

Spent the week rounding up new recruits to invite onto campus. We've still got a bunch of slots to fill in this year's class.

PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (4-1)

* * *

WEEK 9 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 9, 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    7-0    B10  4.50  2.00  0.00  2.12  8.62  1     
Syracuse                5-0    BGE  1.50  5.50  0.00  2.24  9.24  2     
Florida                6-0    SEC  5.00  1.00  0.00  4.40  10.40 3     
Rice                    6-0    WAC  2.25  5.50  0.00  3.84  11.59 4     
Virginia                6-0    ACC  5.50  4.00  0.00  4.88  14.38 5     
UCLA                    7-0    P10  8.25  3.00  0.00  4.56  15.81 6     
Michigan                6-1    B10  10.25 7.00  1.00  1.20  19.45 7     
Memphis                6-0    USA  6.00  12.50 0.00  3.36  21.86 8     
Miami of Ohio          6-0    MAC  8.00  10.00 0.00  4.60  22.60 9     
Colorado State          6-1    MTW  7.50  16.50 1.00  0.60  25.60 10     
Georgia Tech            5-1    ACC  6.25  19.00 1.00  1.68  27.93 11     
Tulsa                  5-1    WAC  4.75  24.00 1.00  0.68  30.43 12     
Pittsburgh              6-1    BGE  15.50 11.00 1.00  3.24  30.74 13     
Notre Dame              5-1    IND  17.50 8.50  1.00  3.80  30.80 14     
Wisconsin              5-1    B10  15.50 15.00 1.00  2.56  34.06 15     
West Virginia          5-1    BGE  12.00 22.00 1.00  2.60  37.60 16     
**Southern California  4-1    P10  27.25 8.50  1.00  4.92  41.67 17     
Alabama                5-1    SEC  23.25 14.00 1.00  4.80  43.05 18     
Marshall                5-1    MAC  22.00 16.00 1.00  4.08  43.08 19     
Nevada-Las Vegas        4-1    MTW  14.25 27.50 1.00  1.52  44.27 20     
Boston College          5-2    BGE  20.50 22.00 2.00  1.24  45.74 21     
Washington State        7-1    P10  23.50 20.00 1.00  5.00  49.50 22     
Maine                  5-1    NNE  16.75 30.00 1.00  2.28  50.03 23     
Utah                    5-1    MTW  22.50 25.50 1.00  3.12  52.12 24     
Nebraska                5-2    B12  25.75 22.50 2.00  2.72  52.97 25




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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 12:26 AM

2017 Season (3rd Qtr.)
 
2017 SEASON (3rd Qtr.)


WEEK 9
@ #22 Washington State (7-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(WSU -4) USC BCS RANK: #17

Big challenge this week as we play at a very good Washington State Cougar team. We'll have Cole McConnell back - he always seems to make a key catch at the right time.

A bunch of recruiting signings this week. Al Myers, a 79+ wide receiver from Sweet Home High School in Amherst, New York; Desmond Connell, an 81- offensive guard from Page High School in Page, Arizona; Walt Whalen, a 92+ inside linebacker from James Madison High School in Brooklyn, New York,; Brad Knight, an 89- cornerback from Fountain Valley High School in Fountain Valley, California; and Lawrence Abdul-Jabbar, an 81++ safety from Berkshire High School in Burton, Ohio all signed letters of intent to play for USC next fall. Shaping up to be a very good recruiting class.

It was a defensive struggle all day and we really couldn't get anything going offensively, but neither could the Cougars as the Trojan defense, led by ILB Chad Berg who made 10 tackles, held Washington State to 10 points while we were able to put up just enough to win, 13-10.

Tailback J.B. Wilson didn't have his best day, but he grinded out the yardage, rushing for 111 yards on 28 carries (3.9 ypc), and that was about it for us offensively.

In one of the weirdest stat lines I have ever seen, well, just take a look.

Code:


Receiving Catch Yards Avg YAC Long TD
6 Kidman    2  47  23.5 106  37  1


Those must have been some deep in the backfield screen passes.

Still, a terrific win for us on the road against a very solid PAC-10 opponent.

USC 13 -- Washington State 10
PAC-10 (4-0) -- OVERALL (5-1)

* * *

WEEK 10
vs. Washington (4-3) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #15

That last win oputs us and UCLA alone atop the PAC-10 at 4-0, every other team has at least one loss. No looking ahead now though - we never have any idea how Brock Dole is going to play from week to week. OT Hunter Blount and FB Manny Book will be out for this week's game, along with WR Ron Morrison who is still out. if Ronnie could keep himself healthy, he'd be a star, But he hasn't been able to as of yet.

We landed two more recruits this week, bringing our current recruiting class to 13 on the season. Vinny Ratto, a 72++ quarterback from Morse High School in San Diego, California who probably will need some development time, and Jared Esparza, a 92-- safety from Westhampton Beach High School in Westhampton Beach, New York who comes from an excellent atheltic program in high school, both committed to playing for the Trojans in the fall. Esparza could make a contribution as early as next year given the weakness of our secondary.

Defense and Brock Dole were the stories of the day as the Trojan D held the visiting Huskies to 87 yards total offense and Brock Dole had a terrific game passing the ball in leading Southern Cal to a 48-3 rout over Washington.

Dole went 26/40 for 353 yards and 2 touchdowns while being picked off once, hitting WR Cole McConnell and Gabe Whalen with scoring strikes.

Meanwhile, the Trojan defense was as stifling as a D can be, holding the Huskie QB to a 4/36 passing day while picking him off 4 times. Backip NT Trent Milton and DE Freddie Stender each had a sack and a half in the victory.

While we couldn't get a running game going, we dominated every other phase of the game. A terrific win for us.

UCLA kept pace with us, moving to 5-0 in conference.

USC 48 -- Washington 3
PAC-10 (5-0) -- OVERALL (6-1)

* * *

WEEK 11
vs. Arizona (3-6) (PAC-10)
(USC -19) USC BCS RANK: #11

Notice some improvement in the Arizona program as compared to the previous few years and they're actually winning a few games this season. Here's to not being one of them.

Missing this week's game will be OT Hunter Blount, ILB Chad Berg, FB Emmanuel Book and DE Colin Cobb, a walk-on. WR Ron Morrison is questionable but we'll try and play him.

Wingback Gabe Whalen had a terrific day, rushing for two touchdowns and 50 yards on 9 carries and Tailback J.B. Wilson ran for another two scores as USC beat an up and coming Arizona Wildcat progra, 34-21.

QB Brock Dole through for a lot of yardage but no scores as he went 17/26 for 353 yards and 1 pick on the day. Brock's favorite target today was wideout Ron Morrison, who had 8 receptions for 157 yards. WR Cole McConnel also caught three passes for 128 yards.

Not a spectacular win, but a win in a game we should have won. We'll take it.

USC 34 -- Arizona 21
PAC-10 (6-0) -- OVERALL (7-1)

* * *

WEEK 12
vs. Stanford (5-4) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #12

The Cardinal are playing solid, if not spectacular football this season and we have to watch out and keep our heads in the game. We're still tied with UCLA, both at 6-0 in the PAC-10, and they're are only conference game left after this one. No looking ahead now though, we've got to take care of Stanford.

Out for this game will once again be Blunt, Berg and Book.

Landed one more recruit this week as Nate Dillon, an offensive tackle from Montgomery-Lonsdale High School in Montgomery, Minnesota signed a letter of intent to play for USC next year. Dillon is a 100- OT and was the #1 rated OT coming out of high school this year.

Stanford came into the Rose Bowl and shut down our running game cold, but somehow we were able to stay in the game despite the mediocre play of QB brock Dole, just losing 42-39.

Freshman ILB Moe Oben ran an interception back for a touchdown and Freddie Stender sacked the Cardinal QB twice, but that was about it for Trojan highlights on the day.

UCLA won their game this week, but because we're only a game behind them, if we can beat them we'll still win the PAC-10 title.

If.

Stanford 42 -- USC 39
PAC-10 (6-1) -- OVERALL (7-2)

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WEEK 13 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 13, 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                9-0    SEC  1.75  1.00  0.00  3.00  5.75  1     
Iowa                    11-0    B10  4.25  2.00  0.00  4.32  10.57 2     
Michigan                9-1    B10  3.00  6.00  1.00  1.04  11.04 3     
Rice                    10-0    WAC  2.50  5.00  0.00  4.76  12.26 4     
UCLA                    10-0    P10  5.50  3.00  0.00  4.64  13.14 5     
Virginia                9-0    ACC  7.00  4.00  0.00  5.00  16.00 6     
Miami of Ohio          10-0    MAC  4.50  8.00  0.00  4.40  16.90 7     
Syracuse                8-1    BGE  9.75  8.00  1.00  2.28  21.03 8     
Notre Dame              8-1    IND  8.00  8.00  1.00  4.48  21.48 9     
Pittsburgh              9-1    BGE  9.25  10.00 1.00  2.20  22.45 10     
Nevada-Las Vegas        8-1    MTW  6.25  14.00 1.00  2.68  23.93 11     
Colorado State          9-1    MTW  11.00 11.50 1.00  1.84  25.34 12     
Boston College          7-2    BGE  14.75 16.00 2.00  1.92  34.67 13     
Alabama                8-2    SEC  15.75 14.50 2.00  4.00  36.25 14     
**Southern California  7-2    P10  22.00 11.50 2.00  4.36  39.86 15     
Wisconsin              8-2    B10  17.75 16.00 2.00  4.24  39.99 16     
Memphis                9-1    USA  21.00 15.00 1.00  4.08  41.08 17     
Maine                  8-1    NNE  17.50 19.00 1.00  3.92  41.42 18     
Penn State              7-3    B10  17.75 23.00 3.00  0.36  44.11 19     
Southern Methodist      7-2    WAC  20.00 19.50 2.00  3.08  44.58 20     
Tulsa                  7-3    WAC  10.75 33.50 3.00  0.28  47.53 21     
Michigan State          8-2    B10  25.00 20.00 2.00  4.88  51.88 22     
Hawaii                  7-3    WAC  23.25 24.00 3.00  1.72  51.97 23     
Wake Forest            8-2    ACC  17.75 30.00 2.00  3.20  52.95 24     
Georgia Tech            6-3    ACC  15.00 36.50 3.00  1.00  55.50 25




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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 01:04 AM

2017 Season (4th Qtr.)
 
2017 SEASON (4th Qtr.)


WEEK 13
@ #9 Notre Dame (8-1) *TV3*
(ND -12) USC BCS RANK: #15

Tough game against the Fighting Irish this week, like it is every year. They're looking to use us as a stepping stone to a BCS Bowl game and we're looking to stop them.

Blount, Berg and Book will once again miss this week's game because of injuries.

Two failing walk-ons, 2 D's and a D+. Gave them all coaching blocs of time - now have ten left for the end of the year. Used up way too many on the walk-ons but those two guys are real popular with the team, so I really can't cut hem without harming team morale.

No recruiting news this week.

Tailback J.B. Wilson and Wingback Gabe Whalen ran all over the Fighting Irish en route to a huge 48-25 Southern Cal win over Notre Dame at South Bend.

Wilson finished the day with two touchdowns and 116 yards rushing on 28 carries (4.1 ypc) and Whalen added 90 yards and another score on 16 carries (5.6 ypc) as the Irish were helpless against the Trojan rushing attack.

Senior walk-on punt returner Levon Vanderlaan - one of the walk-ons recruited when we were short of scholarships a few years ago - took a punt 79 yards to the house for a score. What a culmination of a collegiate career for a kid who paid his own way through school and worked hard for 5 years just to have this moment in the sun.

Bet no one's getting that football away from him.

A very big win for us and it takes us into the game with our arch-rival UCLA on a very high note.

USC 48 -- Notre Dame 25
PAC-10 (6-1) -- OVERALL (8-2)

* * *

WEEK 14
@ #5 UCLA (10-0) (PAC-10) *TV1*
(UCLA -11) USC BCS RANK: #12

This game is for all the marbles. Winner wins the PAC-10 championship. If UCLA wins, they might get a shot at the national championship. What better way to kill two birds with one stone by winning the PAC-10 and killing UCLA's national title hopes?

Blount and Berg will miss this week's game again.

Landed one more recruit this week, Dexter Leong, a 71- center from Central High School in Aurora, Colorado has signed a letter of intent to play for the Trojans. That leaves us with one recruiting slot and one scholarship offer pending.

UCLA just proved to be a little too much for us this year, beating us 29-20 on their home turf, in no small part due to picking off Brock dole three times on the day.

Tailback J.B. Wilson had a fine day, rushing for 105 yards and one touchdown on 21 carries (5.0 ypc) and Gabe Whalen had a solid day, rushing for 31 yards on 6 carries while hauling in 7 passes for 72 yards.

Dole, who was picked off three times, hit WR Cole McConnell for his only scoring strike of the day. He played pretty poorly today, he's still got quite a bit to learn.

Now we just sit back and see what bowl game we're going to.

UCLA 29 -- USC 20
PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 15
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Off week.

Tough loss last week, but some outstanding news on the recruiting front this week. After taking all season to make a decision, Mel McWilliams, a defensive tackle from Clovis High School in Clovis, California has signed a letter of intent to play for Southern Cal next year.

Mel is an 89+ run stopping NT who comes from an outstanding high school atheltic program. He was ranked the #3 recruit in the nation by TCY Today and the best NT in his graduating class. He fills our final recruiting slot - and boy does he fill it.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (8-3)

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WEEK 16
MINOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #20

Well, I think they're going to get sick of us in Indianapolis, as we're headed to the Hoosier Bowl again, this time to play (7-5) Texas. I have confidence we'll acquit ourselves well once again.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (8-3)

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WEEK 17 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 17, 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                12-0    SEC  4.25  1.00  0.00  1.96  7.21  1     
Iowa                    11-0    B10  3.50  2.00  0.00  4.44  9.94  2     
Rice                    11-0    WAC  1.50  5.00  0.00  4.28  10.78 3     
UCLA                    11-0    P10  4.75  3.00  0.00  4.52  12.27 4     
Michigan                10-1    B10  4.75  6.00  1.00  2.00  13.75 5     
Syracuse                11-1    BGE  4.75  7.00  1.00  2.76  15.51 6     
Virginia                11-0    ACC  6.75  4.00  0.00  5.00  15.75 7     
Pittsburgh              10-1    BGE  4.75  9.00  1.00  1.44  16.19 8     
Miami of Ohio          13-0    MAC  6.50  8.00  0.00  4.36  18.86 9     
Nevada-Las Vegas        10-1    MTW  7.25  11.00 1.00  4.32  23.57 10     
Colorado State          10-1    MTW  13.00 10.00 1.00  2.04  26.04 11     
Wisconsin              9-2    B10  14.50 13.00 2.00  4.72  34.22 12     
Boston College          9-3    BGE  14.50 17.50 3.00  1.48  36.48 13     
Southern Methodist      9-3    WAC  12.25 20.50 3.00  0.80  36.55 14     
Memphis                10-1    USA  22.50 12.00 1.00  4.92  40.42 15     
**Southern California  8-3    P10  21.50 14.00 3.00  3.12  41.62 16     
Hawaii                  9-3    WAC  20.50 16.50 3.00  1.68  41.68 17     
Alabama                9-3    SEC  16.50 19.00 3.00  3.44  41.94 18     
Penn State              8-3    B10  19.25 19.50 3.00  0.40  42.15 19     
Notre Dame              8-3    IND  21.50 16.00 3.00  3.72  44.22 20     
Arkansas State          10-2    SUN  20.50 17.50 2.00  4.56  44.56 21     
Toledo                  8-4    MAC  20.50 23.50 4.00  0.64  48.64 22     
Tulsa                  8-4    WAC  14.25 34.00 4.00  0.84  53.09 23     
Georgia Tech            7-4    ACC  14.00 35.00 4.00  0.48  53.48 24     
Maine                  9-3    NNE  23.25 28.50 3.00  1.72  56.47 25 




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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 01:33 AM

2017 Season (Final)
 
2017 SEASON (FINAL)



WEEK 17
MAJOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #16

Well, I ended up cutting the two walk-ons failing classes. Despite using an absurdly amount of coaching blocs on them to get them tutors and all, they still couldn't get their grades up to passing - so I let them go, they shouldn't be practicing football, they should be in the library studying.

The sad thing is, both were midseason walk-ons. Had they walked on at the start of the year, we could have worked out their academic schedules with enough study time for them to pass their courses.
Allocated the rest of the coaching blocs to kids with D's and just sense I used up too many on the walk-ons and we'll have some academic probations next year.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 18
FOUR STAR TIER
HOOSIER BOWL: vs. Texas (7-5) *TV2*
(USC -16) USC BCS RANK: #17

Only OT Hunter Blount is listed as out for the game.

I think if we play like we're capable of, we can win this one. The big question mark is Brock dole, our quarterback. He's been more off than on this season, and we need him to come up with a big game this week.

Well Brock Dole showed up to play this week, going 20/31 for 273 yards and a touchdown while remaining mistake free in leading Southern Cal to a resounding 31-7 victory in the Hoosier Bowl over the Texas Longhorns.

Offensive Coordinator Zach Faust just kept calling Tailback J.B. Wilson's number all day as the redshirt soph carried the ball a whopping 37 times, running for 2 scores and 136 yards (3.6 ypc). 5th year senior Wingback Gabe Whalen had a fine day in his last as a USC Trojan, rushing for 80 yards on 6 carries (13.3 ypc) in a winning effort.

Wideout Ron Morrison, finally fully healthy, hauled in 5 passes for 116 yards including a touchdown reception.

NT Andrew Francis had two sacks and nickel back Max Fitgerald had two interceptions as the Trojan defense slammed the door on the Longhorns all day.

A very solid win and great way to end the year for the program.

Hoosier Bowl
USC 31 -- Texas 7
PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-3)

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WEEK 19
NEW YEAR'S TIER
Off Week.
USC BCS RANK: #12

Jumped up to #12 in the rankings. With Morrison and Wilson coming back and a year of experience under Brock Dole's belt, I'm going to be expecting a lot more next season. Still, not a bad year at all.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-3)

* * *

WEEK 20
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Off Week.
USC BCS RANK: #10

Moved on up to #10 this week. UCLA won its bowl game over Michigan, didn't get a shot at the national title. This year's title game is a rematch of last year's, Florida vs. Iowa, as the Gators go for an unprecedented fourth straight national championship.

Well, the Iowa Hawkeyes broke the Gators string, romping to a 41-21 victory in the Rose Bowl in the National Championship Game.

Florida RB B.J. Kanellitsas won the Heisman.

Southern Cal finishes ranked #10 by the BCS.

PAC-10 (6-2) -- OVERALL (9-3)

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2017 FINAL BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Final 2017
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    12-0    B10  2.00  1.00  0.00  3.24  6.24  1     
UCLA                    12-0    P10  1.75  2.50  0.00  3.72  7.97  2     
Rice                    12-0    WAC  2.00  5.00  0.00  3.40  10.40 3     
Virginia                12-0    ACC  4.00  3.50  0.00  4.96  12.46 4     
Florida                12-1    SEC  8.75  3.00  1.00  1.08  13.83 5     
Syracuse                11-1    BGE  5.50  6.00  1.00  2.84  15.34 6     
Pittsburgh              11-1    BGE  5.25  8.50  1.00  1.24  15.99 7     
Miami of Ohio          13-0    MAC  5.00  7.00  0.00  4.60  16.60 8     
Michigan                10-2    B10  8.75  8.50  2.00  0.92  20.17 9     
**Southern California  9-3    P10  15.00 10.00 3.00  2.44  30.44 10     
Colorado State          10-2    MTW  16.25 11.50 2.00  1.48  31.23 11     
Penn State              9-3    B10  13.75 14.50 3.00  0.20  31.45 12     
Nevada-Las Vegas        10-2    MTW  12.00 14.00 2.00  3.84  31.84 13     
Southern Methodist      9-3    WAC  11.00 19.00 3.00  0.84  33.84 14     
Boston College          9-3    BGE  15.75 15.50 3.00  1.52  35.77 15     
Notre Dame              9-3    IND  18.50 11.50 3.00  3.00  36.00 16     
Hawaii                  9-3    WAC  22.00 15.50 3.00  1.84  42.34 17     
Georgia Tech            8-4    ACC  10.50 30.00 4.00  0.28  44.78 18     
Arkansas State          10-2    SUN  22.50 15.50 2.00  4.80  44.80 19     
Wisconsin              9-3    B10  19.00 19.50 3.00  4.48  45.98 20     
Wake Forest            9-3    ACC  12.25 28.00 3.00  2.92  46.17 21     
South Carolina          9-3    SEC  19.75 21.50 3.00  4.56  48.81 22     
Alabama                9-4    SEC  22.25 22.50 4.00  2.48  51.23 23     
Toledo                  8-4    MAC  23.75 24.00 4.00  0.64  52.39 24     
Memphis                10-2    USA  27.75 19.00 2.00  4.84  53.59 25



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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 10:43 AM

2017 Season Summary and Review
 
2017 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW



SEASON REVIEW

2017 was a pretty good year for us. We blew out Notre Dame, went 6-2 in the PAC-10, won a Four Star Tier Bowl Game, and finished ranked #10 in the nation by the BCS.

But I don't think we played up to our potential. The early season loss to Akron was embarassing. I guess stuff like that happens every now and then, but there's no excuse for this program to lose to Akron when we are capable of winning a Four Star Tier Bowl and blowing out the Irish in South Bend. I also think we should have won the game against Stanford at home. We were a far better club than the Cardinal, plus we had home field advantage. So it wasn't all hugs and puppy dog kisses for us in 2017. We had a good year, but not as good as it could have been.

The development of Tailback J.B. Wilson was crucial to this team's success - and will be for the next three years. The progress he made during his redshirt year was remarkable, and his performance earned him 1st Team All PAC-10 honors. I think he'll be even better next year, and that bodes well for the Trojan program over the next three seasons.

Not sure what to think about QB Brock Dole. I realize he was a first year starter this past season, but I'm not at all sure he's the "one". I think right now, when you add in this incoming crop of freshman, easily our best recruiting class ever, we have the talent to make a serious run at the National Championship. The big question mark is Dole. He's got a rifle for an arm, but can't run worth a damn - which in our offense hurts him a lot - and he's very unreliable in the short passing game.

Where is Malcolm Moreno when you need him?

Defensively we were once again solid. Teams had difficulty running the ball against us - though not as much as in the past - and we held opponents to a 43.7% pass completion percentage. Our turnover margin was down, but that was mainly because we turned the ball over a lot more on offense than we did the year before.

The jury is still out on whether I made the right move in replacing Offensive Coordinator Randy Edwards with Zach Fuchs. One of the major reasons I made the change was that, aside from being a better tactician and play caller than Edwards was, Fuchs is outstanding at developing quarterbacks, a failing of Edwards. So I guess we'll see what happens with Brock Dole, and his successor signal caller, which I haven't recruited yet.

So all in all, I think we had a good, solid season, but not quite as good as it should have been. I'm counting on next season to be a big one for us.

* * *

2017 AWARDS

Code:


2017 University of Southern California Trojans
Individual Awards
 
* TB J.B. Wilson (RS Soph.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OT Billy Joe Joyner (Jr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* LB Johnny El Nino (RS Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* OG Frank Elliot (Jr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OT Hunter Blount (RS Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* P Brett Thornton (Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* LB Riddick Taylor (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* OT Bobby Burgess (RS Soph.)
  - Academic all PAC-10
 
* LB Chad Berg (RS Sr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10


* * *

2017 USC TEAM SUMMARY

Code:


The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2017 Team Summary
 
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (10th yr)
Offensive Coordinator: Zach Fuchs (1st yr)
Defensive Coordinator: Bucky Riley (10th yr)
Syndicate Coordinator: Pete Prior (19th yr)
Lead Scout: Lance Coe (3rd yr)
Overall Record: 9-3
BCS Rank: #10
Coaches Poll: #10
Fans Poll: #10
PAC-10 Record: 6-2
PAC-10 Finish: 2nd Place
 
Southern California    Team      Rank 
Rushes                  483      29         
Rushing Yards          2035      19         
Yards Per Carry        4.21      15         
Pass Attempts          318      67 (T)     
Completions            185      42         
Passing Yards          2922      23         
Yards Per Attempt      9.18      12         
3rd Down Conversions    38.8      44         
Points Per Game        34.6      11 (T)     
Turnovers              21        62 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +4        40 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes                  372      23         
Rushing Yards          920      12         
Yards Per Carry        2.47      14         
Pass Attempts          421      123       
Completions            184      78 (T)     
Passing Yards          2451      85         
Yards Per Attempt      5.82      10 (T)     
3rd Down Conversions    31.8      35 (T)     
Points Per Game        18.1      25         
Turnovers              25        33 (T)     
 
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    66    IAST (108)    7     
3    18    AKRN (95)    21     
5    45    ORST (123)    16     
6    23    at AZST (90)  20     
7    31    at CALI (24)  17     
9    13    at WAST (42)  10     
10    48    WASH (46)    3     
11    34    ARIZ (89)    21     
12    39    STAN (52)    42     
13    48    at NODM (12)  25     
14    20    at UCLA (3)  29     
18    31    vs TEXS (53)  7  ***Hoosier Bowl***
 
Passing            Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Com%
9 Dole              QB    317  184  2910  9.17  21    13  58.0 
Team                ---  318  185  2922  9.18  22    13  58.2 
 
Rushing            Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst 
48 Wilson          RB    297  1409  4.74  14    50    53     
25 Whalen          RB    126  494  3.92  7    39    75     
9 Dole              QB    34    -44  -1.29 0    21    104   
Team                ---  483  2035  4.21  23    116  236   
 
Receiving          Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC  TD 
25 Whalen          RB    51    30    355  11.8  191  2     
6 Kidman            WR    51    19    337  17.7  167  2     
48 Wilson          RB    42    33    400  12.1  225  4     
2 McConnell        WR    41    25    519  20.7  139  3     
82 Morrison        WR    40    25    485  19.4  186  2     
83 Hartl            WR    38    20    421  21.0  175  4     
86 Heekin          WR    23    12    200  16.6  98    2     
28 Book            FB    19    13    127  9.7  52    2     
Team                ---  318  185  2922  15.7  1271  22     
 
Defense            Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL  Ints  Defn 
39 Arvold          S    64    19    1.0  11    2    16     
95 El Nino          OLB  49    13    5.0  13    4    1     
98 Taylor          OLB  45    19    0.0  13    0    4     
45 Berg            ILB  45    16    0.0  7    0    6     
49 Vinnick          ILB  45    17    0.0  9    0    3     
44 Reed            CB    44    7    0.0  4    2    10     
90 Stender          DE    38    14    15.0  16    0    0     
20 Nordskov        S    35    16    0.0  2    2    9     
99 Francis          DT    26    13    2.0  6    0    0     
31 Fitzgerald      CB    24    7    0.0  2    5    8     
43 Alexander        CB    23    11    0.0  1    1    7     
77 Milton          DT    20    10    4.0  7    0    0     
92 Oben            ILB  18    8    0.0  1    2    3     
93 Sutton          DE    17    4    1.5  5    0    0     
76 Lackey          DE    14    2    9.5  11    0    0     
21 Cipa            CB    13    4    0.0  2    1    4     
Team                ---  606  193  41.0  117  22    74 





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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 11:30 AM

2018 Preseason (Winter)
 
2018 PRESEASON (WINTER)


Winter, 2018

Southern Cal's prestige remained at Excellent (88), but the football program is now the 8th most prestigious in the nation.

Among the job offers I received -and turned down - this offseason were two from schools with an Excellent (80 or higher) prestige level - Boston College and Texas A&M, which is the third most prestigious football program in the nation.

But I'll be staying at Southern Cal for my eleventh season. After ten years in a place, it gets to feel like home, and we really have done some great things with the program during my ten year tenure here. The only thing we haven't done is win a national championship, and I certainly think we have a terrific shot at competing for one over the next three years.

Redshirt senior Safety Dwight Korinek has been suspended by the NCAA for taking money from a Southern Cal booster.

QB Wayne Bjorke has left the program because I suspended him last season.

OC Glenn Cook has left the program because he wasn't playing enough.

And Defensive Coordinator Bucky Riley has retired after ten years on the job. Bucky will be sorely missed and definately hard to replace.

Tailback Donny "Big Money" Cash was inducted into the USC Hall of Fame. Always liked Donny and am happy he has received this honor.

Our academic reputation remains at Very Good (70) and I'm pretty well convinced it can't go any higher because we fail to offer three majors. Once again, the students in our football program had the highest GPA (3.20) of any Division 1 college football program.

I fired Lead Scout Lance Coe. After three years of his scouting, which in general was fairly good, we needed to make a change because of his inability to judge talent in the defensive secondary. Lester Stargell, the Head Coach at Los Angeles Community College, replaces Coe.

To replace the retired Bucky Riley we hired Clarence Ackerman, who was the Defensive Coordinator at the University of Miami (Fla). Ackerman is an outstanding tactician and we hope to see a step up in play calling from Riley, who was mainly a developmental expert.

The rest of the staff returns for another season.

We had a fantastic recruiting season, and TCY Today has ranked our recruiting class first in the nation. Here's a look at our incoming freshmen.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2017 Recruiting List, Ranking View
TCY Today Ranking: #1
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
$$Ratto, Vinny            QB    6-2  177  CA  57    9      8      2       
$$Daugherty, Ike          RB    5-11 196  NE  5    1      1      1       
$$Jacobs, Glen            WR    5-11 185  WA  28    1      2      1       
$$Myers, Al              WR    6-5  213  NY  51    2      6      1       
##Leong, Dexter          C    6-0  237  CO  860  39    14    1       
$$Connell, Desmond        G    6-5  288  AZ  37    3      1      1       
$$Dillon, Nate            T    6-4  277  MN  9    1      1      1       
$$Lew, Austin            DE    6-6  273  PA  1    1      1      1       
$$Jeffers, Floyd          DE    6-6  274  PA  4    2      2      2       
$$McWilliams, Mel        DT    6-5  287  CA  3    1      1      1       
##Whalen, Walt            ILB  6-0  217  NY  15    1      3      1       
$$Garcia, Monty          ILB  5-10 201  CA  273  19    42    5       
$$Blackston, Matt        OLB  6-1  205  CA  73    7      11    1       
$$Knight, Brad            CB    5-9  166  CA  32    4      4      2       
$$Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  S    5-10 192  OH  26    1      2      1       
$$Esparza, Jared          S    6-3  194  NY  33    2      4      1       
 
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
$$Ratto, Vinny            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Daugherty, Ike          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Jacobs, Glen            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Myers, Al              Yes    No    Committed *     
##Leong, Dexter          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Connell, Desmond        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Dillon, Nate            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Lew, Austin            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Jeffers, Floyd          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$McWilliams, Mel        Yes    No    Committed *     
##Whalen, Walt            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Garcia, Monty          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Blackston, Matt        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Knight, Brad            Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Esparza, Jared          Yes    No    Committed *     
 
The College Years
Worksheet View       
 
  Player                  Scout  Phone  Visit  Emphasis    Status
$$Ratto, Vinny            78++    2      2      Dist/Prest  Committed *     
$$Daugherty, Ike          87++    2      2      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
$$Jacobs, Glen            85-    2      2      Prest/Dist  Committed *     
$$Myers, Al              79+    4      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
##Leong, Dexter          71-    2      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Connell, Desmond        81-    3      3      Dist*/Prest Committed *     
$$Dillon, Nate            100-    3      2      (Dist)/Acad Committed *     
$$Jeffers, Floyd          69++    4      2      Acad*/(Dist)Committed *     
$$Lew, Austin            89++    4      1      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
$$McWilliams, Mel        89++    4      2      Prest*/Dist Committed *     
$$Garcia, Monty          88+    3      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
##Whalen, Walt            92+    2      2      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Blackston, Matt        82+    2      2      Prest*/Acad Committed *     
$$Knight, Brad            89-    3      3      Dist/Acad  Committed *     
$$Esparza, Jared          92--    3      2      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  81++    3      2      Acad*/Prest Committed *     
 
The College Years
Statistics View
 
  Player                  Statistics                            Status
$$Ratto, Vinny            9 GP, 125-208-2228(10.7)-22-2 pass, 66-Committed *     
$$Daugherty, Ike          9 GP, 265-2106(7.9)-21 rush, 53-900-11 Committed *     
$$Jacobs, Glen            9 GP, 77-1886(24.4)-11 rcv.            Committed *     
$$Myers, Al              9 GP, 94-2180(23.1)-10 rcv.            Committed *     
##Leong, Dexter          9 GP.                                  Committed *     
$$Connell, Desmond        9 GP.                                  Committed *     
$$Dillon, Nate            8 GP.                                  Committed *     
$$Lew, Austin            9 GP, 89 tckls, 14.5 sacks, 1 Int.    Committed *     
$$Jeffers, Floyd          9 GP, 70 tckls, 15.0 sacks, 3 Int.    Committed *     
$$McWilliams, Mel        9 GP, 90 tckls, 11.0 sacks, 0 Int.    Committed *     
##Whalen, Walt            9 GP, 19-290-2 rcv, 118 tckls, 4.5 sackCommitted *     
$$Garcia, Monty          9 GP, 16-294-2 rcv, 112 tckls, 5.5 sackCommitted *     
$$Blackston, Matt        8 GP, 12-107-1 rcv, 99 tckls, 7.5 sacksCommitted *     
$$Knight, Brad            9 GP, 51-322-7 rush, 21-492-4 rcv, 46 tCommitted *     
$$Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  9 GP, 37-235-3 rush, 8-241-2 rcv, 76 tcCommitted *     
$$Esparza, Jared          9 GP, 47-213-2 rush, 19-392-0 rcv, 67 tCommitted *     
 
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be 
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest. 



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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 11:53 AM

2018 Preseason (Spring)
 
2018 PRESEASON


Spring, 2018

Scheduling time. This year, as every year, we have our annual game against Notre Dame, and once again it will be in South Bend. Every year there is one PAC-10 school we don't play, and this season that school is Stanford. At least this year we get UCLA in the Rose Bowl instead of at them in the Colliseum.

That leaves us two games to schedule. I'll be looking for two home games this year against middling programs.

Stage 1: We offerred a game at the Rose Bowl to Georgia. They rejected our offer.

Stage 2: Louisiana-Monroe offerred us a home game for week 3 and we accepted.

Stage 3: UTEP offerred a home and home but we're not interested. We offerred Arkansas a game at the Rose Bowl for Week 1 and they rejected our offer.

Stage 4: Southern Mississippi offerred us a home game for Week 4. We countered with an offer for Week 1 and they accepted. That fills our schedule for 2018.

Here's a look at our 2018 schedule.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2018 Schedule
 
Preseason BCS Rank: #7
Preseason Coaches Poll: #8
Preseason Fans Poll: #7
Rival: UCLA
Stadium Capacity: 96,600
Season Tickets Sold: 96,600
 
  Week  Opponent                   
1      SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI                                           
2      at (10) Notre Dame                                             
3      LOUISIANA-MONROE                                               
4        ---off week---
$$5    OREGON                                                         
6        ---off week---
$$7    at Arizona                                                     
$$8    (46) WASHINGTON STATE                                         
$$9    at Oregon State                                               
$$10    ARIZONA STATE                                                 
$$11    at (23) California                                             
$$12    at (50) Washington                                             
13        ---off week---
$$14    (4) UCLA                                                       
 
Home Games in ALL CAPS 
$$-Conference Games, (#)-Preseason Coaches Poll Ranking.





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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 01:46 PM

2018 Preseason (Summer)
 
2018 PRESEASON


Summer, 2018

Spent the early part of the summer putting together practice schedules and working on the academic schedules of our students. Looks like we'll have a few more coaching blocs this year - 59 instead of 52 - in case any of the kids get into academic difficulties.

Once we got the kids in two-a-days, my expectations rose a bit. QB Brock Dole looked really good in camp, though he still is barely average in the short passing game - but boy does he have a rifle for an arm. Joining him in the backfield will be 1st Team All PAC-10 Tailback J.B. Wilson and freshman sensation Wingback Ike Daugherty. Ike was just too good to redshirt this year, and ideally he'd play Tailback, but J.B. is something special. So to get Daugherty on the field we start him at Wingback and hopefully he'll get us 500+ yards and a bunch of scores there. Blocking for those two budding superstars will be senior Fullback Manny Book.

Dole's primary targets this season will be redshirt senior wideout Ron Morrison and redshirt junior Ed Kinman. We're still waiting for that breakout season from Morrison and hopefully this will be the year. Wilson, Daugherty and Book also will all figure prominently in the passing game out of our flexbone offense.

I think we've got the makings of a real exceptional offensive line - at least run blocking anyway. At OC will be Mitchell Blackburn - the one pass blocking specialist we have on the team. Mitchell is not too shabby a run blocker either. He'll be flanked by senior OG Frank Elliot who looked simply dominating in camp, and redshirt senior OG Graham Molina. At the tackles will be 5th year senior Hunter Blount and redshirt junior Bobby Burgess. All in all, this group should open up some big holes for JB and Daugherty.

On defense, the line is once again a strength of the team. Redshirt senior Trent Milton won the starting Nose Tackle job away from Andrew Francis in camp. On his right will be 5th year senior DE Freddie Stender, who led the team in sacks with 15 last season. Over at left end will be redshirt sophomore Wally Knight, who has the potential to become a dominant pass rusher. He'll likely move to DRE when Stender graduates.

The linebacking corps features three 5th year seniors, ILB Chad Berg, and OLB's Johnny "The Storm" El Nino and Rick Holmes. Redshirt junior ILB Renaldo Elder fills out the starting quartet. Not the best linebacking unit we've had since I've been here, but respectable.

The secondary is once again the weakest part of our defense - though I have a much better grasp of the talent with new Lead Scout Lester Stargell on the job. Starting at the corners will be 5th year senior Sam Alexander and redshirt junior Max Fitzgerald. Both are pretty average and that's likely where we'll be attacked the most. 5th year senior Joel Arvold returns in a starting role at Safety, and he's really developed into a fine player. Starting at the other safety spot will be freshman Lawrence Abdul-Jabbar. Abdul-Jabbar has the potential to become a standout safety, and he was just too good to redshirt this year, even though he's a little rough around the edges.

On special teams we have one of the best placekickers in the nation, redshirt junior Robbie Gardner. Redshirt sophomore Xavier Eason takes over the punting duties this year and he's got a pretty good leg. Handling our return duties will be wideout Ron Morrison, who is simply explosive returning both punts and kicks, with an assist from Ed Kinman on punts and J.B. Wilson on kickoffs.

I think we've got a solid chance at making a run at the PAC-10 title this year, and if we play up to our potential, we're a legitimate contender for the national championship.

That's if our corners don't get burned too bad.

We'll know fairly early on how much of a chance we stand, as we face Notre Dame in Week 2.

Here's a look at our 2018 roster.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2018 Roster/Scout Overview
From the Desk of Lester Stargell, Lead Scout
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate 
Casillas, Eddie        18  QB  So*  35                65                 
Dole, Brock            9    QB  Sr*  64                100               
Oxendine, Pat          4    QB  Jr*  42                72                 
Ratto, Vinny            2    QB  Fr    18                89                 
Daugherty, Ike          24  RB  Fr    66                100               
Shultz, Mercury        37  RB  Sr*  59                84                 
Vance, Billy            40  RB  So    42                59                 
Walker, Skipjack        36  RB  So*  48                66                 
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Jr*  86                100               
Benzer, Devin          22  FB  So    50                71                 
Book, Emmanuel          28  FB  Sr    61                68                 
Finley, Jeffrey        30  FB*  Sr    9                26                 
Merchberger, Joe        32  FB*  So*  23                51                 
Dresselhaus, Graham    84  TE*  So    7                7                 
Glover, Randy          88  TE*  Jr*  9                19                 
Leavitt, Joel          81  TE*  Fr    10                27                 
Hartl, Oliver          83  WR  So    20                54                 
Jacobs, Glen            7    WR  Fr    32                66                 
Kidman, Edwin          6    WR  Jr*  70                72                 
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr*  95                95                 
Myers, Al              86  WR  Fr    31                62                 
Henderson, Norbert      87  WR*  So    7                7                 
Blackburn, Mitchell    58  C    Sr    48                84                 
Leong, Dexter          50  C    Fr    11                77                 
Long, Dana              53  C    So*  40                63                 
Lyubashevsky, Gino      56  C    So*  38                61                 
Ours, Cornell          52  C*  Jr*  23                58                 
Ballard, Louis          61  G    Jr*  33                100               
Barton, Brian          65  G    So*  27                75                 
Connell, Desmond        68  G    Fr    28                90                 
Eliot, Frank            66  G    Sr    74                74                 
Lauvray, Nate          71  G    Jr*  20                79                 
Molina, Graham          64  G    Sr*  39                88                 
Aska, Dana              74  T    Sr*  52                54                 
Berry, Kurt            78  T    So*  19                51                 
Blount, Hunter          67  T    Sr    53                76                 
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Jr*  54                88                 
Dillon, Nate            69  T    Fr    19                81                 
Joyner, Billy Joe      75  T    Sr    35                77                 
Kaplan, Gabe            63  T    Sr    27                69                 
Kirkwood, Lester        79  T    Jr*  30                61                 
Eason, Xavier          8    P    So*  72                94                 
Brown, Robbie          15  P*  Sr*  3                3                 
Gardner, Rodney        17  K    Jr*  94                100               
Samuels, Zach          3    K    Sr    59                91                 
Jeffers, Floyd          72  DE  Fr    42                99                 
Knight, Wally          91  DE  So*  51                83                 
Lackey, R.J.            76  DE  Jr    42                60                 
Lew, Austin            70  DE  Fr    48                100               
Stender, Freddie        90  DE  Sr    57                95                 
Sutton, William        93  DE  Sr*  29                65                 
Francis, Andrew        99  DT  Jr*  43                88                 
McWilliams, Mel        98  DT  Fr    31                100               
Milton, Trent          77  DT  Sr*  54                86                 
Wilcox, Albert          94  DT  Jr*  29                77                 
Flynn, Buddy            73  DT*  Jr    11                32                 
Berg, Chad              45  ILB  Sr    80                80                 
Elder, Renaldo          54  ILB  Jr*  50                84                 
Garcia, Monty          41  ILB  Fr    12                76                 
Oben, Moe              92  ILB  So    35                70                 
Pathon, Dale            97  ILB  Sr*  32                61                 
Whalen, Walt            49  ILB  Fr    31                91                 
Blackston, Matt        42  OLB  Fr    32                81                 
El Nino, Johnnie        95  OLB  Sr    41                81                 
Holmes, Rick            47  OLB  Sr    57                90                 
Mazzeo, Tyrus          59  OLB  Sr*  38                64                 
O'Neal, Deron          96  OLB  Jr*  20                62                 
Biakabutuka, Wayne      55  OLB* So*  20                42                 
Hoffman, William        51  OLB* Sr*  6                26                 
Alexander, Sam          43  CB  Sr    55                55                 
Cipa, Dan              21  CB  So    39                50                 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Jr*  44                88                 
Knight, Brad            26  CB  Fr    37                97                 
Reed, Buddy            44  CB  Sr*  35                79                 
Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  38  S    Fr    46                85                 
Arvold, Joel            39  S    Sr    67                78                 
Brennan, Jon            29  S    So*  28                57                 
Esparza, Jared          20  S    Fr    42                66                 
Korinek, Dwight        35  S    Sr*  47                67                 
Waugh, Artie            27  S    Jr*  37                61




Here's a look at the preseason BCS rankings.


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The College Years
Preseason, 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Iowa                    0-0    B10  1.00  1.50  0.00  0.48  2.98  1     
Florida                0-0    SEC  2.00  1.50  0.00  2.04  5.54  2     
Texas A&M              0-0    B12  3.00  3.00  0.00  1.24  7.24  3     
UCLA                    0-0    P10  4.00  4.00  0.00  1.92  9.92  4     
Virginia                0-0    ACC  5.00  5.00  0.00  0.32  10.32 5     
Michigan                0-0    B10  6.00  6.00  0.00  0.52  12.52 6     
**Southern California  0-0    P10  8.00  7.50  0.00  1.88  17.38 7     
Rice                    0-0    WAC  7.00  8.50  0.00  3.44  18.94 8     
Syracuse                0-0    BGE  9.00  8.50  0.00  1.48  18.98 9     
Notre Dame              0-0    IND  10.00 9.50  0.00  4.56  24.06 10     
Penn State              0-0    B10  13.00 12.00 0.00  0.72  25.72 11     
Pittsburgh              0-0    BGE  12.00 13.50 0.00  1.40  26.90 12     
Keene State            0-0    NNE  11.00 12.00 0.00  4.84  27.84 13     
Boston College          0-0    BGE  14.00 16.00 0.00  1.32  31.32 14     
Hawaii                  0-0    WAC  15.00 13.50 0.00  3.32  31.82 15     
Wisconsin              0-0    B10  18.00 16.00 0.00  0.80  34.80 16     
Southern Methodist      0-0    WAC  16.00 17.50 0.00  3.52  37.02 17     
Colorado State          0-0    MTW  17.00 21.00 0.00  2.60  40.60 18     
Toledo                  0-0    MAC  20.00 18.50 0.00  4.08  42.58 19     
Alabama                0-0    SEC  24.00 22.00 0.00  2.28  48.28 20     
Louisville              0-0    USA  25.00 20.50 0.00  3.04  48.54 21     
California              0-0    P10  23.00 24.50 0.00  1.72  49.22 22     
Georgia Tech            0-0    ACC  22.00 28.00 0.00  0.16  50.16 23     
Miami of Ohio          0-0    MAC  19.00 28.00 0.00  3.84  50.84 24     
South Florida          0-0    USA  21.00 28.00 0.00  4.60  53.60 25




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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 03:37 PM

2018 Season (1st Qtr.)
 
2018 SEASON (1st Qtr.)


WEEK 1
vs. Southern Mississippi (0-0)
(USC -14) USC BCS RANK: #7

Spent the early part of the week making our first recruiting contacts. A priority this year was to find a quarterback that could run, throw, and had good academics. Does Jesus mind being redshirted?

The offensive line just dominated the line of scrimmage today, springing J.B. Wilson for 206 yards and 4 touchdowns as the Trojans won in a rout, 62-7.

LT Hunter Blount made 7 key run blocks while RG Graham Molina made 6 and LG Frank Elliot 5, completely controlling the point of attack and making it easy running for Wilson all day.

Redshirt sophomore DE Wally Knight made 3.5 sacks and ILB Renaldo Elder returned an interception for a score as the defense completely shutdown the Southern Mississippi attack.

A good way to start the season off and we head into next week's game against Notre Dame on a high note.

USC 62 -- Southern Mississippi 7
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-0)

* * *

WEEK 2
@ Notre Dame (0-1) *TV1*
(ND -2) USC BCS RANK: #4

We head into this week ranked 4th in the BCS but #1 atop the nation in the Coaches Poll. Finding the right balance for Brock dole is the important thing however, as we don't want him throwing too many picks, but we need him to be able to hit the deep ball. So it's a work in progress. This week will be a big test for us.

Continued to work at rounding out this year's primary recruiting list. Hopefully we'll land a kid or two that can help us in the secondary some right away, like Abdul-Jabbar this year.

LT Hunter Blount and LG Frank Elliot continued their domination of the line of scrimmage, making 8 and 6 key run blocks respectively as they opened holes for J.B. Wilson all day en route to a big 30-24 road win at Notre Dame.

Offensive Coordinator Zach Fuchs knows a good thing when he sees one and he's determined to ride J.B. Wilson as far as he can go, calling his number a whopping 43 times today as Wilson ran for 153 yards (3.5 ypc) and 3 more touchdowns. Wingback Ike Daugherty added 47 yards on 9 carries (5.2 ypc) as the Trojans just kept running and running and running.

QB Brock Dole, while not shooting the lights out, continued to play solid, mistake free football and allowed the running attack to do the damage.

DE Wally Knight continues to excel in his rookie season, sacking the Irish QB twice rushing from the strong side. NT Trent Milton also got to the Notre Dame QB twice.

A big, big win for us early in the year.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (2-0)

* * *

WEEK 3
vs. Louisiana-Monroe (1-0) *TV3*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #1

Moved up to #1 in the BCS rankings this week coming off our big win at South Bend. ILB Renaldo Elder will miss up to 9 weeks with some broken ribs. The team trainers didn't think it funny when I told him to rub some dirt on it and suit up. Oh well. Sophomore Moe Oben will move into his starting spot.

Made some second and third contacts with recruits, as well as making new contacts with some defensive backs that I think might be able to help us. In looking at the recruiting pool this year, there doesn't seem to be a lot of stud DB's to recruit.

Offensive Coordinator just kept pounding J.B. Wilson at Lousiana-Monroe and Wilson rushed for 150 yards and two scores as Southern Cal whitewashed the Indians 37-0.

QB Brock Dole was quite efficient on the day, going 14/18 for 223 yards while throwing for one touchdown. Dole hit wideout Ron Morrison for the scoring strike.

The Trojan D was strong as an entire unit this week, holding the Indians to 120 yards of total offense.

A good win for us, we played well and didn't play down to a weaker opponent's level.

USC 37 -- Louisiana-Monroe 0
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)

* * *

WEEK 4
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #7

Ahh the fickle fates of early season BCS rankings. It's like pulling numbers out of a hat. Still, we're playing well and can't complain about that. The rankings will be what they will be.

With the off week spent most of the time on the recruiting trail. We've already had a few campus visits, that's a good sign. Still scouring the country for d-backs and also a linebacker or two.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)

* * *

WEEK 5 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 5, 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Rice                    2-0    WAC  4.50  6.50  0.00  3.08  14.08 1     
UCLA                    3-0    P10  9.50  3.00  0.00  3.72  16.22 2     
Colorado State          2-0    MTW  1.00  13.50 0.00  1.80  16.30 3     
Florida                2-0    SEC  11.75 1.50  0.00  4.08  17.33 4     
Wisconsin              3-0    B10  4.75  11.00 0.00  3.52  19.27 5     
Boston College          3-0    BGE  8.25  10.50 0.00  3.16  21.91 6     
Hawaii                  3-0    WAC  13.25 9.00  0.00  3.64  25.89 7     
Miami of Florida        3-0    ACC  3.50  22.00 0.00  2.36  27.86 8     
Iowa                    3-0    B10  23.75 1.50  0.00  4.00  29.25 9     
Michigan                3-0    B10  21.75 4.50  0.00  4.64  30.89 10     
Marshall                3-0    MAC  14.25 17.00 0.00  2.12  33.37 11     
California              3-0    P10  13.50 16.00 0.00  4.32  33.82 12     
Alabama                3-0    SEC  15.50 15.00 0.00  3.96  34.46 13     
**Southern California  3-0    P10  25.00 6.00  0.00  3.88  34.88 14     
Keene State            2-0    NNE  24.00 8.50  0.00  4.52  37.02 15     
Toledo                  2-0    MAC  20.75 12.50 0.00  3.80  37.05 16     
North Carolina State    3-0    ACC  11.50 22.00 0.00  4.24  37.74 17     
San Diego State        3-0    MTW  8.75  28.00 0.00  2.76  39.51 18     
Miami of Ohio          2-0    MAC  19.75 18.00 0.00  4.36  42.11 19     
Pittsburgh              3-1    BGE  15.75 25.00 1.00  1.76  43.51 20     
Georgia Tech            2-0    ACC  22.00 19.50 0.00  4.48  45.98 21     
South Carolina          2-0    SEC  25.50 17.50 0.00  4.12  47.12 22     
Arkansas                2-0    SEC  11.50 34.50 0.00  3.40  49.40 23     
Kent State              3-0    MAC  14.25 32.50 0.00  3.36  50.11 24     
Penn State              2-1    B10  20.50 27.00 1.00  2.64  51.14 25






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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 04:39 PM

2018 Season (2nd Qtr.)
 
2018 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 5
vs. Oregon (0-3) (PAC-10)
(USC -12) USC BCS RANK: #14

Even with our two cupcake games I thought we'd be higher than #14, but Notre Dame isn't in the Top 25 right now so it kills our strength of schedule. But we move into the PAC-10 schedule which is always a dogfight. Are we ready?

Quarterly grades came out, three players with D's, tqwo with D+'s. Allocated 4 coaching blocks to each player with a D, 3 to each with a D+. Leaves me with 41 blocs left on the season.

Had to suspend walk-on punter Robbie Brown for stealing starter Xavier Eason's punting cleat so that Brown could start. He's gone for the year - the NCAA took no action.

Lost a CB I wanted to UCLA. Need to write the Board of Governors of the University System of California about closing that school or something.

The Ducks managed to contain Tailback J.B. Wilson to 116 yards and a score on 16 carries (3.8 ypc) but QB brock Dole was deathly efficient going 13/18 for 182 yards while throwing four touchdown passes and only being picked off once. Wideout Ron Morrison haukled in two of those scoring strikes while making 5 catches for 104 yards. Fellow wideout Eddie Kidman made 7 catches for 97 yards and a score.

A solid win in our PAC-10 opener.

USC 45 -- Oregon 20
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

* * *

WEEK 6
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #3

Moved up to #3 this week. Hopefully we can keep playing well enough to stay up there.
Lost a couple more recruits, none to UCLA thankfully. Got the week off this week before we get to the heart of our PAC-10 schedule. Will be following up with recruits mostly.

PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

* * *

WEEK 7
@ Arizona (3-2) (PAC-10)
(USC -2) USC BCS RANK: #9

Arizona always gives us trouble and it looks like they have turned their program around the past couple of seasons, so this one could be a tough one. Backup NT Andrew Francis will miss up to 11 weeks due to injury.

We landed three recruits this week - I was starting to worry we might have to scramble around with no early committments. Jeffrey Thompson, a running back from John F Kennedy High School in Taylor, Michigan, Justin Jacobs, a 79+ cornerback from Gladstone High School in Covina, California and Stephen McElroy, an 82+ safety from Farmington High School in Farmington, Arkansas all signed letters of intent to play for Southern Cal next season.

Thompson is an 88+ RB that comes to us from one of the most impressive high school athletic programs in the state. Given our current backfield, he'll likely redshirt next year but should prove to be a fine back down the road. Thompson is rated the best RB in this recruiting class.

Tailback J.B. Wilson ran all over the Wildcat defense as OT's Hunter Blount and Bobby Burgess made 7 key run blocks each en route to a 44-14 schellacking at Arizona.

Wilson is interjecting himself into the Heisman race with his performance this season, and added to his numbers rushing for 271 yards and two touchdowns on 41 carries.

QB brock Dole was once again effective in a supporting role, going 14/22 for 239 yards and throwing three touchdowns while being picked only once, hitting wideout Ron Morrison, who made 5 catches for 94 yards, for one of his TD's.

Redshirt sophomore sensation DE Wally Knight added two more sacks as the defense harried the Wildcat QB all day.

Another big win for us on the road.

USC 44 -- Arizona 14
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (5-0)

* * *

WEEK 8
vs. Washington State (3-2) (PAC-10) *TV5*
(USC -13) USC BCS RANK: #7

We need to keep playing solid football and avoid any early season mishaps. CB Sam Alexander will miss a week or two due to injury. ILB Renaldo Elder should be back this week and NT Andrew Francis is still out.

Landed another defensive back this week as Mel Kinsey, a 76++ safety from William C Bryant High School in Long Island City, New York committed to play for USC next season.

Tailback J.B. Wilson kept the Heisman talk going as he scored on runs of 54 and 48 yards while leading Southern Cal to a resounding 34-3 victory in front of a packed Rose Bowl.

Wilson dominated the game rushing for 193 yards and two touchdowns on 29 carries (6.6 ypc) while QB Brock Dole continued his quiet, but effective play, going 13/18 for 200 yards and throwing for one score.

5th year senior Safety led the Trojan defense with 7 tackles while CB Sam Alexander ran an interception back for a touchdown as USC totally dominated the Cougars in every phase of the game.

A very solid win for us.

USC 34 -- Washington State 3
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (6-0)

* * *

WEEK 9 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 9, 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
UCLA                    7-0    P10  2.50  1.00  0.00  2.44  5.94  1     
Michigan                7-0    B10  1.75  2.50  0.00  2.12  6.37  2     
Virginia                7-0    ACC  5.75  2.50  0.00  3.88  12.13 3     
Hawaii                  6-0    WAC  4.25  7.00  0.00  3.20  14.45 4     
**Southern California  6-0    P10  7.25  4.50  0.00  4.32  16.07 5     
Miami of Florida        6-0    ACC  4.25  11.00 0.00  1.76  17.01 6     
Toledo                  6-0    MAC  6.25  8.50  0.00  3.32  18.07 7     
Rice                    6-0    WAC  10.50 4.50  0.00  4.64  19.64 8     
South Carolina          5-1    SEC  5.00  17.50 1.00  0.44  23.94 9     
Florida                4-1    SEC  13.75 6.50  1.00  4.16  25.41 10     
Michigan State          5-1    B10  6.75  18.00 1.00  0.56  26.31 11     
Colorado State          5-1    MTW  13.25 14.00 1.00  1.12  29.37 12     
California              6-1    P10  13.25 14.00 1.00  1.80  30.05 13     
Iowa                    5-2    B10  20.25 8.50  2.00  1.00  31.75 14     
Marshall                5-1    MAC  11.25 17.50 1.00  2.92  32.67 15     
Keene State            5-1    NNE  24.25 10.50 1.00  3.48  39.23 16     
Maine                  5-1    NNE  13.25 23.50 1.00  1.48  39.23 17     
Utah                    5-1    MTW  14.00 26.50 1.00  1.24  42.74 18     
Penn State              4-2    B10  17.75 23.00 2.00  0.68  43.43 19     
Syracuse                5-2    BGE  25.50 14.00 2.00  2.04  43.54 20     
South Florida          5-1    USA  22.50 16.50 1.00  4.68  44.68 21     
Pittsburgh              5-2    BGE  24.00 21.00 2.00  0.28  47.28 22     
San Diego State        5-1    MTW  19.75 28.50 1.00  2.68  51.93 23     
Arkansas                5-1    SEC  14.75 35.50 1.00  2.80  54.05 24     
Alabama                4-1    SEC  30.25 18.00 1.00  4.96  54.21 25




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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 05:52 PM

2018 Season (3rd Qtr.)
 
2018 SEASON (3rd Qtr.)


WEEK 9
@ Oregon State (2-5)
(USC -20) USC BCS RANK: #5

Quarterly grades came out this week. 2 D's and four D+'s. Gave the two D's 4 blocs each and the four D+'s two blocks each. Pointed out the direction to the library to two students that tried to walk on with failing grades. They're just numb.

Only NT Andrew Francis is listed as out for this week's game.

Spencer Washington, a 77+ fullback from George W Wingate High School in Brooklyn, New York and Walter Cheng, a 79+ cornerback from Blount High School in Maryville, Tennessee have signed letters of intent to play for the Trojans next fall.
This is shaping up to be a solid recruiting class, not spectacular like last year's, but pretty solid.

Tailback J.B. Wilson rushed for four touchdowns and QB Brock Dole threw for two more as Southern Cal put up 583 yards of total offense en route to a 58-0 trouncing of the Oregon State Cougars on the road.

Before Dole was pulled from the game when it got out of hand he went 12/20 for 246 yards and two scoring strikes. Wideouts Ron Morrison and Ed Kidman both broke the 100 yard receiving mark on the day, with Kidman making two touchdown grabs.

The Trojan defense held the Cougars to 53 yards of total offense as Safety Joel Arvold led the way with 7 tackles.

A terrific win for us on the road.

USC 58 -- Oregon State 0
PAC-10 (4-0) -- OVERALL (7-0)

* * *

WEEK 10
vs. Arizona State (0-8) (PAC-10)
(USC -33) USC BCS RANK: #5

We're really playing good football right now, and J.B. looks like a solid Heisman contender. I'm pleased with how well Brock Dole has fit into the offense, not trying to do too much but yet making some key plays and good throws. Let's hope we keep it up down the stretch.

We landed four recruits this week, but still no quarterback. Afraid I may have to wait until next year to land a quality QB. Alfred Snyder, an 86+ running back from Hoopeston Area High School in Hoopeston, Illinois, Tyrone Horie, an 84- fullback from Tucumcari High School in Tucumcari, New Mexico, Vince Andersen, a 95- inside linebacker from Dallastown Area High School in Dallastown, Pennsylvania and Kenneth Kariya, a 70+ outside linebacker from Red Mountain High School in Mesa, Arizona all committed to play for the Trojans next fall.

Good solid signings.

QB Brock Dole had a very difficult day passing the ball, going 11/26 and getting picked off twice, but J.B. Wilson and the Trojan defense took over the game leading USC to a convincing 34-7 victory over Arizona State in front of a capacity Rose Bowl crowd.

Wilson ran for three scores and 144 yards on 34 carries (4.2 ypc) while DE Wally Knight added a sack and a half, Safety Joel Arvold made two interceptions and CB Dan Cipa ran one back for a score as everything but the passing attack was clicking for Southern Cal today.

A good win, but today's performance raises some questions about Brock dole's reliability down the stretch.

USC 34 -- Arizona State 7
PAC-10 (5-0) -- OVERALL (8-0)

* * *

WEEK 11
@ #13 California (8-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(EVEN) USC BCS RANK: #5

Spent some time fine tuning the game plan for Brock Dole. This is a huge game for us, on the road against the Golden Bears. A must win - heck all of them are must win at this point. But we've got to be at our best this week, this is a damn fine Cal team this year.

Landed three more players this week, one of them a QB. Kenneth Finch, a quarterback from Ocean Township High School in Oakhurst, New Jersey, Casey Sly, a 91+ inside linebacker from North Salem High School in Salem, Oregon and Amos McCollum, a 100-- safety from Madison County High School in Madison, Florida signed letters with us this week. This brings our recruiting class to 13, with three slots open but only two scholarships to offer.

Finch might be the running QB we've been looking for as he ran for over 1400 yards in 9 prep games. He's a 94-- and his high school is not a top notch athletic program, so he's a project. McCollum was the highest rated safety in this year's graduating class.

Not a good game at all as Brock dole was simply atrocious, going 11/26 and getting picked off three times. Any hopes at a national championship we might have harbored sunk with this gameas we lose miserably, 38-13.

Even J.B. Wilson couldn't save us on this day as Cal shut him down, holding him to 98 yards and our sole touchdown on 30 carries.

A bad, bad loss.

California 38 -- USC 13
PAC-10 (5-1) -- OVERALL (8-1)

* * *

WEEK 12
@ Washington (3-6) (PAC-10)
(USC -6) USC BCS RANK: #7

Not too big a drop in the BCS rankings, but we've got to hope Cal loses its last PAC-10 game or we won't have a shot at the conference title.

NT Andrew Francis, ILB Chad Berg, OT Hunter Blount and NT Trent Milton will all miss this week's game due to injury.

We landed two more recruits this week; Desmond Warkentien, an offensive guard from New Berlin High School in New Berlin, Wisconsin and Peter Grodin, an offensive tackle from Oak Forest High School in Oak Forest, Illinois have signed letters of intent to play for the Trojans next season.

Brock Dole couldn't hit the broad side of a barn today going 8 for 31 as we served up a 41-14 gift to the Huskies.

The Huskies built a 31-7 lead at the half and we simply stopped trying to run the ball, and Dole could do nothing.

We really played about as poorly as we could and were completely outcoached by a bad football team. Hats off to them.

Washington 41 -- USC 14
PAC-10 (5-2) -- OVERALL (8-2)

* * *

WEEK 13 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 13, 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
UCLA                    10-0    P10  3.00  1.00  0.00  3.32  7.32  1     
Michigan                10-0    B10  1.75  2.50  0.00  3.16  7.41  2     
Miami of Florida        10-0    ACC  1.25  7.00  0.00  1.88  10.13 3     
Virginia                10-0    ACC  6.00  2.50  0.00  4.68  13.18 4     
Florida                8-1    SEC  7.00  4.00  1.00  4.96  16.96 5     
Hawaii                  9-1    WAC  7.75  7.00  1.00  3.00  18.75 6     
South Carolina          8-1    SEC  3.75  14.50 1.00  0.56  19.81 7     
Rice                    8-1    WAC  9.00  6.00  1.00  4.08  20.08 8     
California              9-1    P10  6.00  12.00 1.00  2.72  21.72 9     
Toledo                  9-1    MAC  10.50 9.50  1.00  3.88  24.88 10     
Alabama                8-1    SEC  8.75  12.50 1.00  5.00  27.25 11     
Keene State            9-1    NNE  19.75 7.00  1.00  4.40  32.15 12     
Georgia Tech            8-1    ACC  12.75 15.50 1.00  4.28  33.53 13     
South Florida          8-1    USA  15.25 14.50 1.00  4.60  35.35 14     
Syracuse                8-2    BGE  15.00 15.00 2.00  3.68  35.68 15     
**Southern California  8-2    P10  20.00 11.50 2.00  4.80  38.30 16     
Green Mountain          8-2    NNE  7.75  25.50 2.00  3.28  38.53 17     
Michigan State          8-2    B10  13.50 22.50 2.00  1.12  39.12 18     
Iowa                    8-3    B10  22.75 11.00 3.00  3.04  39.79 19     
Pittsburgh              8-2    BGE  22.00 18.00 2.00  1.44  43.44 20     
Boston College          8-2    BGE  18.50 19.50 2.00  4.36  44.36 21     
Marshall                8-2    MAC  19.00 21.50 2.00  4.00  46.50 22     
Penn State              7-3    B10  20.50 24.50 3.00  1.60  49.60 23     
Wisconsin              7-3    B10  17.50 28.00 3.00  2.24  50.74 24     
Nebraska                8-2    B12  28.50 22.50 2.00  4.24  57.24 25





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aztarheel 01-20-2007 05:53 PM

Could this be the year of the Trojans? I think it could be ... Good get em Bear!

beargrowlz 01-20-2007 05:58 PM

Next year maybe. Dole just isn't good enough to avoid key turnovers. And even if we're down 30 I don't care, pitch the ball to J.B. Wilson for damn sakes. Ahh well. Got JB for two more years.

beargrowlz 01-20-2007 06:28 PM

2018 Season (4th Qtr)
 
2018 SEASON (4th Qtr)


WEEK 13
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #16

Tha Cal loss I could take, they're a very good team. Getting blown out at Washington was a stinker. Just bad, bad football on our part.

No recruiting news. We've used up all our scholarships so just looking for a WR walk-on.

PAC-10 (5-2) -- OVERALL (8-2)

* * *

WEEK 14
vs. #2 UCLA (10-0) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(UCLA -6) USC BCS RANK: #16

Nothing to play for here but pride and a chance to kill UCLA's national title hopes. Which is after all, better than nothing.

When the best rusher in the nation carries the ball 14 times, it's game over. We gave up on the run again and got plastered, losing to the Bruins 35-11.

Brock Dole proved he isn't yet - or ever? - capable of carrying a team as he went 14/30 and got picked twice.

Nothing good to say about this ass-dragging finish. Maybe next year.

UCLA 35 -- USC 11
PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 15
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #25

Fell to #25 this week, and I can't tell you how excruciatingly disappointing that is. I know we got hit by some injuries in the last few games, but for godsakes man, give the ball to J.B. Taylor and just let him run. Oy.

PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 16
MINOR BOWL TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: --

Going to Indy again to play Oklahoma in the Hoosier Bowl. It's a solid Four Star Tier Bowl, but this team was capable of so much more.

Kevin Linquist, a wide receiver from Empire High School in Duncan, Oklahoma, has agreed to play for Southern Cal next season. He's an end of the bench depth receiver with good grades.

PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 17 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 17, 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Michigan                11-0    B10  1.25  2.00  0.00  3.56  6.81  1     
UCLA                    11-0    P10  2.75  1.00  0.00  3.32  7.07  2     
Miami of Florida        11-0    ACC  1.75  6.00  0.00  3.00  10.75 3     
Hawaii                  11-1    WAC  3.75  5.50  1.00  2.48  12.73 4     
Toledo                  12-1    MAC  4.50  7.50  1.00  3.72  16.72 5     
Rice                    10-1    WAC  8.00  5.50  1.00  3.60  18.10 6     
Virginia                10-1    ACC  10.50 3.50  1.00  4.56  19.56 7     
California              10-1    P10  5.75  10.50 1.00  2.84  20.09 8     
Georgia Tech            10-1    ACC  8.50  10.50 1.00  3.20  23.20 9     
Alabama                11-1    SEC  9.75  9.00  1.00  4.96  24.71 10     
Florida                10-2    SEC  17.50 5.00  2.00  4.84  29.34 11     
South Carolina          9-2    SEC  9.00  17.50 2.00  0.84  29.34 12     
Syracuse                9-2    BGE  13.25 12.50 2.00  2.28  30.03 13     
Boston College          10-2    BGE  15.75 14.00 2.00  3.64  35.39 14     
Green Mountain          10-2    NNE  9.00  22.00 2.00  3.08  36.08 15     
Michigan State          9-2    B10  14.50 19.00 2.00  0.96  36.46 16     
Pittsburgh              9-3    BGE  13.25 22.00 3.00  0.32  38.57 17     
Iowa                    8-3    B10  20.50 12.50 3.00  3.52  39.52 18     
Miami of Ohio          10-2    MAC  15.50 17.50 2.00  4.92  39.92 19     
Nebraska                10-2    B12  21.75 17.50 2.00  4.24  45.49 20     
South Florida          10-2    USA  23.00 17.50 2.00  4.20  46.70 21     
Wisconsin              8-3    B10  15.75 25.50 3.00  3.04  47.29 22     
Marshall                10-3    MAC  19.50 24.50 3.00  2.96  49.96 23     
**Southern California  8-3    P10  25.50 17.50 3.00  4.32  50.32 24     
Colorado State          8-3    MTW  22.75 25.50 3.00  1.48  52.73 25



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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 06:57 PM

2018 Season (Final)
 
2018 SEASON (FINAL)


WEEK 17
MAJOR BOWL TIER
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #24

Allocated the last of my coaching blocs to help some players with their studies. Hopefully it'll be enough to get them through finals.

PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

WEEK 18
FOUR STAR TIER
HOOSIER BOWL: vs. Oklahoma (9-3) *TV3*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #22

I took over the game plan this week with good results. A 35 point 2nd quarter blew the game wide open and we gave the damn ball to JB, beating Oklahoma up pretty bad in the Hoosier Bowl, 55-7.

Tailback J.B. Wilson ran for 146 yards and three scores on 27 carries (5.4 ypc) and Brock Dole performed well in the new scheme, going 12/17 for 182 yards while throwing two touchdown passes.

Wideout Ed Kidman hauled in 7 passes for 118 yards on the day.

Defensively 5th year senior Safety Joel Arvold brought an interception back for a touchdown as Southern Cal completely dominated the Sooners.

Now maybe next year we go after that national title.

Hoosier Bowl
USC 55 -- Oklahoma 7
PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (9-3)

* * *

WEEK 19
NEW YEAR'S TIER
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #15

Got a good bounce in the rankings off last weeks demolition of Oklahoma.

PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (9-3)

* * *

WEEK 20
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #17

Our arch-rival UCLA plays Michigan in the Rose Bowl for the national title. I consider dressing Tom Brady in Wolverine blue and yellow - hey he still looks young enough - and getting him to go play.

He had other plans.

Michigan routs UCLA 31-10 and wins the national title.

USC Tailback J.B. Wilson is a finalist for the Heisman and finishes 7th in the balloting. Michigan QB Tony Cullen wins the Heisman.

We end the season ranked #18 in the BCS.

PAC-10 (5-3) -- OVERALL (8-3)

* * *

2018 FINAL BCS RANKINGS

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The College Years
Final 2018
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Michigan                12-0    B10  1.25  1.00  0.00  2.00  4.25  1     
UCLA                    11-1    P10  3.75  2.50  1.00  1.92  9.17  2     
Miami of Florida        12-0    ACC  2.00  6.00  0.00  2.20  10.20 3     
Hawaii                  11-1    WAC  3.75  5.50  1.00  3.08  13.33 4     
Virginia                11-1    ACC  7.25  3.50  1.00  3.68  15.43 5     
Toledo                  12-1    MAC  4.75  6.50  1.00  3.92  16.17 6     
Georgia Tech            11-1    ACC  4.75  10.00 1.00  2.84  18.59 7     
Alabama                12-1    SEC  5.50  9.00  1.00  4.96  20.46 8     
Florida                11-2    SEC  12.00 3.50  2.00  4.44  21.94 9     
Rice                    10-2    WAC  13.25 8.50  2.00  2.52  26.27 10     
California              10-2    P10  11.50 15.00 2.00  1.72  30.22 11     
Iowa                    9-3    B10  15.75 10.00 3.00  2.60  31.35 12     
Boston College          10-2    BGE  16.75 12.50 2.00  3.64  34.89 13     
Green Mountain          10-2    NNE  9.50  20.00 2.00  3.52  35.02 14     
Miami of Ohio          10-2    MAC  14.50 15.00 2.00  4.92  36.42 15     
Nebraska                11-2    B12  16.50 14.50 2.00  3.80  36.80 16     
Wisconsin              9-3    B10  10.25 21.50 3.00  2.08  36.83 17     
**Southern California  9-3    P10  15.50 15.00 3.00  3.84  37.34 18     
Pittsburgh              9-3    BGE  13.00 21.00 3.00  0.52  37.52 19     
Syracuse                9-3    BGE  18.25 17.00 3.00  1.84  40.09 20     
South Florida          10-2    USA  21.25 16.00 2.00  4.28  43.53 21     
South Carolina          9-3    SEC  16.25 24.00 3.00  0.48  43.73 22     
Marshall                10-3    MAC  20.00 21.50 3.00  3.28  47.78 23     
Michigan State          9-3    B10  21.75 25.00 3.00  0.24  49.99 24     
Penn State              8-4    B10  24.25 26.00 4.00  1.12  55.37 25 





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beargrowlz 01-20-2007 11:28 PM

2018 Season Summary & Review
 
2018 SEASON SUMMARY & REVIEW


SEASON REVIEW

All in all, I'd have to classify 2018 as a very disappointing season for me. I thought this team was capable of competing for the PAC-10 championship and the national championship. Down the stretch however we simply stopped giving the ball to our bread and butter runner, Tailback J.B. Wilson. We tried to become dependent on QB Brock Dole who simply wasn't ready to carry such a burden. Our inexplicable shift in offensive philosophy in the three games prior to the Hoosier Bowl not only may have cost us a shot at both titles, but likely harmed the chances of J.B. winning the Heisman - for which he finished seventh in the ballotting.

Defensively we handled the transition from Bucky Riley - who retired - to new Defensive Coordinator Clarence Ackerman smooth as silk. The defense kept up its clocklike precision, holding opponents to just over 16 points per game, and even improved dramatically as a pass defense, allowing the 4th fewest yards in the nation - all while still maintaining an outstanding run defense which held opponents to under 1000 yards on the season and less than 3 yards per carry.

The only areas where we were not exceptional was in creating opponent turnovers, and in preventing our own. We need to get better at both.

Southern Cal continues to be a very prestigious football program and annually goes to a major bowl game or higher. But this program is at a level now where it needs to step up, take that step up to the next level and compete for a national championship. Despite our successes this season, we didn't do that this year. And that's something we need to take a look at and reexamine why we didn't step up to the next level and how to fix it so we can.

* * *

2018 USC AWARD WINNERS

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University of Southern California Trojans
Individual Awarda
 
* TB J.B. Wilson (RS Jr.)
  - 2nd Team All-American
  - Academic All-American
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OG Frank Elliot (Sr.)
  - Academic All-American
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OT  Bobby Burgess (RS Jr.)
  - Academic All-American
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* WB Ike Daugherty (Fr.)
  - PAC-10 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year
 
* S Lawrence Abdul-Jabbar (Fr.)
  - PAC-10 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year
 
* FB Emmanuel Book (Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* WR Ron Morrison (RS Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* OT Hunter Blount (5th yr Sr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* K Rodney Gardner (RS Jr.)
  - 1st Team All PAC-10
 
* S Joel Arvold (5th yr Sr.)
  - 2nd Team All PAC-10
 
* OT Graham Molina (RS Sr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* LB Rick Holmes (5th yr Sr.)
  - Academic All PAC-10
 
* CB Justin Jacobs (Inc. Fr.)
  - High School All-American



* * *

2018 TEAM SUMMARY

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2018 Team Summary
Head Coach: Bear Growlz (11th Season)
Offensive Coordinator: Zach Fuchs (2nd Season)
Defensive Coordinator: Clarence Ackerman (1st Season)
Syndicate Coordinator: Pete Prior (20th Season)
Lead Scout: Lester Stargell (1st Season)
Overall Record: 9-3
BCS Ranking: #18
Coaches Poll: #16
Fans Poll: #14
PAC-10 Record: 5-3
PAC-10 Standing: 4th Place
 
Southern California    Team      Rank 
Rushes                  533      12         
Rushing Yards          2155      19 (T)     
Yards Per Carry        4.04      33 (T)     
Pass Attempts          315      64         
Completions            176      56 (T)     
Passing Yards          2991      17         
Yards Per Attempt      9.49      10 (T)     
3rd Down Conversions    43.1      21 (T)     
Points Per Game        36.4      15         
Turnovers              18        46 (T)     
Turnover Margin        +4        39 (T)     
 
Opponents              Team      Rank 
Rushes                  326      3 (T)     
Rushing Yards          957      16         
Yards Per Carry        2.93      24 (T)     
Pass Attempts          339      84 (T)     
Completions            156      19         
Passing Yards          1672      4         
Yards Per Attempt      4.93      4         
3rd Down Conversions    23.8      5         
Points Per Game        16.3      19         
Turnovers              22        45 (T)     
 
Primary Formation: Flexbone Formation
 
Week  Team  Versus        Oppnt 
1    62    SMIS (123)    7     
2    30    at NODM (33)  24     
3    37    LAMN (86)    0     
5    45    OREG (110)    20     
7    44    at ARIZ (74)  14     
8    34    WAST (51)    3     
9    58    at ORST (113) 0     
10    34    AZST (122)    7     
11    13    at CALI (15)  38     
12    14    at WASH (73)  41     
14    11    UCLA (3)      35     
18    55    vs OKLA (34)  7  ***Hoosier Bowl***   
 
Passing            Pos  Att  Comp  Yards Y/Att TD    Int  Cmp% 
9 Dole              QB    270  148  2575  9.53  16    10  54.8% 
4 Oxendine          QB    33    20    289  8.75  0    0    60.6% 
Team                ---  315  176  2991  9.49  17    11  55.9% 
 
Rushing            Pos  Att  Yards Y/Att TD    Stff  YdLst 
48 Wilson          RB    359  1664  4.63  25    66    73     
24 Daugherty        RB    113  378  3.34  3    29    49     
9 Dole              QB    24    16    0.66  0    12    70     
Team                ---  533  2155  4.04  29    120  221   
 
Receiving          Pos  Targ  Catch Yards Y/Ctc YAC  TD 
6 Kidman            WR    92    44    801  18.2  341  6     
82 Morrison        WR    84    40    939  23.4  324  4     
28 Book            FB    38    27    316  11.7  141  2     
48 Wilson          RB    35    23    327  14.2  177  3     
24 Daugherty        RB    29    20    281  14.0  167  1     
7 Jacobs            WR    24    12    202  16.8  51    0     
Team                ---  315  176  2991  16.9  1237  17     
 
Defense            Pos  Tack  Asst  Sack  TFL  Ints  Defn 
39 Arvold          S    50    16    2.5  11    5    12     
47 Holmes          OLB  36    9    0.0  6    0    3     
38 Abdul-Jabbar    S    34    9    0.0  6    4    3     
31 Fitzgerald      CB    28    14    0.0  1    3    7     
92 Oben            ILB  27    7    1.0  4    0    2     
95 El Nino          OLB  26    13    1.0  4    0    5     
44 Reed            CB    25    4    0.0  2    1    1     
91 Knight          DE    25    12    14.0  14    0    0     
45 Berg            ILB  24    6    3.0  6    0    5     
43 Alexander        CB    24    5    0.0  4    0    4     
90 Stender          DE    23    11    6.0  9    0    0     
54 Elder            ILB  22    7    0.0  5    1    0     
59 Mazzeo          OLB  21    6    0.0  4    0    2     
97 Pathon          ILB  19    6    0.0  1    0    1     
27 Waugh            S    19    6    0.0  4    0    1     
21 Cipa            CB    17    8    1.0  4    5    6     
77 Milton          DT    16    9    3.0  4    0    0     
29 Brennan          S    15    4    1.0  1    0    0     
82 Morrison        WR    13    0    0.0  0    0    0     
94 Wilcox          DT    13    6    3.5  3    0    0     
Team                ---  548  167  41.0  101  19    52   





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beargrowlz 01-21-2007 12:12 AM

2019 Preseason (Winter)
 
2019 PRESEASON


Winter, 2019

Besieged with job offers this offseason. Most prestigious offers were from the University of Virginia (Excellent-92) and the University of Syracuse (Excellent-83). I didn't give any serious consideration to any of the offers, I'm not ready to leave Southern Cal yet.

Syndicate Coordinator Pete Prior retired from his position after twenty years of service to the University of Southern California. A few regional scouts also retired.

Players Robbie Brown and Dwight Korinek have left the team because of their suspensions last season.

I guess they were mad.

No academic suspensions this season, always a good thing.

We hired 50 year old Arnie Urlacher as our new Syndicate Coordinator. Arnie's expertise is keeping players academically eligible. We hired hima way from Rutgers, where he was their Syndicate Coordinator. We also filled the regional scout vacancies.

The rest of the staff remains intact.

TCY Today once again rated our recruiting class amongst the best in the nation, ranking our incoming freshmen as 7th best in the country. Here's a look at our recruiting class.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
Recruiting List, Ranking View
TCY Today Ranking: #7
 
  Player                  Pos  HT  WT  ST  NRank ByPos  StRank ByPos
$$Finch, Kenneth          QB    6-4  205  NJ  121  11    5      1       
$$Thompson, Jeffrey      RB    5-9  188  MI  6    1      1      1       
$$Snyder, Alfred          RB    5-8  193  IL  25    4      1      1       
$$Washington, Spencer    FB    6-3  237  NY  441  7      31    2       
$$Horie, Tyrone          FB    6-0  204  NM  610  14    4      1       
##Linquist, Kevin        WR    6-5  206  OK  ---  ---    21    2       
##Warkentien, Desmond    G    6-5  271  WI  977  76    24    3       
##Grodin, Peter          T    6-7  283  IL  545  54    31    4       
$$Sly, Casey              ILB  6-1  199  OR  220  6      4      1       
$$Andersen, Vince        ILB  6-3  195  PA  250  7      13    1       
##Kariya, Kenneth        OLB  6-2  216  AZ  498  31    7      1       
$$Cheng, Walter          CB    6-0  176  TN  96    7      6      1       
$$Jacobs, Justin          CB    6-1  181  CA  145  12    12    3       
$$McElroy, Stephen        S    5-11 187  AR  114  5      3      1       
$$Kinsey, Mel            S    6-1  192  NY  124  6      8      1       
$$McCollum, Amos          S    6-1  174  FL  125  7      8      1       
 
  Player                  All-St All-US Status
$$Finch, Kenneth          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Thompson, Jeffrey      Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Snyder, Alfred          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Washington, Spencer    No    No    Committed *     
$$Horie, Tyrone          Yes    No    Committed *     
##Linquist, Kevin        Yes    No    Committed *     
##Warkentien, Desmond    No    No    Committed *     
##Grodin, Peter          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Sly, Casey              Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Andersen, Vince        Yes    No    Committed *     
##Kariya, Kenneth        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Cheng, Walter          Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Jacobs, Justin          Yes    Yes    Committed *     
$$McElroy, Stephen        Yes    No    Committed *     
$$Kinsey, Mel            No    No    Committed *     
$$McCollum, Amos          Yes    No    Committed *     
 
The College Years
Recruiting List, Worksheet View
 
 
  Player                  Scout  Phone  Visit  Emphasis    Status
$$Finch, Kenneth          94--    2      2      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Snyder, Alfred          86+    3      2      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
$$Thompson, Jeffrey      88+    4      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
$$Horie, Tyrone          84-    3      2      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
$$Washington, Spencer    77+    2      1      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
##Linquist, Kevin        48-    1      1      Acad*/Prest Committed *     
##Warkentien, Desmond    59+    2      1      Dist*/Prest Committed *     
##Grodin, Peter          72+    2      2      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
$$Sly, Casey              91+    2      2      Acad*/Prest Committed *     
$$Andersen, Vince        95-    2      1      Acad/Prest  Committed *     
##Kariya, Kenneth        70+    1      1      Dist/Prest  Committed *     
$$Cheng, Walter          79+    5      1      Acad/Dist  Committed *     
$$Jacobs, Justin          79+    2      1      Acad*/Dist  Committed *     
$$Kinsey, Mel            76++    3      1      Acad*/Prest Committed *     
$$McElroy, Stephen        82+    2      1      Prest*/Acad Committed *     
$$McCollum, Amos          100--  4      1      Prest/Acad  Committed *     
 
The College Years
Recruiting List, Statistics View
 
 
  Player                  Statistics                            Status
$$Finch, Kenneth          9 GP, 238-362-4464(12.3)-20-6 pass, 203Committed *     
$$Thompson, Jeffrey      8 GP, 263-1827(6.9)-23 rush, 50-840-8 rCommitted *     
$$Snyder, Alfred          9 GP, 258-1823(7.0)-10 rush, 54-963-7 rCommitted *     
$$Washington, Spencer    8 GP, 71-423-3 rush, 44-765-7 rcv.    Committed *     
$$Horie, Tyrone          9 GP, 79-538-5 rush, 47-681-4 rcv.    Committed *     
##Linquist, Kevin        9 GP, 48-957(19.9)-9 rcv.              Committed *     
##Warkentien, Desmond    9 GP.                                  Committed *     
##Grodin, Peter          9 GP.                                  Committed *     
$$Sly, Casey              9 GP, 7-104-1 rcv, 108 tckls, 6.5 sacksCommitted *     
$$Andersen, Vince        9 GP, 9-131-1 rcv, 108 tckls, 5.0 sacksCommitted *     
##Kariya, Kenneth        9 GP, 10-216-1 rcv, 97 tckls, 8.0 sacksCommitted *     
$$Cheng, Walter          9 GP, 27-194-2 rush, 16-388-3 rcv, 43 tCommitted *     
$$Jacobs, Justin          9 GP, 15-153-1 rush, 12-297-1 rcv, 39 tCommitted *     
$$McElroy, Stephen        9 GP, 56-243-1 rush, 14-236-2 rcv, 71 tCommitted *     
$$Kinsey, Mel            7 GP, 47-263-3 rush, 9-128-3 rcv, 47 tcCommitted *     
$$McCollum, Amos          9 GP, 54-390-1 rush, 14-286-2 rcv, 82 tCommitted *     
 
Rough Estimate of Player Interest: No Prefix - player unlikely to be 
interested, ** - a bit of a stretch for your school, $$ - likely interest, 
## - almost certain interest.




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beargrowlz 01-21-2007 12:34 AM

2019 Preseason (Spring)
 
2019 PRESEASON


Spring, 2019

Time to make the schedule. We play Notre Dame in South Bend again this year. Luck o'the Irish I guess. Our annual matchup with UCLA is also a road game for us. We have no carry over home and homes, and as every year, there is one PAC-10 team we don't play. This season that school is Arizona State. That leaves us two games to be scheduled.

Looking for a tune up game for Week 1 as we play Notre Dame Week 2, then a more substantial game for Week 4. We're ranked #9 in the Preseason BCS.

Stage 1: We offer a game to San Jose State at the Rose Bowl for Week 1. They reject our offer.

Stage 2: Syracuse offers us a home and home but at them this year. We reject their offer and offer BYU a game at the Rose Bowl. They rejected our offer.

Stage 3: Keene State is offerring an away game. I'm going to see if they will accept a home and home, we play at KSC this year. They accepted for Week 4. That game should be a blast.

Stage 4: We offer Georgia a homa and home for Week 1, this year at the Rose Bowl. They accept. That fills our schedule. Here's a look at it.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2019 Schedule
 
Preseason BCS Ranking: #9
Preseason Coaches Poll: #9
Preseason Fans Poll: #8
Rival: UCLA
Stadium Capacity: 96,600
Season Tickets Sold: 96,600
Conference: PAC-10
 
  Week  Opponent                 
1      GEORGIA                                                       
2      at (21) Notre Dame                                             
3      ---off week---
4      at (19) Keene State                                           
$$5    OREGON STATE                                                   
6      ---off week---
$$7    ARIZONA                                                       
$$8    WASHINGTON STATE                                               
$$9    at Oregon                                                     
$$10    at (34) Stanford                                               
$$11    (15) CALIFORNIA                                               
$$12    at Washington                                                 
$$13    at (4) UCLA 
14      ---off week---                                                 
 
Home Games in ALL CAPS 
$$-Conference Games  (#)-Preseason Coaches Poll Ranking



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beargrowlz 01-21-2007 02:14 AM

2019 Preseason (Summer)
 
PRESEASON 2019


Summer, 2019

Spent a lot of summer working on the kids academic schedules. Getting the frosh set up to make sure they prepare adequately for academic life and tweaking the schedules of the upperclassmen.

Our academic reputation remains Very Good (70), I'm almost certain now it cannot go any higher because of our failure to offer three majors. The GPA of the student-athletes in the football program remains the highest among Division 1-A schools at 3.23. Our prestige did dip two points down to Excellent (86) this year.

Put the kids through two-a-days this summer and I really like the team we've got assembled for this season. Tailback J.B. Wilson will be leading our attack and most of the offensive burden will fall on his shoulders. We've redshirted Ike Daugherty this year, and starting at Wingback will be 5th year senior Mercury Schultz who really had a great summer camp. At Fullback will be junior Devin Benzer, but expect to see quite a bit of talented freshman Spencer Washington there.

We're expecting much better things out of our passing game this year. 5th year senior Brock Dole is once again at the helm of the offense and it looked like he had matured quite a bit since last season. His primary targets will be wideouts 5th year senior Ron Morrison and redshirt senior Ed Kinman. Both receivers will also be handling kick and punt return duties. It's time for Dole to step up and show what he's capable of.

Our offensive line this year is young, but so talented that it has the potential to be simply dominating. Redshirt junior Gino Lyubashevsky anchors the line at the center position. He's flanked by redshirt sophomore Desmond Connell at RG - this kid can block - and 5th year senior Graham Molina at LG. At the tackles we've got redshirt senior Bobby Burgess and redshirt sophomore Nate Dillon. This line could very well dominate the line of scrimmage this year, but as it grows together over the next two seasons it'll be simply fantastic.

Over on the defensive side of the ball we've put together a very solid defensive line. 5th year senior Trent Milton is a run-stopper at Nose Tackle, and he's flanked on the ends by redshirt sophomore Floyd Jeffers and redshirt junior Wally Knight who had 14 sacks his first season as a starter. This is going to be a very difficult unit both to run against and to get passes off against unpressured.

Our linebacking corps is probably the weakness of the defensive unit this year. Starting on the outside will be freshman Ken Kariya, who is talented but raw, and 5th year senior Tyrus Mazzeo. It'll be on the outside where I would guess most teams will attack us. Up the middle we're quite a bit stronger with redshirt senior Renaldo Elder and redshirt sophomore Monty Garcia starting. They should do a very solid job against the run.

The secondary is looking better and better every day. Sophomore Safety Lawrence Abdul-Jabbar, PAC-10 Freshman Defensive Player of the Year in 2018, has the potential to be a superstar. He's joined at the other safety spot by redshirt sophomore Jared Espanza, who has a lot of potential. Redshirt sophomore Brad Knight starts at the shutdown corner and we think he's going to be a really good player. At the other corner will be returning starter, redshirt senior Max Fitzgerald.

I think Defensive Coordinator Clarence Ackerman is going to have a very strong defensive unit that keeps us in games and allows the offense to win them. Now, it'll just be up to J.B. Wilson and Brock Dole to put some points on the board.

My expectations this year are to make a run at the PAC-10 championship and to be legitimate contenders for the National Championship. We've got a rough schedule this year, but I definitely think we've got a good enough team to go all the way.

I know my expectations are high, but this team has a lot of talent and even more potential for the future.

Here's a look at our roster, and the preseason BCS rankings.

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The College Years
The University of Southern California Trojans
2019 Roster/Scout Overview
From the Desk of Lester Stargell, Lead Scout
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Current Estimate  Future Estimate 
Casillas, Eddie        18  QB  Jr*  36                64                 
Dole, Brock            9    QB  Sr    75                100               
Finch, Kenneth          1    QB  Fr    16                92                 
Oxendine, Pat          4    QB  Sr*  49                71                 
Ratto, Vinny            2    QB  So*  28                89                 
Daugherty, Ike          24  RB  So    69                100               
Shultz, Mercury        37  RB  Sr    69                84                 
Snyder, Alfred          25  RB  Fr    48                69                 
Thompson, Jeffrey      47  RB  Fr    57                76                 
Vance, Billy            40  RB  Jr*  47                59                 
Walker, Skipjack        36  RB  Jr*  48                66                 
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Sr*  86                100               
Benzer, Devin          22  FB  Jr    53                70                 
Horie, Tyrone          28  FB  Fr    31                95                 
Washington, Spencer    45  FB  Fr    44                72                 
Merchberger, Joe        32  FB*  Jr*  28                51                 
Dresselhaus, Graham    84  TE*  Jr*  7                7                 
Glover, Randy          88  TE*  Sr*  11                19                 
Leavitt, Joel          81  TE*  So    11                27                 
Hartl, Oliver          83  WR  Jr*  30                54                 
Jacobs, Glen            7    WR  So    45                66                 
Kidman, Edwin          6    WR  Sr*  80                80                 
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    95                95                 
Myers, Al              86  WR  So    33                62                 
Henderson, Norbert      87  WR*  Jr    7                7                 
Linquist, Kevin        85  WR*  Fr    11                28                 
Leong, Dexter          50  C    So*  18                77                 
Long, Dana              53  C    Jr*  36                63                 
Lyubashevsky, Gino      56  C    Jr*  55                61                 
Ours, Cornell          52  C*  Sr*  24                58                 
Ballard, Louis          61  G    Sr*  39                100               
Barton, Brian          65  G    Jr*  26                75                 
Connell, Desmond        68  G    So*  50                90                 
Lauvray, Nate          71  G    Sr*  26                79                 
Molina, Graham          64  G    Sr    62                88                 
Warkentien, Desmond    66  G    Fr    1                47                 
Aska, Dana              74  T    Sr    50                54                 
Berry, Kurt            78  T    Jr*  27                51                 
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  73                88                 
Dillon, Nate            69  T    So*  57                81                 
Grodin, Peter          67  T    Fr    11                89                 
Joyner, Billy Joe      75  T    Sr    42                77                 
Kirkwood, Lester        79  T    Sr*  36                61                 
Eason, Xavier          8    P    Jr*  67                94                 
Terry, Ronald          12  P*  So*  1                1                 
Gardner, Rodney        17  K    Sr*  92                100               
Sharber, Louise        16  K*  Fr    6                6                 
Jeffers, Floyd          72  DE  So*  47                99                 
Knight, Wally          91  DE  Jr*  60                83                 
Lackey, R.J.            76  DE  Sr    37                60                 
Lew, Austin            70  DE  So*  45                100               
Sutton, William        93  DE  Sr    44                64                 
Francis, Andrew        99  DT  Sr*  53                88                 
McWilliams, Mel        98  DT  So*  50                100               
Milton, Trent          77  DT  Sr    68                85                 
Wilcox, Albert          94  DT  Sr*  37                77                 
Flynn, Buddy            73  DT*  Sr    12                32                 
Andersen, Vince        43  ILB  Fr    18                73                 
Elder, Renaldo          54  ILB  Sr*  54                84                 
Garcia, Monty          41  ILB  So*  43                76                 
Oben, Moe              92  ILB  Jr    47                70                 
Pathon, Dale            97  ILB  Sr    30                61                 
Sly, Casey              58  ILB  Fr    13                79                 
Whalen, Walt            49  ILB  So*  37                91                 
Blackston, Matt        42  OLB  So*  38                81                 
Kariya, Kenneth        90  OLB  Fr    32                72                 
Mazzeo, Tyrus          59  OLB  Sr    39                64                 
O'Neal, Deron          96  OLB  Sr*  19                62                 
Biakabutuka, Wayne      55  OLB* Jr*  24                42                 
Hoffman, William        51  OLB* Sr    5                26                 
Cheng, Walter          23  CB  Fr    20                96                 
Cipa, Dan              21  CB  Jr    48                50                 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  47                88                 
Jacobs, Justin          35  CB  Fr    30                62                 
Knight, Brad            26  CB  So*  58                97                 
Reed, Buddy            44  CB  Sr    42                79                 
Abdul-Jabbar, Lawrence  38  S    So    71                85                 
Brennan, Jon            29  S    Jr*  35                57                 
Esparza, Jared          20  S    So*  56                66                 
Kinsey, Mel            34  S    Fr    33                84                 
McCollum, Amos          46  S    Fr    44                80                 
McElroy, Stephen        39  S    Fr    33                98                 
Waugh, Artie            27  S    Sr*  41                61 




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2019 Preseason BCS Rankings

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The College Years
Preseason, 2019
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
Florida                0-0    SEC  1.00  1.00  0.00  2.04  4.04  1     
Iowa                    0-0    B10  2.00  2.00  0.00  0.48  4.48  2     
Michigan                0-0    B10  3.00  3.00  0.00  0.52  6.52  3     
UCLA                    0-0    P10  4.00  4.00  0.00  1.92  9.92  4     
Virginia                0-0    ACC  5.00  5.00  0.00  0.32  10.32 5     
Texas A&M              0-0    B12  8.00  7.50  0.00  1.24  16.74 6     
Hawaii                  0-0    WAC  7.00  6.50  0.00  3.32  16.82 7     
Rice                    0-0    WAC  6.00  7.50  0.00  3.44  16.94 8     
**Southern California  0-0    P10  9.00  8.50  0.00  1.88  19.38 9     
Syracuse                0-0    BGE  11.00 10.50 0.00  1.48  22.98 10     
Boston College          0-0    BGE  10.00 13.00 0.00  1.32  24.32 11     
Toledo                  0-0    MAC  12.00 11.50 0.00  4.08  27.58 12     
Pittsburgh              0-0    BGE  14.00 15.50 0.00  1.40  30.90 13     
Georgia Tech            0-0    ACC  13.00 19.50 0.00  0.16  32.66 14     
Wisconsin              0-0    B10  17.00 15.00 0.00  0.80  32.80 15     
Alabama                0-0    SEC  16.00 15.00 0.00  2.28  33.28 16     
California              0-0    P10  15.00 18.00 0.00  1.72  34.72 17     
Penn State              0-0    B10  20.00 17.50 0.00  0.72  38.22 18     
Notre Dame              0-0    IND  21.00 16.50 0.00  4.56  42.06 19     
Keene State            0-0    NNE  19.00 21.50 0.00  4.84  45.34 20     
Nebraska                0-0    B12  24.00 21.00 0.00  1.04  46.04 21     
Miami of Ohio          0-0    MAC  18.00 24.50 0.00  3.84  46.34 22     
Southern Methodist      0-0    WAC  22.00 23.50 0.00  3.52  49.02 23     
Louisville              0-0    USA  26.00 24.00 0.00  3.04  53.04 24     
Colorado State          0-0    MTW  25.00 27.00 0.00  2.60  54.60 25





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beargrowlz 01-21-2007 03:16 AM

2019 Season (1st Qtr.)
 
2019 SEASON (1st Qtr.)


WEEK 1
vs. Georgia (0-0) *TV5*
(USC -10) USC BCS RANK: #9

We start off the season against a proud Georgia Bulldog program. It'll be a good test to see how far we've come over the offseason.

Made a lot of first contacts with recruits. We're also going to be recruiting some Tight Ends as we seriously consider a transition to a wishbone with redshirt freshman Kenny Finch being our quarterback of the future - he's a 97 QB scramble and we think that'll add a lot to our offense.

A surprisingly strong Bulldog run defense managed to contain J.B. Wilson to 101 yards on 32 carries (3.1 avg) but QB brock Dole hit wideout Ron Morrison for three scoring strikes, throwing four touchdown passes on the day to lead Southern Cal to a 48-7 rout over Georgia in front of a very pleased capacity crowd at the Rose Bowl.

Dole went 18/22 for 302 yards while throwing for four scores and getting picked once. Morrison had an explosive day, hauling in 10 catches for 187 yards and 3 TD's.

An outstanding way to open the season and get prepped for our trip to South Bend.

USC 48 -- Georgia 7
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (1-0)

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WEEK 2
@ #14 Notre Dame (1-0) *TV1*
(ND -1) USC BCS RANK: #1

Big game on national TV this week, as we travel to South Bend for our annual matchup with the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame. Georgia did a solid job in containing J.B. Wilson, so we expect Notre Dame to try the same things against us the Dawgs did. Hope Brock Dole is up to the challenge.

OT Bobby Burgess is out for up to 9 weeks with a seperated shoulder. Not good.

Spent the recruuiting week making more first contacts. Already have a student on campus visiting, never seen a student show up that fast. Hope it's a good sign.

It was the Brock and Ron show in South Bend this week as QB Brock Dole went 20/29 for 443 yards and 4 touchdowns, connecting with Ron Morrison for three of them in leading USC to a 38-25 win over the Fighting Irish.

Morrison had a day that no doubt had pro scouts heads turning, as he caught 11 passes for 245 yards and three scores. Wideout Ed Kinman got in on the fun making 4 catches for 93 yards and a score.

Notre Dame kept J.B. Wilson relatively in check, limiting him to 126 yards and one score on 30 carries (4.2 avg).

Freshman OLB Ken Kariya led the defense with 8 tackles and a sack.

Definitely a good way to start the year.

USC 38 -- Notre Dame 25
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (2-0)

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WEEK 3
Off week.
USC BCS RANK: #2

Drop to #2 behind Syracuse after our big road win. Guess we weren't impressive enough.

Continued to make more new contacts and follow up on many of the kids who are visiting campus. Getting a lot of early visits this year. That's a good thing I think.

PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (2-0)

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WEEK 4
@ #20 Keene State (2-0) *TV1*
(USC -2) USC BCS RANK: #1

The year of the killer schedule continues. We have a big game against the program I built from the ground up, which has since become a national power. They'd love nothing better than to beat us and show me I was wrong to leave - and we'd love nothing better than to beat them and show people we're true contenders for a national championship.

That's what college football is all about.

What a defensive struggle. Tailback J.B. Wilson managed to grind 115 yards on 27 carries out on the ground against a tough Fighting Owl defense and wideout Ed Kinman returned a punt 91 yards for a touchdown as the Trojans nipped Keene State 20-17 at Owl Field.

Nose Tackle Trent Milton filled the gaps for Southern Cal making 8 tackles in leading a stifling USC defense. QB Brock Dole went 16/26 for 250 yards and hit FB Devin Benzer with a scoring strike, but was also picked off once on the day.

A very solid, if tough, win.

USC 20 -- Keene State 17
PAC-10 (0-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)

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WEEK 5 BCS RANKINGS

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The College Years
Week 5, 2019
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
**Southern California  3-0    P10  5.50  5.50  0.00  1.84  12.84 1     
UCLA                    3-0    P10  6.75  3.00  0.00  3.32  13.07 2     
Miami of Ohio          3-0    MAC  4.00  13.50 0.00  2.32  19.82 3     
Michigan                3-0    B10  15.50 1.50  0.00  3.40  20.40 4     
Marshall                3-0    MAC  5.75  13.50 0.00  2.44  21.69 5     
Rice                    2-0    WAC  13.25 5.50  0.00  3.04  21.79 6     
Georgia Tech            3-0    ACC  7.75  11.00 0.00  4.00  22.75 7     
Syracuse                3-0    BGE  12.25 7.00  0.00  3.76  23.01 8     
Fresno State            3-0    WAC  3.25  18.50 0.00  3.88  25.63 9     
Louisville              3-0    USA  9.50  13.50 0.00  3.44  26.44 10     
Toledo                  3-0    MAC  15.00 8.00  0.00  3.64  26.64 11     
South Florida          3-0    USA  9.50  16.00 0.00  4.24  29.74 12     
Air Force              2-0    MTW  3.25  23.00 0.00  3.80  30.05 13     
Wisconsin              3-0    B10  17.25 10.00 0.00  4.12  31.37 14     
North Carolina State    3-0    ACC  14.00 22.00 0.00  2.76  38.76 15     
Texas A&M              2-1    B12  18.50 19.00 1.00  1.00  39.50 16     
Pittsburgh              3-1    BGE  16.75 22.00 1.00  3.16  42.91 17     
Alabama                3-0    SEC  30.75 10.00 0.00  4.72  45.47 18     
Virginia                3-0    ACC  36.75 4.00  0.00  4.92  45.67 19     
Iowa                    3-0    B10  42.25 1.50  0.00  4.84  48.59 20     
Florida                1-1    SEC  29.25 18.00 1.00  0.92  49.17 21     
Houston                2-0    USA  17.00 30.50 0.00  4.04  51.54 22     
South Carolina          2-0    SEC  32.00 15.50 0.00  4.36  51.86 23     
Washington              3-0    P10  16.00 36.00 0.00  3.92  55.92 24     
Illinois                3-0    B10  19.00 34.00 0.00  3.68  56.68 25





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beargrowlz 01-21-2007 03:38 PM

2019 Season (2nd Qtr.)
 
2019 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)


WEEK 5
vs. Oregon State (1-2)
(USC -12) USC BCS RANK: #1

Back to #1 in the nation this week. What a stretch of games that was, but hopefully it has prepared us for a tough PAC-10 schedule. Winning a national championship pretty much means going undefeated, so we cab't have any let down weeks or we can kiss those hopes goodbye.

Burgess will still be out again this week and Ron Morrison is doubtful with a sprained knee.

Spent much of my time continuing to pester recruits we have already made contact with. It'll be interesting to see if we land enough tight ends to switch to a full blown wishbone next season. With Dole and Morrison graduating and Finch looking like a great running quarterback, that will be the time to do it.

Tailback J.B. Wilson scored twice and ran for 88 yards on 19 carries (4.6 avg) before leaving the game with an abdominal strain and Wingback Mercury Schultz filled the void running for another another score and 64 more yards as USC handily beat the Oregon State Beavers 31-14 at the Rose Bowl.

For redshirt OT Nate Dillon it didn't really matter who was carrying the ball, he simply dominated the line of scrimmage all day long, making 7 key run blocks to spring the Trojan backs for big gains.

ILB's Renaldo Elder and Monty Garcia had 8 and 7 tackles respectively to lead the Southern cal defense. Elder also assisted on four others.

A solid win, but JB is listed as doubtful for a couple-three weeks. Hope we can get the job done without him.

USC 31 -- Oregon State 14
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

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WEEK 6
Week off.
USC BCS RANK: #2

We fell to #2 in the BCS rankings behind UCLA - wouldn't that be a hoot of a national championship game.

Good that we have the week off, gives Morrison and JB some time to heal.

Only 1 D and 3 D+'s at quarterly grade time - allocated each of them four coaching blocks. Pretty good academic performance this quarter.

Hrrm, recruiting tight ends is proving to be difficult. I wonder if something is built in that because I am running a flexbone - an offense that doesn't use tight ends - that getting tight ends to committ is more difficult. If so, you'd think that they wouldn't walk on to the team either - but hey, too early to tell.

We did land a QB who ran for 1400 yards this high school season, Anthony Felkey, a quarterback from Woodrow Wilson High School in Los Angeles, California. Felkey's high school atheltic program is seriously lacking in the fundamentals, so he'll be a project, but we can look at him as a longterm replacement for Finch eventually in our system - depending on how he runs in camp. Lots of rejections, mostly from TE's. Heh.

Pretty much maxed out contact with the kids who are visiting campus. Started making new contacts, trying to land one each of an OT, OG and OC. Concentrating on high academic types - we seem to land those easier than team prestige types, even though we're about the same relative to other schools in prestige and academic reputation - I think it's because out overall academic reputation is a 70, but many of our majors our in the high 90's, and the recruits take what they major into account moreso than the overall academic reputation - which is good for us.

PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)

* * *

WEEK 7
vs. Arizona (2-3) (PAC-10)
(USC -19) USC BCS RANK: #2

Injury report is a little better this week.

Code:

2019 USC Injury Report
 Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 6 Weeks   
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    Doubtful    Sprained Knee    5 Weeks   
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  Out          Separated Shoulde 5 Weeks   
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Sr*  Questionable Abdominal Strain  2 Weeks


We're going to sit Morrison but try and play JB. Morrison did play a bit two weeks ago but only made 1 catch. So we'll sit him down to heal up.

Landed a bunch of recruits this week - including a tight end, woo! Hope he realizes when I told him he was going to be playing in LA I meant Los Angeles and not Baton Rouge.

Dustin Wynn, a 77-- tight end from South Terrebonne High School in Bourg, Louisiana, Marty Westbrook, a wide receiver from Mark Keppel High School in Alhambra, California, Broderick Frias, an inside linebacker from Germantown High School in Germantown, Wisconsin, Jessie Pritchett, an outside linebacker from Bonita High School in La Verne, California and Amos Carpenter, a safety from Troy High School in Fullerton, California all signed letters of intent this week to play for Southern Cal in the fall.

Frias and Carpenter are the 12th and 16th rated recruits in the country according to TCY Today. Westbrook is an 85+ wideout and Pritchett an 89+ LB, but both will need a redshirt year to work on fundamentals. Wynn is a good clutch receiver - but he's a tight end and we need a few of them this class, that's what matters most. Overrated, but we'll take him.

Continued re-contacting those recruits already on our list as well as widely expanding out list and making initial contacts and invitations to visit campus.

Tailback J.B. Wilson had a bust out game this wek, rushing for 255 yards and a touchdown on 32 carries (7.9 avg) to lead Southern Cal to a 34-27 victory over the Arizona Wildcats.

QB Brock Dole floundered all day, getting picked off three times and just didn't have it without wideout Ron Morrison in the lineup.

DE's Wally Knight and Austin lew each had 1.5 sacks and Tyrus Mazzeo returned a blocked punt for a touchdown.

Not a good win, but a win is a win is a win. I'll take it.

USC 34 -- Arizona 27
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (5-0)

* * *

WEEK 8
vs. #23 Washington State (4-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -6) USC BCS RANK: #5

Guess our win wasn't impressive enough for the BCS folks as we drop to #5 in the rankings. Tough game this week against the Cougars. Injuries look a little better this week and Ron Morrison should play.

Code:

2019 USC Injurt Report
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Questionable Torn Thumb Ligame 5 Weeks   
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    Questionable Sprained Knee    4 Weeks   
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  Questionable Separated Shoulde 4 Weeks   
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Sr*  Probable    Abdominal Strain  1 Week



Lost an OLB we wanted to UCLA. No good news on the recruiting front whatsoever this week.

Tailback J.B. Wilson went down early re-straining an abdominal muscle but Wingback Mercury Schultz picked up the slack behind the dominating blocking of LG Graham Molina rushing for 112 yards and a score on 25 carries (4.4 avg) as Southern Cal handles the Cougars quite easily, 35-10.

OG Graham Molina made 6 key run blocks and opened holes all day for the Trojan running backs. WR Ron Morrison seems to be getting back in the swing of things after his injury, making 5 catches for 93 yards and a touchdown.

LB's Renaldo Elder and Ken Kariya led the defense with 9 and 8 tackles respectively. Elder also assisted on four others.

A very solid win for us.

USC 35 -- Washington State 10
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (6-0)

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WEEK 9 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 9, 2019
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
UCLA                    7-0    P10  2.25  1.00  0.00  2.16  5.41  1     
**Southern California  6-0    P10  2.25  3.00  0.00  2.72  7.97  2     
Florida                4-1    SEC  4.00  5.00  1.00  0.20  10.20 3     
Syracuse                6-0    BGE  3.50  4.50  0.00  3.88  11.88 4     
Virginia                6-0    ACC  9.25  2.00  0.00  4.92  16.17 5     
Miami of Ohio          6-0    MAC  6.25  8.00  0.00  4.68  18.93 6     
Louisville              6-0    USA  6.75  9.50  0.00  3.52  19.77 7     
Texas A&M              6-1    B12  8.00  9.50  1.00  2.52  21.02 8     
Wisconsin              5-1    B10  6.25  15.50 1.00  1.72  24.47 9     
Air Force              6-0    MTW  7.50  14.50 0.00  3.00  25.00 10     
Rice                    5-1    WAC  13.75 9.50  1.00  3.72  27.97 11     
Toledo                  7-0    MAC  18.75 5.50  0.00  5.00  29.25 12     
Alabama                6-1    SEC  13.00 13.00 1.00  2.84  29.84 13     
Georgia Tech            5-1    ACC  12.00 16.00 1.00  1.76  30.76 14     
Michigan                5-2    B10  24.00 11.00 2.00  1.20  38.20 15     
Iowa                    5-2    B10  25.75 9.50  2.00  1.48  38.73 16     
Marshall                5-1    MAC  15.75 18.50 1.00  4.56  39.81 17     
Fresno State            5-1    WAC  14.00 24.00 1.00  2.48  41.48 18     
Illinois                6-1    B10  8.50  30.50 1.00  2.08  42.08 19     
Penn State              5-1    B10  22.00 16.50 1.00  2.96  42.46 20     
Oklahoma                5-1    B12  18.50 22.50 1.00  3.64  45.64 21     
Washington              6-1    P10  10.25 33.50 1.00  3.44  48.19 22     
South Florida          5-1    USA  23.25 20.50 1.00  4.36  49.11 23     
Arkansas State          5-1    SUN  21.00 25.50 1.00  2.92  50.42 24     
Missouri                5-1    B12  18.75 29.00 1.00  1.68  50.43 25






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beargrowlz 01-22-2007 03:12 AM

2019 Season (3rd Qtr.)
 
2019 SEASON (3rd Qtr.)


WEEK 9
@ Oregon (3-4) (PAC-10) *TV5*
(USC -8) USC BCS RANK: #2

Slid back into #2 in the BCS Rankings behind our old friends UCLA. This season is shaping up to be quite interesting.

My problem is, I just can't seem to find the right gameplan to make Brock Dole effective. The one the scout puts together makes him suck lemons - and mine aren't much better.

Code:

Southern California Roster, Injury Report
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Probable    Torn Thumb Ligame 4 Weeks   
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    Questionable Sprained Knee    3 Weeks   
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  Questionable Separated Shoulde 3 Weeks   
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Sr*  Doubtful    Abdominal Strain  2 Weeks


We'll likely play everyone but JB, who we'll sit today and help him heal. It'll be nice having Bobby Burgess back at OT, the line hasn't been as dominating as I thought it would be. Mercury Schultz will move to Tailback and redshirt junior Skipjack Walker will start at Wingback.

Landed two recruits this week. Josh Woodson, a center from Winfield High School in Winfield, Kansas and Shaun McIntyre, a defensive end from Porterville High School in Porterville, California have committed to Southern Cal for next season.

McIntyre was ranked the #5 recruit in the nation and is an 82+ run stopping DE that comes to us from an excellent atheltic and academic high school. He provides us with tremendous depth on the defensive line and may have to redshirt next year even though it's likely he'll be ready to play. Woodson is a 79++ run blocking center that comes from a high school with a decent (50) athletic program but an excellent academic school.

QB Brock Dole lit up the airways this week with perhaps the best performance of his collegiate career, going 23/32 for 385 yards and four touchdown passes while only being picked off once in leading the Trojans to a 52-24 rout over the Oregon Ducks in Eugene.

Dole hit favorite target wideout Ron Morrison (4 rec/96 yds) for two of his scoring strikes and also hit FB Devin Benzer and 3rd WR Oliver Hartl for 1 score each.

RB Mercury Schultz filled in very ably for J.B. Taylor in the Tailback position, rushing for 146 yards and three touchdowns on 26 carries (5.6 avg) and Wingback Skipjack Walker added another 61 yards rushing behind the completely dominating blocking of OG Graham Molina who made 9 key run blocks on the day.

DE Austin Lew had 1.5 sacks to lead the Trojan defense.

A terrific win for us on the road. Maybe, just maybe, I've found the right combination for Dole to be effective.

USC 52 -- Oregon 24
PAC-10 (4-0) -- OVERALL (7-0)

* * *

WEEK 10
@ Stanford (1-6) (PAC-10)
(USC -25) USC BCS RANK: #2

The only thing keeping us from passing UCLA in the BCS rankings are the voter polls - we have a tougher strength of schedule and a higher computer ranking. Hopefully we'll keep playing good, solid football and it won't matter.

We're going to sit J.B. down again this week, but play everyone else on the injured list. Hopefully JB will heal up completely by next week.

Code:

Southern California Roster, Injury Report
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Probable    Torn Thumb Ligame 3 Weeks   
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    Probable    Sprained Knee    2 Weeks   
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  Probable    Separated Shoulde 2 Weeks   
Walker, Skipjack        36  RB  Jr*  Probable    Influenza        1 Week   
Wilson, J.B.            48  RB  Sr*  Questionable Abdominal Strain  1 Week



Landed a few more recruits this week and only lost one to UCLA. Phillip Freeman, a 77-- wide receiver from Stephens County High School in Toccoa, Georgia, Jesse Mercer, a 59+ center from Warren High School in Downey, California, Chester Deason, a 78+ offensive guard from Northridge High School in Layton, Utah and Mario Barber, an 86++ cornerback from West High School in Oshkosh, Wisconsin all signed letters of intent to play for USC next fall.

Barber is ranked the #1 recruit in the nation by TCY Today and comes to us from an excellent high school, both atheltically and academically. It's possible he could start right away next year depending on how he looks in summer camp.

The Cardinal made a game of it, holding Southern Cal to 44 net yards rushing, but QB Brock Dole hit wideout Ron Morrison on two scoring strikes and the Trojans prevailed on the road, 27-13.

Morrison had another ballistic day, making 7 receptions for 174 yards and two scores with 89 yards after catch. Dole went 16/26 for 277 yards, throwing two touchdowns and no interceptions. A good solid day, the kind we'd like him to have down the stretch.

DE Austin Lew and backup NT Andrew Francis each had a sack and a half to lead the Trojan defense.

A solid, if unspectacular win for us, on the road and without JB.

USC 27 -- Stanford 13
PAC-10 (5-0) -- OVERALL (8-0)

* * *

WEEK 11
vs. California (4-4) (PAC-10) *TV4*
(USC -15) USC BCS RANK: #2

We remain barely ahead of Syracuse for the #2 spot in the BCS rankings - didn't they offer me a job recently? We're playing solid football and we get J.B. Wilson back all nice and healed up this week. We're going to need him because Cal always plays us tough.

We'll sit Wally Knight this week because of his injury. Everyone else plays.

Code:

Southern California Roster, Injury Report
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Probable    Torn Thumb Ligame 2 Weeks   
Morrison, Ron          82  WR  Sr    Probable    Sprained Knee    1 Week   
Burgess, Bobby          60  T    Sr*  Probable    Separated Shoulde 1 Week   
Knight, Wally          91  DE  Jr*  Doubtful    Abdominal Strain  4 Weeks 


Heh, lost a Tight End recruit to Keene State - ain't that a kick in the teeth.

We did land one recruit this week, Ricardo Carley, a tight end from Lawrenceburg High School in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, signed a letter of intent to play for Southern Cal next season. He's a 77+ but his prep athletic program is only fair, so he's a project. But it's a start to adding TE's - he's the second we have landed this season.

QB Brock Dole didn't try and do too much and played mistake free football as he went 12/20 for 166 yards and two touchdown passes in leading USC to a tough 27-20 victory of Cal.

Dole hit FB Devin Benzer and wideout Ed Kidman with his scoring strikes, while Tailback J.B. Wilson worked overtime for the games he missed, carrying the ball 38 times for 122 yards rushing (3.2 avg) and one touchdown run. The Golden Bears did a pretty good job containing JB, but he got the tough yards when we needed them.

5th year senior NT Trent Milton sacked the Golden Bear QB twice on the day, and Safety Jared Esparza and ILB Monty Garcia had 8 and 7 tackles respectively to lead the Trojan defense.

A nice solid win that keeps us in the hunt for both the PAC-10 title and the National Championship.

USC 27 -- California 20
PAC-10 (6-0) -- OVERALL (9-0)

* * *

WEEK 12
@ #18 Washington (8-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(Wash -1) USC BCS RANK: #2

Going to be a tough game this week, on the road against a very good Huskies team. With UCLA at (10-0/7-0) we've got to win this one to have any chance at the titles. We're going to need J.B. Wilson and Brock Dole to step up big for us this week.

Got hit with the injury bug, as Knight will be out again and ILB Renaldo Elder will also sit due to injury. Elder will be gone until next year. Starting in his place will be redshirt sophomore Walt Whalen.

Code:

Southern California Roster, Injury Report
 
  Player                #    Pos  Elig  Health      Injury            Full Strn. 
Fitzgerald, Max        31  CB  Sr*  Probable    Torn Thumb Ligame 1 Week   
Sutton, William        93  DE  Sr    Doubtful    Hyperextended Elb 2 Weeks   
Elder, Renaldo          54  ILB  Sr*  Out          Elbow Ligament Su 23 Weeks 
Knight, Wally          91  DE  Jr*  Doubtful    Abdominal Strain  3 Weeks 


We landed two recruits this week, and that brings our rrecruiting class to fifteen. We only had fifteen scholarships to offer, so we're hoping one of the students we invited to walk-on agrees to do so.

Signing letters of intent with us this week were Fred Hastings, a 76-- tight end from Villisca Community High School in Villisca, Iowa and Ryan Gash, an 81+ offensive tackle from Woodcreek High School in Roseville, California. Not big news, but they'll help us out eventually.

Wideout Ron Morrison returned the opening kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown and scored twice more on pass receptions to lead the Southern Cal Trojans to a big road win against Washington, 35-17.

Besides his kickoff return for a score, Morrison had 5 catches on the day for 155 yards and two more touchdowns - including a 63 yard scoring strike from QB Brock Dole. It was the kind of dominating day the 1st team All PAC-10 receiver has begun to become known for and he no doubt turned some NFL scouts' heads yet again.

QB Brock Dole did not play particularly well, going 14/29 for 262 yards and two touchdowns, but he was also picked off twice on the day. Tailback J.B. Wilson only had 18 carries but he made the most of them, gaining 88 yards (4.8 avg), and one has to wonder about Offensive Coordinator Zach Fuchs' playcalling in this one.

The Southern Cal victory today creates a showdown between two undefeated teams, USC and UCLA, with the PAC-10 championship on the line, and perhaps much, much more.

USC 35 -- Washington 17
PAC-10 (7-0) -- OVERALL (10-0)

* * *

WEEK 13 BCS RANKINGS

Code:

The College Years
Week 13. 2019
BCS Overall Rankings
 
  School                Record  Conf  Comp  Poll  Loss  Sched Total Rank 
UCLA                    10-0    P10  3.00  1.00  0.00  4.52  8.52  1     
**Southern California  10-0    P10  2.25  3.50  0.00  2.84  8.59  2     
Syracuse                9-0    BGE  1.50  4.50  0.00  4.24  10.24 3     
Florida                8-1    SEC  5.00  4.00  1.00  1.52  11.52 4     
Virginia                9-0    ACC  5.00  2.00  0.00  4.92  11.92 5     
Louisville              10-0    USA  7.25  6.50  0.00  2.80  16.55 6     
Wisconsin              9-1    B10  5.50  9.00  1.00  2.44  17.94 7     
Air Force              9-0    MTW  7.50  9.50  0.00  3.84  20.84 8     
Rice                    8-1    WAC  9.75  6.50  1.00  3.92  21.17 9     
Georgia Tech            8-1    ACC  6.50  11.50 1.00  3.12  22.12 10     
Penn State              8-2    B10  12.50 15.50 2.00  0.80  30.80 11     
Texas A&M              8-2    B12  15.50 13.00 2.00  1.56  32.06 12     
Arkansas                8-1    SEC  8.25  19.50 1.00  3.40  32.15 13     
Miami of Ohio          9-1    MAC  14.75 12.00 1.00  4.84  32.59 14     
Alabama                7-2    SEC  13.00 17.50 2.00  0.56  33.06 15     
Toledo                  9-1    MAC  18.75 8.50  1.00  5.00  33.25 16     
Michigan                7-3    B10  20.50 15.50 3.00  1.32  40.32 17     
Missouri                8-2    B12  13.75 24.50 2.00  0.28  40.53 18     
Notre Dame              7-2    IND  19.50 18.50 2.00  2.12  42.12 19     
Marshall                8-2    MAC  19.50 20.00 2.00  2.68  44.18 20     
New Mexico State        9-1    SUN  16.50 22.00 1.00  4.96  44.46 21     
South Florida          8-2    USA  18.25 20.50 2.00  3.72  44.47 22     
Iowa                    8-3    B10  25.00 13.50 3.00  4.36  45.86 23     
Washington              8-2    P10  18.50 28.00 2.00  2.24  50.74 24     
Miami of Florida        7-3    ACC  22.25 26.50 3.00  1.00  52.75 25 




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aztarheel 01-22-2007 06:24 AM

Let's go Trojans -- clap, clap, clap clap clap
Let's go Trojans -- clap, clap, clap clap clap

beargrowlz 01-22-2007 05:13 PM

Thanks for the support man!


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