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LOS ANGELES >> Pete Carroll accomplished many things at USC and one of them was owning November with a 28-1 record. If USC coach Clay Helton wants to tu this season into something more than quarterback Sam Daold’s fantastic freshman season, he needs a November similar to Carroll. It’s not unthinkable with three teams on USC’s remaining schedule (Oregon, UCLA, Notre Dame) currently sporting mediocre 3-5 records. The only tough game appears to be at No. 4-ranked Washington, which is 8-0. This week, USC (5-3, 4-2) is trying hard to ignore the Huskies with Oregon coming to the Coliseum on Saturday. “I haven’t even thought about (playing at Washington),” wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster said Tuesday. “I took a visit there and it was pretty cool.” USC’s schedule is upside down. In the past, Oregon would be the huge game and Washington an after thought. But Saturday’s game will be only the second time since 1998 USC has played an Oregon team not ranked in the A,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,usc football schedule,usccb,us cellular,uscho,usc trojans,usc vs alabama ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> USC running back Justin Davis, who has a high ankle sprain, will not play on Saturday at Arizona, Trojans head coach Clay Helton announced. Davis was not at practice this week. “He’s still being very tender on the ankle,” Helton said. Through six games, the 6-foot-1 senior leads the Trojans in rushing with 476 yards on the ground and two touchdowns. He had 341 yards in the past three games, including consecutive 100-yard rushing efforts against Utah and Arizona State. Davis injured his right ankle in the second half of USC’s 21-17 win over Colorado last Saturday. He left the locker room afterward on crutches. A walking boot was placed on his right foot. “It’s a next-man-up mentality,” Helton said. In place of Davis, sophomore Ronald Jones is expected to start. One season after he set a school single-season freshman rushing record, Jones has not been as productive. He has 208 rushing yards and one touchdown on 46 carries. Helton said Aca’Cedric Ware,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,usc football schedule,usccb,us cellular,usc vs alabama,usc trojans,usc acceptance rate ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> USC junior center Toa Lobendahn will miss the rest of the season after tearing both the medial collateral ligament and anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, USC football coach Clay Helton said Thursday. Lobendahn missed the second half of last season following surgery to repair a to ACL in his left knee. He also had surgery on his right knee at La Habra High School. Lobendahn sustained the most recent knee injury in the first quarter against Alabama last Saturday, though stayed in for the rest of the game. “The warrior that he is, he didn’t even complain about it,” Helton said. Surgery was performed Thursday and was successful, according to Helton. He told the team at a meeting before practice. The previous day, Lobendahn underwent an MRI that showed an MCL tear. Doctors later performed a scope that found the ACL was to, as well. On fourth down on the second series against the Crimson Tide, a linebacker fell on the back of Lobendahn’s right kne,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,usccb,us cellular,usc acceptance rate,uscis processing time,usc upstate,usc credit union ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> Ronald Jones played high school football 51 miles from AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas, where he will line up in the Trojans' backfield on Saturday night."It's really a homecoming," Jones said.The sophomore running back from McKinney, Texas, said this week that he has been lobbying teammates for extra tickets for family and friends for the season opener against Alabama.,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,us cellular,usccb,usc acceptance rate,uscis processing time,usc upstate,usc credit union ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES >> USC reserve inside linebacker Osa Masina will not travel with the team for the season opener against Alabama because of an unspecified violation of team rules, Coach Clay Helton announced Monday on the Trojans live weekly radio show. Masina, a sophomore, was co-listed with Quinton Powell as the backup for Mitchael Hutchings on the team’s depth chart released last week. Last season, he had 25 tackles in 12 games. It was expected he would see a role this season. In training camp, Masina worked in with the first-team defense at times. He is the second USC player to be suspended for the first game against Alabama, following Isaiah Langley, a reserve coerback. Langley was arrested at a UCLA frateity party in early May on misdemeanor charges of resisting arrest, providing false information and trespassing, a police spokesperson said. The Trojans are scheduled to travel to Arlington, Texas, on Thursday night following practice. Kickoff between USC and Alabama on Sa,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,us cellular,usccb,usc acceptance rate,usc blackboard,uscis processing time,usc upstate ...ادامه مطلب

LOS ANGELES — On Sunday, as USC prepared to enter its first “mock game week,” it released a two-deep chart and seemed to have settled on most of the position battles from camp. Some, though, will carry over into the remaining days before the season opens against Alabama on Sept. 3 in Arlington, Texas. Of particular note, the Trojans remain in search of a starting left guard. That spot will fall on the shoulders of either redshirt sophomore Chris Brown or junior Damien Mama, who were co-listed there on the depth chart. Neither has pulled ahead as each player has worked at various times this month with the first-team offense. Brown at one point had an edge. He took most of the first-team reps in the first week of camp. Coach Clay Helton had said he eaed that “honor” after outplaying Mama during spring practice. Over the past week, Mama had been hobbled with an ankle injury, bu,uscis,usc,usc football,uscis case status,us cellular,usccb,usc acceptance rate,uscis processing time,usc upstate,usc credit union ...ادامه مطلب