2014 SEASON (2nd Qtr.)
WEEK 5
@ Arizona State (1-1) (PAC-10)
(USC -6) USC BCS RANK: #7
CB Tyrell Lyons is back with us this week and that'll help bolster our defense. The redshirt senior is an outstanding cover corner and will man the shutdown corner spot now that he's healthy.
No committments or rejections this week, so will keep making calls and visiting recruits that we've got on our priority list.
Quarterly grades came out this week and no one is failing any classes. Gave out coachign blocs to provide more study time to anyone who had a D+, the lowest grades we had. Hopefully it'll stay that way over the course of the season.
The Trojan D pressured ASU's QB all day led by DE Alonzo Chevrier who sacked the Sun Devil signal caller 3 times en route to a 35-19 Southern Cal win. Joining Chevrier in getting to the ASU quarterback were NT Tracy Dragon and backup NT Clarence Choate, each with 1.5 sacks.
Tailback Junior Coffey had a fine day running the football, gaining 118 yards on 26 carries while rushing for two touchdowns. Wingback Aaron Castillo also had a solid day, running for 50 yards on 8 carries.
QB Malcolm Moreno continued to play mistake-free football, going 16/25 for 176 yards and one touchdown, while not throwing any INT's.
A good, solid road win for us.
USC 35 -- ARIZONA STATE 19
PAC-10 (1-0) -- OVERALL (3-0)
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WEEK 6
vs. Oregon State (1-2) (PAC-10)
(USC -39) USC BCS RANK: #7
We landed two of our top recruits this week, Ron Morrison, a wide receiver from Rosemead High School in Rosemead, California and Graham Molina, an offensive guard from Chief Leschi High School in Puyallup, Washington. Morrison was ranked the #2 recruit in the nation by TCY Today and we scout him as a 92+. He comes to us with very good academics and from an excellent athletic program. With Willie Davison and Brian Robinson graduating this year, he'll be in the hunt for one of our top receiver spots - though we've got quite a bit of depth there already.
As for Molina, he was ranked #95th by TCY Today and we scouted him as a 74++ - after seeing him play, I think our scout blew it and he's way better than the 74, hence the "++" suffix. Molina is an exceptional student and comes to USC from a solid, though not outstanding, athletic program in high school.
A packed to capacity Rose Bowl crowd watched USC keep rolling along with a 55-0 whitewashing of the Oregon State Beavers. Redshirt sophomore RB Gabe Whalen had three touchdown receptions as QB Malcolm Moreno went 16/25 for 274 yards, firing 3 touchdown passes and 1 INT before giving way to Mark Rayburn, who added 153 yards and another touchdown pass of his own.
The Beavers appeared to be gunning for Tailback Junior Coffey and they succeeded in shutting him down all day, but the Trojans passing attack, aided by the running of Wingback Aaron Castillo (14 carries, 65 yards, 1 TD) just proved to be too overwhelming for the Beavers D.
Wideouts Brian Robinson and Richie Warrick had solid days, Robinson making 4 catches for 100 yards and a touchdown and Warrick 4 receptions for 92 yards.
We just had a terrific day all around. Got to like what I've seen so far.
USC 55 -- Oregon State 0
PAC-10 (2-0) -- OVERALL (4-0)
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WEEK 7
@ #25 California (4-1) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -3) USC BCS RANK: #7
A big game, must win game on our PAC-10 schedule this week. We managed to beat Cal last season and need to do it again this season to have any hope of winning the PAC-10 title.
We landed another recruit this week, Joel Arvold, a safety from Nordhoff High School in Ojai, California signed a letter of intent to play for Southern Cal next year. Arvold is a 71+ Safety coming to us with excellent academic and athletic prep from high school. Not an earth shattering singing, but a solid player that will help our program down the line.
We could get absolutely nothing going on the ground today, but a stingy defense and QB Malcolm Moreno led the way to a 27-24 OT win at Cal for us when redshirt junior K Walter Perez booted a game winning field goal.
Moreno went 20/36 for 285 yards while throwing two touchdowns and 1 INT. Wideout Richie warrick had another solid day replacing the injured Willie Davison with 4 catches for 71 yards and a touchdown.
The Trojan D picked off three Cal passes to hold down the fort and make a win possible. SILB Tyrell Vaughn had a big day to lead the defense, making 7 tackles, assisting on two others and picking off a Golden Bear pass.
This was a very big road win for us.
USC 27 -- California 24 (OT)
PAC-10 (3-0) -- OVERALL (5-0)
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WEEK 8
vs. Oregon (3-3) (PAC-10) *TV3*
(USC -21) USC BCS RANK: #8
I seriously think they get game spreads from the local 7/11 quick-pick lottery machines. Anyway . . . .
Looks like Willie Davison has recovered and regained his full vision. So he'll be back in the starting lineup for us. Redshirt junior Richie Warrick did a fine job filling in for Davison.
We landed two recruits this week, though we lost an OT I really wanted to UCLA. But on the bright side, Trent Milton, a defensive tackle from Monte Vista High School in Spring Valley, California and Jackie Woolley, a 72+ fullback from Ceres High School in Ceres, California have signed letters of intent to play for us next year. Milton is the #5 ranked recruit in the nation and was scouted at 93+. He's coming from a very good athletic program with solid, though not spectacular, academic preperation. A real good signing for us.
Made a lot of new recruiting contacts this week as I really want to land at least 1 DE, OT, CB and Safety and what remained of our list was thin in those positions.
I'm moving Warren Guthrie into the starting Fullback role. I think his blocking will help our running game some.
I don't even know where to begin. After the first quarter, we were up 35-0 and it only got worse for the Ducks. It was so bad Malcolm Moreno was lifted after having thrown only six passes (5/6, 117 yards 2 TD) and Aaron Castillo played most of the game at Tailback instead of Junior Coffey en route to a thorough 79-7 thrashing of Oregon in front of 96,600 crazed Rose Bowl fans.
Redshirt junior QB Mark Rayburn came in replacing Moreno and things only slid more downhill for the Ducks as Rayburn went 10/13 for 212 yards while throwing three touchdown passes.
Wideouts Richie Warrick and Willie Davison each broke the 100 yard mark as Moreno and Rayburn were hitting them all day.
Ronnie Wheeler brought a punt return all the way back for a touchdown and the Trojans defense returned two interceptions for scores - one by freshman backup Safety Chris Griffin and the other by 5th year senior nickel back Max Galloway.
This was as complete a victory as any team I have coached has ever had. Damn fine win.
USC 79 -- Oregon 7
PAC-10 (4-0) -- OVERALL (6-0)
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WEEK 9 MEDIA SNIPPETTS
LA TIMES
Week 9, 2014
Wow. That's the only word that can describe how hot Southern Cal is right now. After thoroughly thrashing Oregon, Southern Cal sits atop the PAC-10 undefeated - still the only undefeated team in the conference. Right behind them however is their old nemesis, UCLA, and that'll be the Trojan's biggest challenge of the season.
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The College Years
Week 9, 2014
BCS Overall Rankings
School Record Conf Comp Poll Loss Sched Total Rank
Virginia 7-0 ACC 1.75 3.00 0.00 1.80 6.55 1
Florida 7-0 SEC 4.75 1.00 0.00 4.16 9.91 2
Notre Dame 5-0 IND 2.00 6.50 0.00 2.24 10.74 3
Iowa 7-0 B10 3.00 6.50 0.00 2.76 12.26 4
Texas A&M 7-0 B12 8.00 2.00 0.00 4.04 14.04 5
Syracuse 7-0 BGE 6.25 4.00 0.00 4.36 14.61 6
**Southern California 6-0 P10 3.00 9.50 0.00 2.80 15.30 7
Michigan 6-1 B10 7.25 6.50 1.00 1.88 16.63 8
Texas Christian 6-0 USA 7.75 8.00 0.00 4.24 19.99 9
Keene State 6-0 NNE 10.75 8.00 0.00 4.68 23.43 10
Colorado State 7-0 MTW 13.00 12.50 0.00 4.84 30.34 11
Wisconsin 5-1 B10 10.00 17.50 1.00 2.48 30.98 12
UCLA 6-1 P10 15.00 11.00 1.00 4.44 31.44 13
Louisville 6-1 USA 13.75 14.50 1.00 3.56 32.81 14
Southern Methodist 5-0 WAC 17.00 12.50 0.00 5.00 34.50 15
Alabama 5-1 SEC 16.50 16.50 1.00 2.36 36.36 16
Georgia Tech 5-1 ACC 10.00 26.50 1.00 2.40 39.90 17
South Florida 5-1 USA 16.50 21.50 1.00 2.16 41.16 18
Oklahoma 5-1 B12 23.50 18.50 1.00 1.96 44.96 19
Rice 5-1 WAC 23.00 17.00 1.00 4.48 45.48 20
Toledo 5-1 MAC 22.00 22.00 1.00 3.04 48.04 21
San Diego State 6-1 MTW 16.00 30.00 1.00 3.68 50.68 22
Texas 5-1 B12 23.75 23.00 1.00 3.80 51.55 23
Boston College 4-1 BGE 19.50 29.50 1.00 2.72 52.72 24
Penn State 5-2 B10 31.25 17.50 2.00 3.72 54.47 25
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