USC released its baseball schedule, which should secure Chad Kreuter’s job for four simple reasons.
1. The Trojans play 19 of their first 24 games at home.
2. The Trojans welcome Western Carolina for a weekend series Feb. 27-March 1.
3. USC plays Winthrop in a FOUR-game series a March 12-15.
4. Brown plays a doubleheader at Dedeaux Field on March 25.
I don’t know what this is, but it’s not a baseball schedule for a school that’s won 12 national titles.
Here’s a USC preview interview I did with radio station The Zone in Omaha, Neb. Hey, college football is a 365-day a year sport there.
There are no USC running backs on the Doak Walker watch list, given annually to the nation’s top running back. The only two Pac-10 running backs on the list are UCLA’s Kahlil Bell and Keegan Herring of Arizona State.
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The football team has seemingly no health issues heading into the season opener as everyone practiced today. The exception was RoJo, who felt sick this morning but still practiced.
USC wrapped up its preseason practice Thursday, and Pete Carroll couldn’t have been happier.
“Great prepation for (the season),” Carroll said. “Everything worked out like we wanted it too. Based on years past and our expecations, we’ll be ready to go. We’re counting on that we’ll play clean football, stay out of our own way and not make the kind of mistakes that mess you up. If we do that, i think we’ll be hard to beat no matter who we play.”
Pete Carroll said he held reciever Ronald Johnson back a little in practice since he was under the weather, but Johnson said he practiced fully.
“I just went anyway,” Johnson said. “I can’t wait until Saturday.”
USC is flying to Virginia right now. We hear there will be two planes because the biggest jet planes are not allowed to land at the airport in Charlottesville. That means some of the usual rattling caravan of boosters, officials, etc., that follow the Trojans will be on a different plane than the team.
Wide receiver Ronald Johnson said he woke up with a sore throat and was dizzy, but he still practiced Thursday and said he’ll be OK for Saturday’s game.
Sources say USC center RouSean Cromwell intends to sit out the entire season and return next year. Coach Tim Floyd said last week there was a chance Cromwell would return in January.