Neither linebacker Chris Galippo nor quarterback Aaron Corp were allowed by Coach Pete Carroll to participate in the Orange County All-Star game for two reasons: They are enrolled in summer school and the game’s date concerned Carroll if either player were injured.
Still, Corp is likely redshirting and all-star games are a culmination of a high-school career. But few schools have their entire freshman class enroll in summer school like USC.
“It would have been fun to play but I’m up here and it would have been a distraction,” Corp said.

It’s a lightning round. One question per person.

Did anyone notice our Player of the Day, Zeke Moreno, intercepted a pass and made a game-high seven tackles for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats yesterday?

It’s Friday afternoon, so time for another Mitch Mustain item. The Arkansas QB says he frequently gets asked by his new teammates about last year’s game with USC, where he ran for a TD, and coincidentally, threw a long pass to USC wide receiver Damian Williams.
“They bring it up a lot, asking me what I thought about it,” Mustain said. “They don’t try to tease me about t. I thought USC was probably the toughest team we played. Or at least as tough as any we faced.”

Some terrific questions. The topics ranged from Mitch Mustain to Stafon Johnson to Mitch Mustain to Art Bartner to Mitch Mustain.
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Researchers at Iowa and Maryland devised a new football rankings system based on academic and athletic success and claim recruits should study it because it proves good students help college football teams win. OK. Anyways, they call it the SAPR and here’s the top 10 schools with their total points.

1 Auburn 1932
2 Georgia 1926
2 Miami (Fla.) 1926
4 Florida State 1923
5 Michigan 1922
6 Florida 1914
7 Boston College 1911
8 USC 1907
9 LSU 1902
10. Ohio State 1900

Complete rankings and the formula after the jump.
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We hear forward Leonard Washington declined Kentucky’s offer to enroll but be academically ineligible for a year.
Washington, who signed with USC but could not meet academic requirements, still hopes to eventually play for the Trojans.

Centers Matt Spanos, Nick Howell and Kris O’Dowd are practicing the shotgun during summer workouts.

Here’s a brief interview with freshman quarterback Aaron Corp.
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Unlike the Versus Conference, the SEC put out a preseason all-conference team today. And it wasn’t just a first team, but three teams.
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