Is this where we remind the many people who angrily emailed us last season from Syracuse attacking our theory that Greg Robinson has very little in common with Pete Carroll?
Monthly Archives: August 2007
Pick The Score
Let’s see who can correctly guess the lopsided outcome of a glorified scrimmage.
Programming Note
I’ll be on the Petros-Money show this afternoon around 4:40 p.m.
Number Change
Wide receiver Damian Williams, who is redshirting, switched his number from 82 to 18.
About Howell
Nick Howell was a strong candidate to be one of the disappointments of training camp, especially after he did not make the depth chart.
But Howell said his recently discovered hernia prevented him from making proper blocks and limited his range of mobility during training camp. Howell and USC thought he merely had a sore groin until the hernia was discovered. And this is not just a “sports” hernia, which is near the abdomen. Howell’s is lower and more serious and one reason why he probably will not return this season.
Redshirt Candidates
While everyone focuses on freshmen like Joe McKnight and Kris O’Dowd, USC coach Pete Carroll pulled aside wide receiver Brandon Carswell, tight end Rhett Ellison and safety Marshall Jones and informed them not to expect to play against Idaho, because the coaches are still deciding whether to redshirt the players.
Morning Buzz
Broderick Green is not the only Trojan sidelined with a season-ending injury.
http://www.dailynews.com/sports/ci_6765525
Mystery Injury
Tailback Broderick Green said he experienced pain in his foot for about a week-and-a-half but until X-rays tonight did not know he suffered a stress fracture.
About O’Dowd
Kris O’Dowd will be the first true freshman to ever start at center for USC on Saturday, let alone the first true freshman to start a season opener. The only two post-War era offensive linemen to start as true freshmen were Travis Claridge (1996) and Brad Budde (1976).
Change Of Heart
Pete Carroll said he wants to start true freshman Kris O’Dowd at center against Idaho because it will allow Jeff Byers to communicate with him during the game.