BBCF: The Rise of a Superstar (Actually: The Tragic Tale of the Glass Man.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 9 Summary:

CB Gerry Brown and SS Harry Bartrum committed to us today.


We lost out on:

OT Stephen Keane - Michigan
DT Abe Ragsdale - UCLA
OLB Jon Woolford - Nebraska
CB Bill Bashir - Syracuse
FS Mack Sievers - Oregon State
RB Rudy Love - North Carolina
OG Carl Baker - Utah
OT Rod Hicks - Pitt


I go after:

FS Cecil Bass (#87, #9 FS) is 6'0 168 pounds and runs a 4.75. Has good ball hawking skills despite lack of ideal speed. Also has good tackling ability for his size. Also is smart with a 3.3 GPA. Washington and Arizona State are the main competiton.

DT Steve Whitaker (#221, #16 DT) is 6'3 283 pounds. He has a poor GPA (1.9) but is very strong. Should be a very good run stopping DT. He is from Corning, OH. Ohio State and Texas are our main competition.

WR Leon Counts (#264, #26 WR) is 6'2 180 pounds. He has 4.44 speed. Due to the lack of good running backs who want to come to USC, I might try the crazy experiment of converting this athletic kid into a lanky HB. UCLA is our main competition.

OG Chaun Lindsey (#168, #8 G) is 6'2 291. Devastating run blocker already, has the potential to be very good. UCLA and Washington State are our main competition. He is from Hilo, HA.

CB E.J. Evans (#223, #14) is 6'1 189. He runs a 4.53 and has good pass coverage skills. He is from Superior, AZ. Arizona State is our main competition.

DT Melvin Longley (#41, #5) is 6'6 283 and is a dominating run stopper. He is from Ashland, Oregon. Cal and Oregon State are the main competition.

OT Stan Pritchett (#71, #7) is 6'2 315 with excellent agility for a big guy. He is from Vacaville, CA. UCLA, CAl, and Oregon State are all heavily pursuing him.

OT Jonas Haggan (#153, #8) is 6'0 300 with excellent agression. Has the potential to be a powerful run blocker and good pass blocker. He is from Bel Bolt, TX. Texas Tech, Auburn, and Notre Dame are our main competition.

[Izulde]

Eagles, can you keep us updated on your old OC's coaching career from now on? Just an end of season synopsis on UAB would be fine It's one thing I always like doing in my college games, seeing how old assistants who get head coaching gigs do at their new schools.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 10 Summary:

No one signs with us this week.

We lose out on TE Bruce Santiago to Wisconsin, WR Todd Cushing to Ohio State, and DT Sam Campbell to UCLA (GRRRRR!!)


I go after:

FB Walt Boyd (#29, #1) 6'0 250. This very athletic player runs a 4.59 and has excellent pass receiving skills. He is a very good blocker. He could easily be converted into a very big, very powerful HB. I offer him a scholarship.

TE Jim Kopay (#178, #3) is 6'1 234 pounds. He runs a 4.57 and has good hands. He also is a talented blocker for his size. He is from VT and wants to stay in the Northeast, yet is interested in us quite a bit. VT is our big competition.

DT Sam Mitchell (#59, #6) is 6'1 270 with good strength. He is from Cloverdale, CA. UCLA is our main competition.

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Izulde

Eagles, can you keep us updated on your old OC's coaching career from now on? Just an end of season synopsis on UAB would be fine It's one thing I always like doing in my college games, seeing how old assistants who get head coaching gigs do at their new schools.

Sure, that would be fun for me as well

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 11:

Wierd, this is our worst recruiting season ever.

No one signs with us. Did I aim too high?


We lose out on:

SS Chad Moretti - Arizona State
FB Walt Boyd - Wisconsin
OT Stan Pritchett - UCLA (GRRRRRR!)
OT Jonas Haggan - Auburn
TE Jim Kopay - NC State.


Wes Nelson officially declared that he was going pro today.

Other Pac-10 players that went pro:

CB Ron Jones, Oregon State.

Everyone else in the Pac-10 chose to come back.


So, we now have 6 scholarships that aren't being offered to anyone.

I'm just going after talent that is very highly interested in us now.

I offer FS(Athlete) Bob Mueller a scholly. He is #123 nationally. He runs a 4.49 and could convert to a few positions for us including cornerback. Fresno State is our main competiton. He is from CA.

QB Tom Jones (#167, #8) is 6'1 212 pounds and he really wants to come to USC now. He is slow 5.01, but he is smart and has a very good arm.

Now, the top HB's that are left are more interested in us!

Unfortunately, the top HB left is a speed back without great speed.

I decide to go after the 2nd best HB instead.

James Douglas (#467, #24) is 5'11 208. He runs a 4.93 but has good power in between the tackles. He is smart which is a plus. No one has offered him a scholarship yet, but I will as I think he could be a good #2 back at least and for inside the 5 yard line (where we were poor this year.)

CB Brad Lewis (#268, #18) is 5'10 160. He runs a 4.57 and has the potential to develop good coverage skills. Oregon is our main competiton. He is from Solana Beach in CA.

OT Doug White (#482, #29) is 6'8 279. He has a mammoth reach, but doesn't play with good leverage at times. Could become a good run blocker, needs to work on driving more in run blocking.

OT Randy Williams (#164, #31) is 6'3 284. He has the potential to be a very good pass blocker and an adequate run blocker according to our scouts. He is from Rockford, IL. Notre Dame and FSU are our main competition.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 12 Summary:

We miss out again. No one signs.


We lose:

OG Chaun Lindsey - Oregon State



I offer CB Ed Fouts a scholarship. He is ranked #148 in the nation (#9 CB) and he runs a 4.48. His interest in us has risen over the past few weeks.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 13 summary:

More bad news.

We got 2 guys:

DT Sam Mitchell
OT Doug White

But we missed out on many more:

QB Bobby Richter - Michigan
DT Melvin Longley - Cal
FS Cecil Bass - Arizona State
CB Ed Fouts - Stanford (we came after him too late)
FS Bob Mueller - Fresno State


I offer the following players scholarships:

TE Artose Morgan (#451, #10) 6'6 225 with 4.47 speed. I should have offered a scholly sooner. He is from Clare, MI. Michigan and Purdue are big competitors. I've been putting calls into him for weeks and he is interested to a high degree.

QB Lam Taylor (#202, #10) 6'2 188 with 4.57 speed. Has a decent arm, but needs to develop quite a bit.

DT Shawn Strong (#173, #13) 6'7 271 with good power.

OLB Eagle Childress (#300, #30) is 6'1 221. He runs a 4.70, but has good blitzing instincts. He has the potential to be a good run defender as well. I love his name

FS Drayton Westbrook (#139, #39) is 6'0 170. He runs a 4.51 and has excellent coverage skills.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 14 Summary:

Finally a good week:

We added:

RB James Douglas
TE Artose Morgan
Ot Randy Williams
WR Leon Counts
CB E.J. Evans


We lost out on:

FS Drayton Westbrook - Alabama
DT Shawn Strong - Texas
QB Tom Jones - Texas
QB Lam Taylor - Ohio State
OLB: Eagle Childress - Syracuse.
OT Rudi Ogden - Iowa


I offer the following players scholarships:

FS Troy Lehr (#204, #23) 5'10 187 from MT. He runs a 4.46. Oklahoma is our big competition.

CB R.C. Thomas (#474, #35) 6'2 198 with great athletic ability. Runs a 4.56. Lives in San Diego CA. ND and UCLA are the main competition.

QB Jeff Chandler (#877, #50) 6'1 187 runs a 4.47. Has decent arm strength with decent arm strength and mediocre accuracy. Will likely never be more than a backup for us.

TE Lawrence Milton (#945, #29) is 6'2 235. He runs a 4.53. Plays for Coldwater, MI. ND is a main competitor.

OG Mike Bartrum (#472, #26) is 6'8 273. He runs a surprising 4.81. Has the potential to be a very good run blocker, average pass blocker.

WR Alfred Mcllhenny (#321, #38) is 6'1 186 with 4.45 speed. Has good agility and the potential to develop very good hands.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 15 Summary:

We get WR Alfrech Mcllhenny and TE Lawrence Milton.


We lose out on:

QB Jeff Chandler - Cal
OG D'Wayne Pinkard - UCLA
FS Troy Lehr - Washington
CB RC Thomas - ND


So, we enter into the final week of recruiting with 5 open scholarships and only 1 guy considering one of them.


QB Robert Keith (#485, #24) runs a 4.72. He is only 5'11 and 190. Has average accuracy and average arm strength. However, he has very good instincts. Could be a good #2 QB at some point.

FS Central Tauscher (#271, #26) 6'1 189. Runs a 4.66. Has good coverage potential. UCLA is recruiting him hard, but maybe he has been waiting for us..

CB Henri Alexander (#340, #24) 6'1 164. Runs a 4.49. Has average coverage abilities, but may develop into a good corner. Fresno State is our main competition.

OLB Zola Lopienski (#303, #31) is 6'2 243 and runs a very nice 4.59. He is from Ohio and is now being pursued hard by Ohio State. We''ll take a shot at him.


So, this is it. Can we salvage this recruiting class with a few last minute signings?

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 16 Summary:

We signed CB Henri Alexander.


We missed out on:

FS Central Tauscher - UCLA (GRRRRRR!)
OLB Zola Lopienski - Utah


Oh, I actually have one last week of recruiting left.


Due to just wanting to get talent in these slots, I offer:

QB J.J. Berlin a scholarship. Ranked #390, #20 QB, he is 6'4 203. He runs a 4.55! Above average arm strength, good accuracy. He is from Ohio. Ohio State and Purdue are the main competition, but he is very interested in us. The only problem with J.J. and why I didn't offer him sooner is that he is a JC player.

I REALLY don't need any more WR's but that is all that wants to come to my team of what is still left.

WR Harrison King is ranked #376, #52 but has the athletic ability to play several positions. He is 6'1 175 with 4.49 speed. He has poor route running ability and is very raw.

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 17 summary:

We get:

WR Harrison King (we now have 10 WR's - some of them will change position.)
OG Mike Bartrum
QB Robert Keith (good, a true freshman)

We miss out on:

J.J. Berlin - Michigan


This is the first year that we didn't use all of our scholarships.


Hopefully, next year when all of our top tier talent leaves, recruits will be more willing to come here.


Here is a look at this year's class:


SS Harry Bartrum, 5-stars
Box Elder (Brigham City, UT)
National Rank: 5, Regional: 1, Position: 1

DT Sam Mitchell, 5-stars
Cloverdale (Cloverdale, CA)
National Rank: 59, Regional: 8, Position: 6

CB Gerry Brown, 4-stars
Valdez (Valdez, AK)
National Rank: 102, Regional: 16, Position: 5

WR Leon Counts, 4-stars
Laney (CA), Santa Rosa, CA, HS - CA
National Rank: 264, Regional: 50, Position: 26

CB E.J. Evans, 4-stars
Superior (Superior, AZ)
National Rank: 223, Regional: 43, Position: 14

OT Randy Williams, 4-stars
Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL)
National Rank: 164, Regional: 31, Position: 9

WR Alfred McIlhenny, 4-stars
Clovis East (Clovis, CA)
National Rank: 321, Regional: 62, Position: 38

OT Doug White, 3-stars
Bourgade Catholic (Phoenix, AZ)
National Rank: 482, Regional: 106, Position: 29

RB James Douglas, 3-stars
Lockland (Lockland, OH)
National Rank: 467, Regional: 93, Position: 24

TE Lawrence Milton, 3-stars
Coldwater (Coldwater, MI)
National Rank: 945, Regional: 190, Position: 29

OG Mike Bartrum, 3-stars
Porterville (Porterville, CA)
National Rank: 472, Regional: 101, Position: 26

TE Artose Morgan, 3-stars
Clare (Clare, MI)
National Rank: 451, Regional: 89, Position: 10

WR Harrison King, 3-stars
Leland (San Jose, CA)
National Rank: 376, Regional: 76, Position: 52

CB Henri Alexander, 3-stars
Kern Valley (Lake Isabella, CA)
National Rank: 340, Regional: 66, Position: 24

QB Robert Keith, 3-stars
Roosevelt (Chicago, IL)
National Rank: 485, Regional: 94, Position: 24

[Eaglesfan27]

Really Looking over this class, I'm actually happy. We got the best SS in the nation which was our greatest need position.

We also got one of the best DT's to bolster that area of relative weakness.

I would have liked to get an OLB, but that can wait til next year.

We also got two reasonably good CB's which we needed.



I think King will definitely move from WR to another position.

Mclhenny will probably redshirt.

I'm going to try to move Jeff Williams from MLB to OLB as well.



I can't wait to see the report on the roster after training camp.

[Eaglesfan27]

Jeff Williams is doing very well at OLB, his new position during the training camp. Harrison King is having trouble adjusting from WR to FS.


Our recruiting class was my poorest one yet, we were ranked 15th in the nation in recruiting.

The good news is that the returning talent is looking great in training camp.


Here is a look at our Coaches evaluation of the talent:

USC Team Roster Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 04 QB Randy Collins (S) 6-2 183 Sr 3.05 34 71 OK Templeton (Templeton, CA) 16 18 14 QB Larry Garron 6-6 206 Sr 2.33 94 52 OK Webb (Claremont, CA) 8 9 05 QB Anthony Jarrett 6-0 202 Fr 3.45 66 85 OK South Fork (Miranda, CA) 3 7 16 QB Robert Keith 5-11 195 Fr 3.17 97 65 OK Roosevelt (Chicago, IL) 7 10 07 QB Sedrick Sanders 6-4 206 Sr 3.27 91 96 OK Onate (Las Cruces, NM) 15 17

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 190 Jr 1.80 60 49 OK Quinter (Quinter, KS) 7 9 42 RB Ryan Donckers 5-11 179 Sr 1.69 43 58 OK New Richmond (New Richmond, OH) 11 14 28 RB James Douglas 5-11 216 Fr 2.20 79 55 OK Lockland (Lockland, OH) 6 12 49 RB Elvis Logan 5-8 197 Sr 3.19 91 68 OK Trona (Trona, CA) 6 8 36 RB Malcolm Maston (S) 5-10 202 (Sr) 2.79 33 68 OK Jesuit (Sacramento, CA) 14 17 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 203 So 3.24 95 79 OK Foothill (Santa Ana, CA) 4 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 222 Jr 2.35 64 47 OK Medicine Lake (Medicine Lake, MT) 11 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 250 So 1.70 42 46 OK Manual Arts (Los Angeles, CA) 11 16

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 32 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Jr 3.64 60 79 OK Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, CA) 10 11 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 215 Jr 2.22 76 50 OK Livingston (Livingston, CA) 14 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 168 So 1.91 49 41 OK La Canada (La Canada, CA) 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 182 Jr 2.97 92 69 OK Calvary Temple (Modesto, CA) 14 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 184 Jr 2.97 72 66 OK Amador (Sutter Creek, CA) 15 18 53 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 191 Fr 2.57 68 63 OK Clovis East (Clovis, CA) 7 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 184 So 2.48 96 44 OK Colton (Colton, CA) 6 9 89 WR Dick Sayers 6-5 168 (Sr) 2.08 52 61 OK De Anza (Richmond, CA) 10 13 86 WR Lamar Woods 6-6 217 Sr 2.37 63 46 OK Pacifica (Garden Grove, CA) 7 8 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 241 Fr 3.40 56 74 OK Coldwater (Coldwater, MI) 6 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 234 Fr 2.39 74 58 OK Clare (Clare, MI) 8 14 87 TE Jermane West 6-3 235 Sr 3.98 54 75 OK Mission (San Francisco, CA) 5 7 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 266 Jr 2.76 70 68 OK Waynesville (Waynesville, OH) 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 303 So 3.87 65 80 OK Huntington Park (Huntington Park, CA) 3 5 71 OT Jim Hayes 6-5 330 (Sr) 2.93 78 71 OK Diamond Ranch (Pomona, CA) 10 12 67 OT Emmitt Coleman 6-3 305 Sr 2.36 86 56 OK Santa Ana (Santa Ana, CA) 5 6 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 313 Jr 2.19 99 49 OK Carroll (Southlake, TX) 11 17 76 OT Mike Walker (S) 6-4 332 Sr 2.13 69 63 OK Redmond (Redmond, OR) 11 14 77 OT Doug White 6-8 289 Fr 1.69 94 39 OK Bourgade Catholic (Phoenix, AZ) 6 11 78 OT Randy Williams 6-3 290 Fr 3.51 57 61 OK Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL) 8 14 70 OG David Carter 6-0 288 (Sr) 2.41 38 58 OK Nordhoff (Ojai, CA) 7 10 73 OG Eric Bieniemy 6-0 289 Sr 3.48 63 78 OK Tolman (Pawtucket, RI) 9 11 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 299 Jr 2.32 91 58 OK Orem (Orem, UT) 11 15 61 OG Justin Sulfsted 6-5 284 Fr 3.38 74 90 OK Casa Grande (Petaluma, CA) 1 5 60 OG Mike Bartrum 6-8 285 Fr 2.46 68 48 OK Porterville (Porterville, CA) 6 14 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 317 So 2.15 67 49 OK H.H. Dow (Midland, MI) 12 16 62 C Eric Evans (S) 6-2 283 Jr 3.95 86 80 OK Bremerton (Bremerton, WA) 11 14 72 C Lionel Donovan 6-4 313 So 1.95 65 61 OK Waterloo (Atwater, OH) 11 15 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 284 So 2.84 74 72 OK Dominguez (Compton, CA) 2 4

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 293 Jr 3.06 37 72 OK Green Hope (Morrisville, NC) 11 16 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 280 (So) 3.91 80 79 OK Marine City (Marine City, MI) 8 11 91 DE Kevin Putnam (S) 6-8 264 Jr 2.31 76 60 OK Kahuku (Kahuku, HI) 10 12 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 276 Jr 3.04 41 71 OK Upper Arlington (Columbus, OH) 7 12 92 DE Jim Stacy 6-8 273 So 2.47 25 60 OK Colusa (Colusa, CA) 9 15 99 DT Joshua Lewis (S) 6-6 295 Sr 2.02 94 53 OK Sherwood (Sandy Spring, MD) 12 14 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 296 Jr 3.44 40 75 OK Pointe Coupee Central (Morganza, LA) 5 8 98 DT Sam Mitchell 6-1 279 Fr 2.03 64 49 OK Cloverdale (Cloverdale, CA) 8 15 96 DT Donald Pardee 6-5 290 Sr 2.66 79 62 OK J.F. Kennedy (Richmond, CA) 5 7 95 DT Marcus Thompson (S) 6-7 288 (Sr) 2.26 72 51 OK Carmel (Carmel, CA) 11 14

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 234 (So) 1.70 62 48 OK North Summit (Coalville, UT) 10 14 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 233 Jr 3.97 65 87 OK Riverside Poly (Riverside, CA) 9 11 58 ILB Bernard Lipscomb 5-11 234 Sr 3.10 76 74 OK St. Dominic (O'Fallon, MO) 7 10 57 ILB Al Gross 5-11 226 Sr 2.04 71 64 OK Valley Christian (San Jose, CA) 4 6 40 OLB Calvin Carlton 6-1 233 (Sr) 2.28 54 57 OK Colton (Colton, CA) 7 10 44 OLB Trevor Malone (S) 6-1 244 Jr 2.38 88 65 OK Lowell (San Francisco, CA) 14 16 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 237 (Fr) 2.28 78 49 OK Hoopa Valley (Hoopa, CA) 8 11 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 250 So 2.49 81 40 OK Corvallis (Corvallis, OR) 10 15 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 222 Jr 2.46 54 56 OK Tehachapi (Tehachapi, CA) 6 7 45 OLB Jeff Williams 6-2 234 So 1.65 23 62 OK Mooreland (Mooreland, OK) 10 15

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 33 CB Dwone Secules (S) 5-11 194 Sr 1.89 65 61 OK Granite Bay (Granite Bay, CA) 13 17 30 CB Gerry Brown 6-2 184 Fr 2.11 99 53 OK Valdez (Valdez, AK) 9 13 24 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 168 Fr 1.98 47 57 OK Kern Valley (Lake Isabella, CA) 5 12 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 199 So 1.88 99 61 OK Lathrop (Fairbanks, AK) 13 17 43 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 193 Fr 2.26 55 65 OK Superior (Superior, AZ) 7 12 31 CB Wayne Cole 6-0 186 Sr 2.22 43 60 OK Calvary Chapel (Downey, CA) 12 14 27 FS Drayton Ryan 5-11 198 (Fr) 2.08 49 65 OK Utica (Utica, MI) 9 13 69 FS Harrison King 6-1 182 Fr 2.16 64 51 OK Leland (San Jose, CA) 4 7 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 203 So 3.04 34 63 OK Redwood (Larkspur, CA) 12 17 38 SS John Shaw 5-10 178 Fr 3.49 62 69 OK Bassett (La Puente, CA) 3 6 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 199 So 1.65 51 51 OK Jal (Jale, NM) 10 14 23 SS Courtney Carlton (S) 5-11 178 Sr 2.91 51 73 OK Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, CA) 10 13 48 SS Harry Bartrum 6-0 182 Fr 1.69 81 51 OK Box Elder (Brigham City, UT) 10 17

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 03 K Robert Smith 5-11 216 Fr 3.53 93 99 OK Helix (La Mesa, CA) 2 4 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Jr 3.70 80 99 OK Moanalua (Honolulu, HI) 16 18 15 P Bret Lelie (S) 6-0 217 Sr 2.71 94 69 OK Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg, SC) 9 12 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 205 So 3.00 79 63 OK Tulare Union (Tulare, CA) 2 3

[Eaglesfan27]

Here is a closer look at Randy who has won the starter's role yet again (note that his durability has improved a bit!):

Randy Collins, Quarterback USC Current/Potential RATING YARDS COMP% TD INT 16/18 USC Trojans
Attributes Morale: Unsure Height: 6-2 Weight: 183 Ideal Wt: 186 Jersey: 4 Age: 21 Year: Sr Status: OK Energy: 0 HS Ranking: #12 Pos Ranking: #2 QB	Position Ratings Passing Accuracy: 99 Passing Touch: 85 Running: 52 Hands: 67 Punt Return: 5 Kick Return: 9 Durability: 56 Endurance: 64	Athletic Ratings Arm Strength: 81 Acceleration: 28 Agility: 46 Speed: 49 Strength: 45 Jumping: 43 Instincts: 81 Aggressiveness: 32 Discipline: 25 Intelligence: 71 Work Ethic: 34	Personal Bests Attempts: 41 Completions: 30 Passing yards: 378 Longest pass: 73 Touchdowns: 5
Game Logs Week Opp Res Att Comp Comp% Yds Yds/A TD Int Lng Sack Rat R Yds YPC R TDs
Passing Statistics Year GP GS Comp-Att Comp% Yds Yds/A TD TD% Int Int% Lng GP BP Sack Rat 2006 12 12 190-286 66.4 2596 9.1 20 7.0 4 1.4 69 20 1 22 163.0 2007 11 11 156-250 62.4 2013 8.1 17 6.8 4 1.6 73 7 8 27 149.3 2008 7 7 132-184 71.7 1631 8.9 17 9.2 2 1.1 63 13 1 11 174.5 Total 30 30 478-720 66.4 6240 8.7 54 7.5 10 1.4 73 40 10 60 161.2
Rushing Statistics Year GP GS Rush Yds YPG YPC Lng TD CR MH Fum FLost Sack YL 2006 12 12 16 47 3.9 2.9 8 0 0 0 1 1 22 59 - 2007 11 11 20 28 2.5 1.4 7 0 0 0 1 1 27 115 - 2008 7 7 15 48 6.9 3.2 6 0 0 0 0 0 11 48 - Total 30 30 51 123 4.1 2.4 8 0 0 0 2 2 60 222 -
Turnover Statistics Year GP GS Ints Yds Avg RecF Yds Avg TD 2008 7 7 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 - - - - - - Total 30 30 0 0 0.0 2 0 0.0 0 - - - - - -
Scouting Report Potential Good coaching could help him develop accuracy at a top notch level. As he continues to grow, his touch passing game could become as good as the pros. His potential arm strength has coaches salivating. With sufficient practice time, he could develop quarterback instincts second to none.
Player Awards

[Galaxy]

How did the new UAB recruit? Was he a good recruiter at USC?

[Eaglesfan27]

Our Offensive coordinator wants to run a vertical offense which I definitely agree with.

Our DC wants to keep running the 4-3 which I like.


We only have 9 games scheduled and need to schedule 3 more.

We already have ND in the 1st week at their place.


I want an easy game in week 2, so I request Kansas come to our place.

None of the really good teams want to play us in week 3, so I request Iowa at their place.


Finally, in Week 12, I request a home and away with VT.


Kansas accepted in week 2.

Iowa declined my invitation to play at their place in week 3.

VT agreed to come to our place in week 12 as part of a home and away.

Only low ranking teams seem to want to play us in week 3, so I request Duke at our place.


Duke accepts and our schedule is full:

[Eaglesfan27]

USC Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 0-0 1st 1st 15th Excellent (85) 22nd 1st Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 at #20 Notre Dame - 2 Kansas - 3 Duke - 4 at #25 Arizona State - 5 #18 Wash State - 6 OPEN - 7 at Oregon State - 8 California - 9 at Oregon - 10 Stanford - 11 Washington - 12 Virginia Tech - 13 OPEN - 14 at #23 UCLA - 15 OPEN -	Pacific Ten Standings TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Arizona 0-0 0-0 0 0 Arizona State 0-0 0-0 0 0 California 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon State 0-0 0-0 0 0 Stanford 0-0 0-0 0 0 UCLA 0-0 0-0 0 0 USC 0-0 0-0 0 0 Washington 0-0 0-0 0 0 Wash State 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Rushing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Passing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by Galaxy

How did the new UAB recruit? Was he a good recruiter at USC?

He did well. 43rd is a great class for a team of their prestige IMO. I don't know that coaches make much of a difference in recruiting, but perhaps he helped. He certainly had a reputation as a GREAT developer of talent at every position.


Here is a look at UAB's info:

Alabama Birmingham Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 0-0 NR NR 43rd Low (37) 80th 3rd Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 at Texas A&M - 2 Iowa State - 3 at Oregon - 4 Tulsa - 5 at Houston - 6 Tulane - 7 at Memphis - 8 OPEN - 9 Central Florida - 10 at Marshall - 11 at East Carolina - 12 Southern Miss - 13 OPEN - 14 OPEN - 15 OPEN -	Conference USA Standings East Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA East Carolina 0-0 0-0 0 0 Memphis 0-0 0-0 0 0 Southern Miss 0-0 0-0 0 0 Alabama Birmingham 0-0 0-0 0 0 Central Florida 0-0 0-0 0 0 Marshall 0-0 0-0 0 0 West Division TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Houston 0-0 0-0 0 0 Tulane 0-0 0-0 0 0 Rice 0-0 0-0 0 0 Southern Methodist 0-0 0-0 0 0 Tulsa 0-0 0-0 0 0 UTEP 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Rushing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Passing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0

[Eaglesfan27]

Interesting, he is going to be running an option attack at UAB. Quite different than his preferred offense while he was with me.

Edit: By the way, his name is Josh Grandberry (in case he moves, I gotta remember his name )

[Eaglesfan27]

We redshirt quite a few players this year:


QB Robert Keith - He could be a good #2 QB one day. Might as well save a year of eligibility.

WR Alfred Mcllhenny (who is a great kick returner, and I almost didn't redshirt him due to that.)

OT Doug White

OG Mike Bartrum who is raw.

CB Henri Alexander



As we prepare to start the season, I see a lot of guys with academic problems and we have to use a lot of extra tutoring hours. Hopefully, this doesn't hurt us later.



Here is a final look at our depth chart as we prepare to start the season:

USC Depth Chart Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Offense QUARTERBACK (2) HALFBACK (2) FULLBACK (2) SPLIT END(3) FLANKER (3) TIGHT END (2) R. Collins M. Maston T. Seau B. Kelley J. Jones E. Williams S. Sanders R. Donckers L. Liske M. Howard M. Howard A. Morgan L. Garron J. Douglas D. Dishman L. Franklin L. Franklin L. Milton A. Jarrett L. Armstrong - D. Sayers D. Sayers J. West LEFT TACKLE (2) LEFT GUARD(2) CENTER (2) RIGHT GUARD (2) RIGHT TACKLE (2) WING BACK M. Walker D. Woods L. Donovan M. Meade S. Alexander R. Donckers J. Hayes E. Bieniemy E. Evans E. Bieniemy R. Williams L. Liske R. Williams D. Carter T. DeLamielleure D. Carter J. Hayes T. Seau E. Coleman J. Sulfsted - J. Sulfsted E. Coleman J. Douglas SHORT YARD QB (2) SHORT YARD RB (2) 3RD DOWN RB (2) PASS DOWN FB (2) 3RD WR (2) PASS DOWN TE (2) R. Collins M. Maston M. Maston L. Liske M. Howard E. Williams S. Sanders T. Seau R. Donckers T. Seau L. Franklin A. Morgan L. Garron R. Donckers L. Armstrong D. Dishman D. Sayers L. Milton A. Jarrett L. Liske E. Logan - L. Counts J. West

Defense LEFT DE (2) NOSE TACKLE (2) 4-3 DT (2) RIGHT DE (2) PASS DE (3) PASS DT (3) B. Adams J. Lewis M. Thompson K. Putnam M. Thompson B. Adams J. Stacy S. Mitchell S. Mitchell J. Stacy J. Lewis K. Putnam J. Conwell M. Thompson D. Pardee J. Conwell B. Adams J. Stacy S. Amundson D. Pardee T. McKenzie S. Amundson K. Putnam J. Conwell 5TH DL (2) STRONGSIDE LB (2) WEAKSIDE LB (2) MIDDLE LB (2) 3-4 RIGHT ILB (2) NICKEL LB (2) J. Stacy T. Malone T. Coleman J. Bratton R. Peete T. Malone S. Mitchell J. Williams J. Williams R. Peete B. Lipscomb T. Coleman S. Amundson C. Carlton C. Carlton B. Lipscomb A. Gross J. Bratton J. Conwell I. Staley I. Staley A. Gross - J. Williams PRIMARY CB (2) SECONDARY CB (2) FREE SAFETY (2) STRONG SAFETY (2) NICKEL DB (2) D. Secules T. Betters N. Ferrario H. Bartrum W. Cole W. Cole W. Cole D. Ryan K. Thompson H. Bartrum G. Brown G. Brown H. King C. Carlton K. Thompson E. Evans E. Evans - J. Shaw G. Brown

Special Teams GUNNER (1) COV. #2 (1) COV. #3 (1) COV. #4 (1) COV. #5 (1) COV. #6 (1) L. Counts I. Staley T. Seau J. Williams C. Carlton C. Carlton COV. #7 (1) COV. #8 (1) COV. #9 (1) COV. #10 (1) COV. #11 (1) HOLDER (1) H. King K. Thompson A. Morgan L. Liske W. Cole B. Lewis B. Lelie S. Sanders - KICKER (1) PUNTER (1) KICKOFF (1) LONG SNAPPER (1) KICK RETURNER (2) PUNT RETURNER (2) M. Mason B. Lelie M. Mason J. West T. Betters T. Betters R. Smith B. Lewis R. Smith E. Bieniemy B. Kelley G. Brown B. Lelie M. Mason - J. Hayes K. Posey D. Secules - - - - - -

[Eaglesfan27]

Of Note, Superstar Freshman Harry Bartrum has won the SS spot and will start on day 1.


We are #1 in the polls heading into the first week.


Preview:

Today we play Notre Dame at their place. Our Coaches believe Notre Dame has similar talent level on offense! They believe our defense is slightly better. They believe our overall team is slightly better.

Their QB Terry Brockington has the potential to be one of the Heisman candidates this year.

Their talented defense is led by FS Charlie Stevens who was the #1 Player in the Country a few years ago.



Gameplan:

Our OC wants to run the same gameplan as last year, our throw first to set up the run. Lots of 3 and 4 WR sets.

Our DC wants to run a lot of Nickelback against their star QB. We are also going to blitz quite a bit.

[Eaglesfan27]

They have over 80,000 fans here. We are 7 point favorites on the road.


Betters is tackled on the 12.

After a 22 yard run by Malcolm, Randy underthrows his receiver on his first pass.

Next play Randy throws it to Jerry for 23 yards.

Malcolm runs for 15 on the next play.

Randy throws it to Jerry for 13.

Randy scrambles for 3 and hurts his elbow, but doesn't have to leave the game.

Malcolm runs for 12 the next play.

Malcolm with a 2 yard run for a TD. 5 carries for 50 yards, mostly out of the singleback set with 3 WR's spreading the field. 7-0.



We force a 3 and out with good solid defense.

We start on our 36.


Randy dissects their defense (which really has a lot of talented players) and we march 64 yards in 8 plays. The drive ends with a 9 yard Malcolm TD! 14-0. Randy was 4 for 4 for 42 yards on that drive.


We force a 3 and out despite their talented QB trying to spread the ball around.


We start on our 38.


Randy hits Howard for 37 yards on a deep comeback pass.

Randy with a 16 yard pass to Franklin gets us inside the 10.

2 plays later, Randy connects with Franklin for a 7 yard TD! 21-0.



Patrick Benson with a dazzling reverse in which we had him bottled up, but he somehow avoided 2 tackles to make a 25 yard run.

A play later, Benson catches a short pass, jukes my defender, and runs it up the sideline for a 40 yard TD! 21-7. Their offense really has a huge number of talented players (like mine) and I knew we wouldn't hold them for forever.



End of 1: 21-7 lead for us.



Randy throws a little hook to Howard, he jukes a man, runs for 22 yards.

They are playing good downfield coverage this drive, but Randy is picking them apart on the short stuff as he checks down.

We drive inside the 30, but fail to convert 3rd and 2. We go for it on 4th and 2, and Randy hits Kelley for 8 yards.

Randy hands off to Ryan Donckers for a 5 yard TD to end a 15 play 80 yard drive. 28-7. We've scored a TD on every drive so far.



Hank Tucker, their star HB, finally breaks a run for 18 yards.

On 2nd and 5, Harry Bartrum gets his first sack as he blitzes through the middle for a loss of 1.

They settle for a FG after failing to convert 3rd and 6. 28-10 USC leads.


Lennox Franklin hurts his knee bad on this drive and has to leave the game


A few plays later, Randy ends a 7 play 59 yard drive with a 9 yard strike to Dick Sayers on the crossing route. 35-10!



They start on their 33 with under 2 minutes to go.


We force a 3 and out.

They punt with under 40 seconds left.


We run the ball and run out the clock.



Halftime: 35-10 lead for us. Randy's stats: 16 of 20 for 216 yards 2 TD's 0 INT's.




We force a 3 and out to start the 2nd half.

We start on our 30.


Randy is sacked on 2nd down and we run it on 3rd and 9. Interesting call by my coordinator. We get 8 yards on 3rd and 9 and end up punting.


Brockington hits Benson in stride down the sideline and they score on a 56 yard TD pass. Benson is amazing. 35-17.



A good kickoff return by Betters start us at our 36.

They sack Randy on 3rd and 8 and we punt from their 40.


They start on their 18.

They have a nice drive going, but Kevin Thompson comes up from the SS position and sacks their QB on 3rd and 7.

They punt it and it is a touchback.


Randy tried scrambling and their DT forced a fumble with a hard hit. ND recovers it.

They drive inside the 30, but Marcus Thompson has a key sack which forces a FG attempt. 41 yard FG is good. 35-20.


End of 3: USC 35 - ND 20.


We get it on the 40 as they kick it out of bounds.


Randy throws a pick to star FS Charlie Stevens to start our drive.

Our defense stuffs their HB 2 times and we stop them on 3rd. They attempt a 44 yard FG attempt but Courtney Carlton blocked it.


Malcolm is stuffed on 3rd and 1 and we end up punting. A great punt return gets them the ball on our 42 to start.

Joshua Lewis with a 5 yard sack on the first play.

Putnam sacks the QB the next play for 4 yard loss.

We force them to punt.



They punt it to the 4 yard line.

They stuff us on 2 runs. Randy throws a good pass to Kelley, but the cornerback nails Kelley and forces an incompletion.

We punt it to our own 43 as it is a bad punt.

We stop them after they drive inside the 25 and they kick a 39 yard FG. 35-23 with 6 minutes left.


Randy hits Jerry Jones on a fly pattern and he makes a 73 yard reception before being tracked down. 2 plays later Donckers runs it in from 6 yards out. 42-23.


Harry Bartrum intercepts a slant on their 2nd play of this drive! Harry with quite the nice game!


Randy is tackled before he can hand it off, and he is hurt. He ends up leaving the game!


We end up driving close enoug to connect on a 53 yard FG. 45-23 lead for us.



Jim Stacey ges a sack on 2nd and 3.

DT Sam Mitchell, the true freshman, gets his first sack after they convert the 3rd down play.

They go for it on 4th and 4, and we defend the pass. We get the ball on their 37 with 50 seconds left.


We run out the clock.


Game over. 45-23 win!

Pros: Randy looked very good. The defense looked great in the first quarter.

Cons: Malcolm looked great the first drive, but became tired and much less explosive the rest of the game.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (1-0) 21 14 0 10 0 45 Notre Dame (0-1) 7 3 10 3 0 23
Team Statistics USC ND First Downs 29 15 Rushing 11 4 Passing 18 11 Penalty 0 0 3rd-down Efficiency 7-15 5-16 4th-down Efficiency 1-2 0-0 Total Net Yards 510 342 Total plays 80 70 Average gain 6.4 4.9 Net Yards Rushing 136 49 Rushes 43 28 Average per rush 3.2 1.8 Net Yards Passing 374 293 Completed-attempted 26-35 23-35 Yards per pass 10.7 8.4 Sacked-yards lost 2-6 7-24 Had intercepted 1 1 Punts-average 4-39.8 6-47.5 Return Yardage 130 220 Punts-returns 2-20 1-42 Kickoffs-returns 4-104 7-168 Interceptions-returns 1-6 1-10 Penalties-yards 2-45 5-49 Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0 Touchdowns 6 2 Rushing 4 0 Passing 2 2 Extra Points 6-6 2-2 Field Goals 1-1 3-4 Red Zone Efficiency 6-6-100% 0-0-0% Time Of Possession 32:30 27:30	First Quarter USC TD 11:23 7-0 Malcolm Maston 2 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 05:25 14-0 Malcolm Maston 9 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 01:37 21-0 Lennox Franklin 7 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). ND TD 00:00 21-7 Patrick Benson 40 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). Second Quarter USC TD 08:48 28-7 Ryan Donckers 5 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). ND FG 04:38 28-10 Adesola Middleton 42 YD USC TD 01:55 35-10 Dick Sayers 9 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). Third Quarter ND TD 10:09 35-17 Patrick Benson 56 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). ND FG 00:00 35-20 Adesola Middleton 41 YD Fourth Quarter ND FG 06:23 35-23 Adesola Middleton 39 YD USC TD 04:48 42-23 Ryan Donckers 6 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). USC FG 02:15 45-23 Matt Mason 52 YD
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 23/31 342 2 1 73 2-6 QB S. Sanders 3/4 32 0 0 19 0-0	ND PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB T. Brockington 23/35 293 2 1 56 7-24
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 30 103 3.40 2 22 QB R. Collins 4 22 5.50 0 16 RB R. Donckers 5 16 3.20 2 6 FB T. Seau 1 2 2.00 0 2 QB L. Garron 1 -1 -1.00 0 0	ND RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB H. Tucker 8 31 3.90 0 18 WR P. Benson 3 24 8.00 0 25 QB T. Brockington 5 11 2.20 0 6 RB V. Haley 3 8 2.70 0 4 FB O. Mannelly 2 -1 -0.50 0 0
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 9 4 113 28.20 27 0 73 0 WR M. Howard 9 8 111 13.90 37 0 37 0 WR B. Kelley 9 6 53 8.80 19 0 18 0 WR L. Franklin 5 4 53 13.20 12 1 16 0 RB M. Maston 2 1 19 19.00 6 0 19 0 TE A. Morgan 1 1 11 11.00 3 0 11 0 WR D. Sayers 1 1 9 9.00 2 1 9 0 RB R. Donckers 1 1 5 5.00 0 0 5 0	ND RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR P. Benson 13 6 135 22.50 45 2 56 0 WR Q. Hallen 11 7 55 7.90 6 0 17 0 WR B. Davis 3 2 32 16.00 3 0 24 1 RB V. Haley 2 2 28 14.00 12 0 14 0 TE M. Winston 4 3 27 9.00 9 0 14 0 RB H. Tucker 5 2 13 6.50 7 0 10 0 WR C. Green 3 2 0 0.00 3 0 3 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS C L. Donovan 1 2 0 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 2 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 1 1 0 0 0 TE E. Williams 1 0 1 0 0 C E. Evans 1 0 0 0 0 OG D. Woods 1 0 0 0 0 OT M. Walker 0 1 1 0 0	ND O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG M. Bradshaw 0 4 0 0 0 C N. Smith 0 1 1 0 0 OT R. Mickens 0 0 4 0 0 OG C. Long 0 0 0 1 0 OT J. Smith 0 0 2 0 0
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS QB R. Collins 1 1 0 0	ND FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS CB R. Thomas 0 0 1 0
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 1/1 52 6/6 9	ND KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K A. Middleton 3/4 42 2/2 11
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 4 39.80 29.20 0 0 58	ND PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P F. Davis 6 47.50 40.80 1 1 53
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 4 26.00 0 37	ND KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FS C. Stevens 7 24.00 0 31
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 2 10.00 0 13 1	ND PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC WR K. Dressel 1 42.00 0 42 0
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Malone 6-2 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Coleman 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS N. Ferrario 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS H. Bartrum 3-2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 DE K. Putnam 3-0 1 1 3 0 0 0 0 DT M. Thompson 2-0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Adams 2-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 1-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SS K. Thompson 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DT S. Mitchell 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Stacy 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0	ND DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB R. Fernandez 7-4 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 FS C. Stevens 7-1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 OLB J. Moore 6-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB R. Thomas 4-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DT W. Morris 4-2 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 OLB R. Sims 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS E. Turner 2-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Herron 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Rivers 1-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ILB A. Walton 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Burton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE C. Veals 0-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Patrick Benson, Wide Receiver Rec Yards YAC TD LNG 6 135 45 2 56	Game Information Attendance: 80,225 Temperature: 79 Weather: Slightly overcast

[Eaglesfan27]

Oh No! The game is hanging up on saving. I saved a backup copy at the end of last season (like I always do) but if this doesn't resolve, we might lose the whole offseason


Edit: That would only be the case if this save becomes corrupted. Otherwise, I'll just lose the ND game.

[Eaglesfan27]

Dola - I'm just going to leave my computer open for a while and see if it resolves..

[Karlifornia]

The last game seals it! I'm officially changing my signature in honor of our hero!

[Eaglesfan27]

The Good news is that the save file wasn't corrupted.

The bad news is that I apparently haven't saved since Week 16 of the offseason (2nd to last week of recruiting.) Hopefully, I get the same late signings this time around.


I'll redo that and training camp in a day or two (as well as the ND game.)

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by RadioFriendlyUnitShifter

The last game seals it! I'm officially changing my signature in honor of our hero!

Awesome

Now, I have to make sure to resume this game tomorrow

[MizzouRah]

That sucks when a game does something like that. I hope you can replicate those missed weeks.

[Eaglesfan27]

Yeah, it does suck, but I'm over it now. The training camp is the biggest pain in the ass, as I've realized over the last year that doing training myself yields much better results than just using the suggest all button (the CPU wastes too many points on adaptability in my opinion.)

I'm just hoping that recruiting and the training play out about the same. Of course, I don't remember the exact numbers I used for everyone's training, so they'll probably turn out a bit different.

Well already, one thing has turned out different. I offered WR King a scholarship at the same time I did last year, but he chose UCLA instead. I hate alternating history, but I made a good faith effort to get King again even though he was looking like a bust for me. Otherwise, I signed all of the same guys this time.

[MizzouRah]

Well, not as bad as it could have been I guess.

[Eaglesfan27]

This has taught me to remember to save every week. Duke refused to play us this season, so instead we have Navy in week 3. Also, since we didn't get that crappy WR, our class ranking rose from 15th to 11th. Here is a look at the revised schedule:

USC Team Overview Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |
Team Info RECORD COACH POLL MEDIA POLL RECRUIT CLASS PRESTIGE STRENGTH OF CONF PROJ 0-0 1st 1st 11th Excellent (85) 23rd 1st Place
Team Schedule WEEK OPPONENT SCORE 1 at #19 Notre Dame - 2 Kansas - 3 Navy - 4 at Arizona State - 5 #22 Wash State - 6 OPEN - 7 at Oregon State - 8 California - 9 at Oregon - 10 Stanford - 11 Washington - 12 #24 Virginia Tech - 13 OPEN - 14 at #23 UCLA - 15 OPEN -	Pacific Ten Standings TEAM W-L CONF W-L PF PA Arizona 0-0 0-0 0 0 Arizona State 0-0 0-0 0 0 California 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon 0-0 0-0 0 0 Oregon State 0-0 0-0 0 0 Stanford 0-0 0-0 0 0 UCLA 0-0 0-0 0 0 USC 0-0 0-0 0 0 Washington 0-0 0-0 0 0 Wash State 0-0 0-0 0 0
Team Injury Report POS NAME INJURY STATUS	Team Stats OFFENSE DEFENSE Total Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Rushing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0 Passing Yards/Game 0.0 0.0

[Eaglesfan27]

Here is a look at the roster this time around (doesn't look like any truly drastic changes, just some minor ones.):

USC Team Roster Links: | Attributes | Depth Chart | Off/Def Ratings | Overview | Roster | Special Teams Ratings | Stats |

Quarterbacks # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 18 QB Bill Christensen 6-3 208 Fr 2.76 79 62 OK Gladstone (Covina, CA) 3 6 04 QB Randy Collins (S) 6-2 183 Sr 3.24 28 66 OK Templeton (Templeton, CA) 16 17 14 QB Larry Garron 6-6 206 Sr 2.47 88 52 OK Webb (Claremont, CA) 8 9 03 QB Robert Keith 5-11 195 (Fr) 3.06 97 72 Redshirt Roosevelt (Chicago, IL) 6 9 07 QB Sedrick Sanders 6-4 206 Sr 3.40 96 90 OK Onate (Las Cruces, NM) 15 17

Running Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 29 RB Lawrence Armstrong 5-9 190 Jr 1.89 57 52 OK Quinter (Quinter, KS) 7 8 42 RB Ryan Donckers 5-11 179 Sr 2.42 45 63 OK New Richmond (New Richmond, OH) 11 14 26 RB James Douglas 5-11 216 Fr 2.39 79 55 OK Lockland (Lockland, OH) 6 12 49 RB Elvis Logan 5-8 197 Sr 3.30 91 72 OK Trona (Trona, CA) 6 8 36 RB Malcolm Maston (S) 5-10 202 (Sr) 2.82 31 64 OK Jesuit (Sacramento, CA) 14 17 39 FB David Dishman 6-2 203 So 3.57 92 81 OK Foothill (Santa Ana, CA) 4 7 34 FB Louis Liske 6-0 222 Jr 1.93 63 50 OK Medicine Lake (Medicine Lake, MT) 11 15 47 FB Tony Seau (S) 5-11 251 So 2.13 42 49 OK Manual Arts (Los Angeles, CA) 12 17

Receivers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 11 WR Leon Counts 6-2 180 Jr 3.29 57 76 OK Santa Rosa (Santa Rosa, CA) 10 12 80 WR Lennox Franklin 6-5 215 Jr 2.44 73 52 OK Livingston (Livingston, CA) 13 17 68 WR Michael Howard 5-9 168 So 2.50 49 45 OK La Canada (La Canada, CA) 14 18 83 WR Jerry Jones (S) 6-6 182 Jr 3.02 92 67 OK Calvary Temple (Modesto, CA) 14 18 85 WR Billy Kelley (S) 6-1 184 Jr 3.02 73 70 OK Amador (Sutter Creek, CA) 15 18 25 WR Alfred McIlhenny 6-1 191 (Fr) 2.94 68 66 Redshirt Clovis East (Clovis, CA) 7 12 82 WR Kevin Posey 6-3 184 So 2.20 95 46 OK Colton (Colton, CA) 6 9 89 WR Dick Sayers 6-5 168 (Sr) 2.35 55 58 OK De Anza (Richmond, CA) 11 13 86 WR Lamar Woods 6-6 217 Sr 1.93 59 43 OK Pacifica (Garden Grove, CA) 6 8 81 TE Lawrence Milton 6-2 241 Fr 3.58 57 74 OK Coldwater (Coldwater, MI) 6 12 84 TE Artose Morgan 6-6 234 Fr 2.20 78 59 OK Clare (Clare, MI) 8 15 87 TE Jermane West 6-3 235 Sr 3.80 58 73 OK Mission (San Francisco, CA) 5 7 88 TE Eric Williams (S) 6-2 266 Jr 2.84 70 64 OK Waynesville (Waynesville, OH) 11 14

Offensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 66 OT Steve Alexander (S) 6-8 313 Jr 2.19 94 56 OK Carroll (Southlake, TX) 11 15 74 OT Ricky Hamilton 6-0 303 So 3.97 65 73 OK Huntington Park (Huntington Park, CA) 2 6 71 OT Jim Hayes 6-5 330 (Sr) 2.62 78 69 OK Diamond Ranch (Pomona, CA) 10 12 67 OT Emmitt Coleman 6-3 305 Sr 1.83 96 56 OK Santa Ana (Santa Ana, CA) 5 7 76 OT Mike Walker (S) 6-4 332 Sr 2.24 75 64 OK Redmond (Redmond, OR) 12 13 79 OT Doug White 6-8 289 (Fr) 2.47 92 46 Redshirt Bourgade Catholic (Phoenix, AZ) 7 13 77 OT Randy Williams 6-3 291 Fr 2.83 58 71 OK Boylan Catholic (Rockford, IL) 8 14 60 OG Mike Bartrum 6-8 285 (Fr) 2.06 70 57 Redshirt Porterville (Porterville, CA) 6 15 78 OG Buddy Lang 6-0 272 Fr 2.33 45 53 OK Hilltop (Chula Vista, CA) 1 4 73 OG Eric Bieniemy 6-0 289 Sr 3.70 56 70 OK Tolman (Pawtucket, RI) 9 12 65 OG Mike Meade (S) 6-3 299 Jr 1.81 92 57 OK Orem (Orem, UT) 11 15 70 OG David Carter 6-0 288 (Sr) 1.70 39 64 OK Nordhoff (Ojai, CA) 7 10 75 OG Dan Woods (S) 6-1 317 So 2.30 66 51 OK H.H. Dow (Midland, MI) 11 16 55 C Thad DeLamielleure 6-6 284 So 2.84 73 71 OK Dominguez (Compton, CA) 1 4 62 C Eric Evans 6-2 283 Jr 3.49 79 68 OK Bremerton (Bremerton, WA) 12 14 72 C Lionel Donovan (S) 6-4 313 So 1.70 74 53 OK Waterloo (Atwater, OH) 12 15

Defensive Lineman # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 93 DE Brad Adams (S) 6-2 293 Jr 3.35 39 67 OK Green Hope (Morrisville, NC) 12 15 91 DE Kevin Putnam 6-8 264 Jr 2.48 75 60 OK Kahuku (Kahuku, HI) 10 11 97 DE Sam Amundson 6-7 276 Jr 2.94 41 71 OK Upper Arlington (Columbus, OH) 8 12 94 DE John Conwell 6-1 280 (So) 3.64 80 77 OK Marine City (Marine City, MI) 8 12 92 DE Jim Stacy (S) 6-8 274 So 2.26 25 58 OK Colusa (Colusa, CA) 11 15 90 DT Trace McKenzie 6-3 296 Jr 3.29 46 73 OK Pointe Coupee Central (Morganza, LA) 4 7 98 DT Sam Mitchell 6-1 279 Fr 1.72 68 53 OK Cloverdale (Cloverdale, CA) 8 14 96 DT Donald Pardee 6-5 290 Sr 2.28 85 65 OK J.F. Kennedy (Richmond, CA) 4 7 99 DT Joshua Lewis (S) 6-6 295 Sr 2.27 99 54 OK Sherwood (Sandy Spring, MD) 12 14 95 DT Marcus Thompson (S) 6-7 288 (Sr) 2.25 72 56 OK Carmel (Carmel, CA) 11 14

Linebackers # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 56 ILB Robert Peete 6-1 233 Jr 3.41 67 81 OK Riverside Poly (Riverside, CA) 10 11 58 ILB Bernard Lipscomb 5-11 234 Sr 3.08 70 64 OK St. Dominic (O'Fallon, MO) 8 9 46 ILB Jeremiah Bratton (S) 6-2 234 (So) 2.03 62 49 OK North Summit (Coalville, UT) 9 14 57 ILB Al Gross 5-11 226 Sr 1.73 63 54 OK Valley Christian (San Jose, CA) 4 6 40 OLB Calvin Carlton 6-1 233 (Sr) 2.55 47 68 OK Colton (Colton, CA) 8 9 50 OLB Irving Staley 5-11 237 (Fr) 2.38 80 40 OK Hoopa Valley (Hoopa, CA) 7 11 44 OLB Trevor Malone (S) 6-1 244 Jr 2.24 98 66 OK Lowell (San Francisco, CA) 13 18 59 OLB Tim Coleman (S) 6-1 250 So 1.93 82 47 OK Corvallis (Corvallis, OR) 10 14 45 OLB Jeff Williams 6-2 234 So 1.82 23 56 OK Mooreland (Mooreland, OK) 10 14 52 OLB Detron Allen 6-1 222 Jr 2.20 46 57 OK Tehachapi (Tehachapi, CA) 6 8

Defensive Backs # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 24 CB Gerry Brown 6-2 184 Fr 2.30 99 55 OK Valdez (Valdez, AK) 9 12 32 CB E.J. Evans 6-1 193 Fr 1.72 66 62 OK Superior (Superior, AZ) 8 11 33 CB Dwone Secules (S) 5-11 194 Sr 1.81 75 50 OK Granite Bay (Granite Bay, CA) 12 15 37 CB Terry Betters (S) 5-11 199 So 2.40 99 52 OK Lathrop (Fairbanks, AK) 12 16 35 CB Henri Alexander 6-1 168 (Fr) 2.08 48 57 Redshirt Kern Valley (Lake Isabella, CA) 5 12 31 CB Wayne Cole 6-0 186 Sr 2.10 53 49 OK Calvary Chapel (Downey, CA) 12 14 41 FS Nate Ferrario (S) 6-1 203 So 3.06 35 62 OK Redwood (Larkspur, CA) 11 16 27 FS Drayton Ryan 5-11 198 (Fr) 1.81 58 65 OK Utica (Utica, MI) 9 12 22 SS Kevin Thompson 5-10 199 So 1.72 60 50 OK Jal (Jale, NM) 9 16 21 SS Harry Bartrum (S) 6-0 182 Fr 1.73 81 65 OK Box Elder (Brigham City, UT) 10 18 28 SS Gary Darling 5-11 184 Fr 2.61 86 70 OK Upland (Upland, CA) 1 7 23 SS Courtney Carlton 5-11 178 Sr 3.12 63 65 OK Notre Dame (Sherman Oaks, CA) 10 13

Special teams # POS NAME HT WT YR GPA WE INT STATUS High School OVR POT 01 K Jerry Reich 6-4 181 Fr 1.66 76 63 OK Alta Loma (Alta Loma, CA) 3 4 08 K Matt Mason (S) 6-0 194 Jr 3.93 88 99 OK Moanalua (Honolulu, HI) 15 18 09 P Ben Lewis 6-1 205 So 2.99 80 63 OK Tulare Union (Tulare, CA) 4 4 15 P Bret Lelie (S) 6-0 217 Sr 2.68 94 61 OK Batesburg-Leesville (Batesburg, SC) 11 12

[Eaglesfan27]

Not typing out a game description this time, since I don't feel like looking too in-depth at a "replay" game, but there were some very interesting results. Our defense had more trouble with ND's offense this time, but our offense was virtually unstoppable. Randy had an amazing game (even more amazing is that he didn't get hurt ) Here is the boxscore:

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (1-0) 7 16 27 7 0 57 Notre Dame (0-1) 0 28 0 15 0 43
Team Statistics USC ND First Downs 27 30 Rushing 7 7 Passing 17 20 Penalty 3 3 3rd-down Efficiency 6-11 5-14 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 1-1 Total Net Yards 585 541 Total plays 65 85 Average gain 9 6.4 Net Yards Rushing 97 148 Rushes 32 41 Average per rush 3 3.6 Net Yards Passing 488 393 Completed-attempted 26-30 29-41 Yards per pass 16.3 9.6 Sacked-yards lost 3-18 3-15 Had intercepted 0 1 Punts-average 4-45.2 6-40.2 Return Yardage 189 263 Punts-returns 2-1 2-23 Kickoffs-returns 4-165 8-240 Interceptions-returns 1-23 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-49 5-31 Fumbles-lost 1-0 1-0 Touchdowns 8 6 Rushing 3 0 Passing 5 6 Extra Points 6-7 5-5 Field Goals 1-1 0-2 Red Zone Efficiency 4-5-80% 3-3-100% Time Of Possession 27:36 32:24	First Quarter USC TD 01:59 7-0 Jerry Jones 55 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). Second Quarter ND TD 12:34 7-7 Patrick Benson 36 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). USC TD 11:44 14-7 Malcolm Maston 4 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). ND TD 08:45 14-14 Melvin Winston 4 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). USC TD 05:45 20-14 Billy Kelley 5 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick Failed). ND TD 05:20 21-20 Qasim Hallen 44 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). USC FG 01:57 23-21 Matt Mason 40 YD ND TD 00:08 28-23 Patrick Benson 42 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). Third Quarter USC TD 14:22 29-28 Michael Howard 81 YD Pass from Randy Collins (2 Pts Failed) USC TD 12:18 36-28 Jerry Jones 45 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 08:23 43-28 Michael Howard 61 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 03:26 50-28 Malcolm Maston 2 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). Fourth Quarter USC TD 03:56 57-28 Malcolm Maston 1 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). ND TD 02:04 57-35 Calvin Green 1 YD Pass from Terry Brockington (Adesola Middleton Kick). ND TD 00:09 57-43 Calvin Green 4 YD Pass from Dick Strachan (2 Pts - David Bates Pass from Dick Strachan)
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 24/28 438 5 0 81 3-18 QB S. Sanders 2/2 50 0 0 46 0-0	ND PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB T. Brockington 25/34 362 5 1 69 3-15 QB D. Strachan 4/7 31 1 0 13 0-0
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 20 86 4.30 3 11 RB R. Donckers 5 30 6.00 0 15 WR M. Howard 1 1 1.00 0 1 QB R. Collins 2 0 0.00 0 4 QB S. Sanders 1 -2 -2.00 0 0	ND RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB H. Tucker 20 89 4.40 0 12 RB V. Haley 13 61 4.70 0 15 QB T. Brockington 4 12 3.00 0 4 WR P. Benson 1 1 1.00 0 1
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR M. Howard 7 7 181 25.90 89 2 81 0 WR J. Jones 5 4 136 34.00 24 2 55 0 WR B. Kelley 8 7 85 12.10 34 1 26 0 WR L. Franklin 8 5 80 16.00 8 0 46 0 RB M. Maston 2 2 4 2.00 4 0 3 0 TE E. Williams 1 1 2 2.00 1 0 2 0	ND RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP TE M. Winston 7 6 99 16.50 44 1 69 0 WR P. Benson 12 6 97 16.20 42 2 42 1 WR C. Green 9 8 71 8.90 23 2 19 0 WR Q. Hallen 7 6 63 10.50 13 1 44 0 RB H. Tucker 3 2 40 20.00 27 0 25 1 RB V. Haley 1 1 8 8.00 8 0 8 0 WR B. McDaniel 3 1 6 6.00 1 0 6 1
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT M. Walker 0 1 0 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 1 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 0 1 2 0 0 C E. Evans 0 1 0 0 0 C L. Donovan 1 0 0 0 0 OT R. Williams 0 0 1 0 0	ND O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS TE M. Winston 1 1 0 0 0 OG C. Long 0 2 3 0 1 OG M. Bradshaw 0 1 0 0 0
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS CB T. Betters 1 0 0 0 OLB J. Williams 0 0 1 0	ND FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS WR C. Green 1 0 0 0 C B. Gross 0 0 1 0
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 1/1 40 6/7 9	ND KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K A. Middleton 0/2 0 5/5 5
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 4 45.20 39.50 0 0 53	ND PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P F. Davis 6 40.20 36.70 0 1 53
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 4 41.20 0 98	ND KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FS C. Stevens 7 32.10 0 45 WR Q. Hallen 1 15.00 0 15
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 2 0.50 0 2 0	ND PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB M. Harris 2 11.50 0 17 0
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS N. Ferrario 6-6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Malone 6-3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 SS H. Bartrum 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 4-0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 OLB T. Coleman 3-5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB J. Bratton 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE B. Adams 1-1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Williams 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT M. Thompson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Thompson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS D. Ryan 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 0-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 0-2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0	ND DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB A. Walton 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Moore 6-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS E. Turner 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB R. Sims 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE D. Coakley 3-0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB R. Thomas 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS C. Stevens 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS J. Herron 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS R. Arrington 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB R. Fernandez 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 WR P. Sydner 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 DE C. Veals 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Rivers 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB R. Mandich 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Randy Collins, Quarterback CP/AT Yards TD INT RUSH 24/28 438 5 0 0	Game Information Attendance: 80,225 Temperature: 79 Weather: Slightly overcast

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 2:

Injury Report:

Backup MLB Robert Peete ore a ligament in his thumb. He is doubtful for this week (and probably the next few weeks.)


Polls:


We remain at #1.



UAB update:

They actually had the 41st best class this time around. Their first game is in week 2.


Preview:

Today we host Kansas. Our offense is 3rd in the nation. Our defense is 110th after ND tore us up. Kansas has the 61st best offense and 93rd best defense. Their QB Charles Sams is average at best, and he is their best player. This game should be a HUGE blowout.

We are 29 point favorites.


Gameplanning:

We are using our wide open offense, and a balanced defense.

[Eaglesfan27]

Full house today as usual at the Coliseum.


We kickoff and they start on our 43 thanks to a great kickoff return!

Their mediocre halfback slashes for 21 yards on their 1st play.

We stop them on the next 2 plays, but they convert on a 3rd and 10 and then throw a 9 yard TD pass! Crud.. Our defense needs to get it together. 7-0.



On the first series, Randy hurts his hip while handing off! He is done for the day.

We get inside the 25, but they stop us! We kick the FG. 7-3.



Another very good kickoff return starts them on their 45.

Their HB gets 8 on his first carry. We stop him for 1 on the next carry. SS Harry Bartrum nails him the next carry, but he got a yard.

Crap, their offensive line is actually decent, and they get a good block for another 11 yards.


The next play DT Joshua Lewis picks it off when he dropped back into a zone!


They stop us on 3rd and goal from the 3. We settle for a 22 yard FG. Malcolm and Sanders moved the ball with ease most of the drive. 7-6 Kansas leads.



Touchback on the next kickoff.


End of 1: Kansas 7 - USC 6. Kansas is on their own 30 with a 1st and 10.


We stop them at the 50.


They punt into the endzone and we start on our 20.

Sanders starts moving the ball right away with a 27 yard pass to Kelley.

Holding calls negate two big plays, but we keep converting long 3rd downs with good passing.

Sanders ends the 8 play 80 yard drive with an 18 yard TD pass to Jones. 13-7 lead.



An excellent return starts them on their 48.

A defensive holding call keeps their drive alive, and they drive inside our 5. We stuff them there, and they kick a short FG. 13-10 we lead.


We start our drive with a 34 yard pass to Kelley.

We finish a 6 play 73 yard drive with a 3 yard TD run by Maston. 20-10 with 2 minutes left in the half.



(OOC Note) I got called away for something work related, and come back to see I didn't pause it after all. However, our defense is dominating, has a few picks, and our offense is rolling. we are up 38-10 with 5 minutes left in the 3rd.

Sanders is 19 of 23 for 344 yards with 3 TD's at this point.


Michael Howard hurts his clavicle on this play and has to leave the game.


End of 3: USC 38 - Kansas 10 with us driving into the redzone.

Sanders hits Malcolm for a 2 yard screen for a TD! 45-10.


We get another pick deep in our turf. Secules has 3 interceptions today, plus Joshua Lewis has that 1 improbable interception.


We get stopped at midfield as our backups are playing and end up punting.


Even with our backups in there some, we win 52-10.


Pros: Sanders played great. The defense generally played very well.

Cons: Randy was hurt, yet again. Should I end Randy's tenure as starter?

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Kansas (0-2) 7 3 0 0 0 10 USC (2-0) 6 17 15 14 0 52
Team Statistics KAN USC First Downs 16 32 Rushing 9 8 Passing 5 23 Penalty 2 1 3rd-down Efficiency 5-11 8-15 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 268 578 Total plays 63 79 Average gain 4.3 7.3 Net Yards Rushing 141 131 Rushes 29 41 Average per rush 4.9 3.2 Net Yards Passing 127 447 Completed-attempted 12-33 31-37 Yards per pass 3.8 12.1 Sacked-yards lost 1-3 1-3 Had intercepted 5 1 Punts-average 4-36 4-46.8 Return Yardage 273 95 Punts-returns 0-0 1-3 Kickoffs-returns 9-263 3-51 Interceptions-returns 1-10 5-41 Penalties-yards 2-10 7-55 Fumbles-lost 2-2 0-0 Touchdowns 1 6 Rushing 0 1 Passing 1 5 Extra Points 1-1 5-5 Field Goals 1-1 3-3 Red Zone Efficiency 2-2-100% 8-9-88.9% Time Of Possession 25:09 34:51	First Quarter KAN TD 13:16 7-0 Dale Hawthorne 9 YD Pass from Charles Sams (Raymond Andrews Kick). USC FG 07:35 7-3 Matt Mason 38 YD USC FG 01:03 7-6 Matt Mason 22 YD Second Quarter USC TD 09:00 13-7 Jerry Jones 18 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). KAN FG 04:35 13-10 Raymond Andrews 21 YD USC TD 02:42 20-10 Malcolm Maston 3 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). USC FG 00:05 23-10 Matt Mason 19 YD Third Quarter USC TD 14:04 31-10 Jerry Jones 69 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (2 Pts - Michael Howard Pass from Sedrick Sanders) USC TD 07:01 38-10 Michael Howard 2 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). Fourth Quarter USC TD 12:15 45-10 Malcolm Maston 2 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 05:30 52-10 Jerry Jones 16 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick).
KAN PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB C. Sams 12/26 127 1 3 44 0-0 QB B. Witherspoon 0/5 0 0 1 0 1-3 QB R. Abraham 0/2 0 0 1 0 0-0	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB S. Sanders 28/33 415 5 0 69 1-3 QB L. Garron 2/3 18 0 1 10 0-0 QB R. Collins 1/1 14 0 0 14 0-0
KAN RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB R. Williams 25 135 5.40 0 22 RB N. Beban 3 9 3.00 0 8	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 31 121 3.90 1 16 RB R. Donckers 7 12 1.70 0 4 FB T. Seau 2 1 0.50 0 1
KAN RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR D. Williams 7 1 44 44.00 7 0 44 1 WR D. Hawthorne 7 5 32 6.40 9 1 13 0 WR D. Pope 11 3 22 7.30 2 0 15 2 RB R. Williams 3 2 21 10.50 6 0 12 1 RB N. Beban 3 1 8 8.00 2 0 8 0 WR B. Greene 3 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 8 7 177 25.30 42 3 69 0 WR B. Kelley 8 6 98 16.30 36 0 27 0 RB M. Maston 5 5 51 10.20 25 1 18 0 WR M. Howard 8 6 47 7.80 19 1 20 0 WR L. Franklin 2 2 42 21.00 8 0 40 0 RB R. Donckers 4 3 22 7.30 17 0 14 0 WR D. Sayers 1 1 6 6.00 3 0 6 0 TE E. Williams 1 1 4 4.00 0 0 4 0
KAN O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT H. Blount 1 1 0 0 0 OG R. Brown 1 1 0 0 0 OG J. Chlebek 1 0 0 0 0 C S. Tippett 0 0 1 0 0	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT M. Walker 1 5 0 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 2 0 0 0 OG D. Woods 0 2 1 0 0 C L. Donovan 1 1 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 0 1 0 0 0 C E. Evans 0 1 0 0 0
KAN FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB R. Williams 2 2 0 0	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS DT J. Lewis 0 0 2 30
KAN KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K R. Andrews 1/1 21 1/1 4	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 2/2 38 5/5 11
KAN PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P C. Jacobs 4 36.00 30.20 0 1 51	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 4 46.80 40.20 0 1 57
KAN KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FS D. Weldon 1 35.00 0 35 WR D. Hawthorne 7 29.00 0 35 WR D. Williams 1 25.00 0 25	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 2 21.00 0 25 SS K. Thompson 1 9.00 0 9
KAN PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB G. Brown 1 3.00 0 3 0
KAN DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Wood 7-2 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 ILB A. Sharpe 7-1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Gilmore 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB S. Moore 5-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ILB J. Grant 4-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Davenport 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Gainer 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE F. Luther 2-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB F. Milligan 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB R. Shanklin 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB D. Herring 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS D. Weldon 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Coleman 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE K. Reese 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE W. Favre 0-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Malone 4-2 0 2 1 0 0 0 1 DE B. Adams 4-0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 SS H. Bartrum 4-0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 OLB T. Coleman 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 3-0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 FS N. Ferrario 2-4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE J. Stacy 1-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 DE J. Conwell 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Thompson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB D. Secules 0-2 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 CB W. Cole 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
Player of the Game Sedrick Sanders, Quarterback CP/AT Yards TD INT RUSH 28/33 415 5 0 0	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 78 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Week 3:

Injury Report:

WR Michael Howard dislocated his clavicle, but is probable this week!

MLB Robert Peete is doubtful with his torn thumb ligament.


CRAP! OG David Carter (decent backup), backup FB Louis Liske, and backup OLB Jeff Williams are all suspended due to grades.



UAB update:

They lost their first game 34-20 to Northern Illinois. Hopefully UAB is patient with Josh.


We drop to #2 in the media poll despite the big win as Miami beat #10 LSU 33-20 to take over the 1st place spot.


More to follow later today...

[MizzouRah]

You are a BBCF playing fool! Enjoying it very much so!!

[Eaglesfan27]

Originally Posted by MizzouRah

You are a BBCF playing fool! Enjoying it very much so!!

I am having a blast playing it

So much so, that it is time to continue


Depth chart Issues:

Despite my annoyance, Randy will start. This is his team, he has been here 4 years and has earned the right to start when healthy.

We remove the suspended players which leaves us very weak at FB behind Seau.

Also, We are now weak at our backup guard spot.

Howard will remain the 3rd receiver as he is probable.

Robert Peete will only play in case of emergency due to his injury.
The loss of our top backup OLB leaves us a bit thin there, but Calvin Carlton will be the primary backup.

Preview:

Today we host Navy in what should be an easy win. However, Navy has a very good defense and that might surprise us. SS Paul Corbett is above average and leads a unit which has a decent talent level at every position. Corbett has 15 tackles and 1 PD.

Their offense is 53rd in the nation and is led by a decent QB. They run some option plays which we will have to watch out for, but our speed should be able to neutralize it..

Gameplan:

Our OC and DC stick with the gameplans that we used last week.

We are 16 point favorites at home.

[Eaglesfan27]

Beautiful day today in LA with a sell out crowd.


They start on their 22.

We stop them at their own 40. Betters with a good punt return starts us at our 30.


We have an offensive pass interference followed by a personal foul that just kill our 1st drive. We punt from our own 20.

They start on our 41 with a great punt return.


We stop them in 3 successive plays and force a punt. It's a touchback.


WE cover 80 yards in 10 plays and end the drive with a 16 TD strike from Randy to Jerry. 7-0. Balanced drive with 36 yards on the ground. We are going to use Ryan more in our games to keep Malcolm fresh.


They start on their 38 after a good kickoff return.


They drive to our 36 before we stop them. They try to coffin corner the punt, but it is a touchback.


We fail to convert a 3rd and 3 and we have to punt from our own 37 as the quarter ends.



End of 1: 7-0 lead for us.



Harry Bartrum with a big tackle on 3rd and 2 to stop them short. We defend the short pass on 4th and 1 and get the ball on downs.

We start on our 40.


WOW! Randy scrambled for 5 on 3rd and 3, and he collided with their MLB. The MLB was the player that was hurt!


Eric Bieniemy continues to make bad holding calls and he negates a 23 yard pass completion.

They stop us on 3rd and 2 from the 9 yard line. Mason misses the 27 yard FG!



They put together some great rus to get inside out 5. However, we stuff them 3 consecutive times from the 3 yard line! However, our star freshman SS injured his knee on the 3rd play. They kick the short FG. 7-3 we lead.


Betters with an 86 yard kickoff return! Malcolm runs it in from the 4 yard line the next play! 14-3 lead for us with 4 minutes to go in the half.


Good kickoff coverage starts them on their 19.

DE Jim Stacy was hurt on the 2nd play of their drive, and will have to leave the game. They are passing it well to their TE and he is hurting us for some big gains.

They drive deep into our territory, but Betters intercepts it inside our 10 and returns it 23 yards!


Time runs out before we can call T.O after a 39 yard pass completion.


Halftime: 14-3 lead for us. Randy's stats: 8 of 9 for 106 yards and 1 TD.



We start on our 20.

Jerry doesn't get a foot in bounds on 3rd down and we have to punt. A poor punt gives them the ball on their 42.



A screen to their star HB gets them 36 yards and they work it inside our 5.

Our defensive line holds strong and stops them on 3rd and goal from the 3. They kick a short FG. 14-6 we lead.


We start on our 38.

Eric Bieniemy with an illegal crackback block kills our drive, and pushes us back to the 47.

However, Randy connects with Jerry on a 15 yard pass to conert 3rd and 12.

They stop us a yard short on 3rd down and we settle for a 30 yard FG. 17-6.



Nate Ferrario intercepts their first long pass. he returns it to the 50.

They stop us short around the 33 and we make a 49 yard FG. 20-6 with 2 minutes left in the 3rd.


They start on their 20.

We force a 3 and out.

Betters with a 26 yard punt return to start on their 44.

They stop us just inside the 20, we kick a 36 yard FG. 23-6 with 13 minutes to go.


They get a great kickoff return and start at midfield.

We stop them short on 3rd down, and they go for it 4th and 2, but we stuff the runner.


2 plays later, Randy hits Jerry in stride on a fly route for a 46 yard TD! 30-6.



Mason kicks a touchback.


We stop them at midfield. They had a good 20 yard option run and a 13 yard pass to the TE before we stopped them.

We start on our 25 after the punt.


Randy drives us down the field methodically, before throwing a screen to Donckers who follows his blocks and takes it in from 38 yards out! 37-6 with 5 minutes to go.


We force a 3 and out, aided by some penalties on Navy.


A good punt return starts on their 38. We are stuffed on 3 runs and settle for a 51 yard FG. 40-6. Just under 90 seconds to go.


They get another great kickoff return to start on on our 39. Our coverage has been horrible today.



Jeremiah Bratton picks off a deep pass intended for their TE.


We run out the clock.


End of Game: 40-6 win for us.

Pros: Randy stayed healthy all game long and had a good game. Malcolm had a good game.

Cons: Our kickoff coverage has been horrible every game.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Navy (0-3) 0 3 3 0 0 6 USC (3-0) 7 7 6 20 0 40
Team Statistics NAVY USC First Downs 16 23 Rushing 5 10 Passing 8 12 Penalty 3 1 3rd-down Efficiency 5-15 4-13 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-2 Total Net Yards 324 444 Total plays 71 69 Average gain 4.6 6.4 Net Yards Rushing 154 153 Rushes 35 39 Average per rush 4.4 3.9 Net Yards Passing 170 291 Completed-attempted 12-36 20-27 Yards per pass 4.7 10.8 Sacked-yards lost 0-0 3-8 Had intercepted 3 0 Punts-average 6-36.5 3-44.3 Return Yardage 213 213 Punts-returns 1-31 3-44 Kickoffs-returns 7-182 3-136 Interceptions-returns 0-0 3-33 Penalties-yards 7-55 11-117 Fumbles-lost 1-0 0-0 Touchdowns 0 4 Rushing 0 1 Passing 0 3 Extra Points 0-0 4-4 Field Goals 2-2 4-5 Red Zone Efficiency 2-3-66.7% 4-5-80% Time Of Possession 31:55 28:05	First Quarter USC TD 05:31 7-0 Jerry Jones 16 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). Second Quarter NAVY FG 04:18 7-3 Marty Mason 20 YD USC TD 03:53 14-3 Malcolm Maston 4 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). Third Quarter NAVY FG 09:59 14-6 Marty Mason 20 YD USC FG 05:01 17-6 Matt Mason 30 YD USC FG 02:16 20-6 Matt Mason 49 YD Fourth Quarter USC FG 13:15 23-6 Matt Mason 36 YD USC TD 11:06 30-6 Jerry Jones 46 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 05:37 37-6 Ryan Donckers 38 YD Pass from Randy Collins (Matt Mason Kick). USC FG 01:34 40-6 Matt Mason 51 YD
NAVY PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB I. McLeod 11/32 167 0 2 44 0-0 QB J. Reese 1/4 3 0 1 3 0-0	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB R. Collins 20/24 291 3 0 46 1-4 QB S. Sanders 0/3 0 0 0 0 2-4
NAVY RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB T. Lincoln 27 96 3.60 0 9 FB O. Covington 2 43 21.50 0 22 RB P. Bailey 6 15 2.50 0 7	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 25 127 5.10 1 13 RB R. Donckers 6 19 3.20 0 7 FB T. Seau 1 10 10.00 0 10 WR M. Howard 1 6 6.00 0 6 QB R. Collins 2 1 0.50 0 5 QB S. Sanders 1 -2 -2.00 0 0
NAVY RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP TE M. Elam 7 4 86 21.50 36 0 44 0 RB T. Lincoln 3 2 39 19.50 34 0 36 0 WR L. Dickerson 7 1 13 13.00 1 0 13 1 WR T. Talley 5 1 11 11.00 2 0 11 3 WR B. Roberg 7 2 9 4.50 2 0 6 0 FB O. Covington 5 1 9 9.00 3 0 9 0 RB P. Bailey 1 1 3 3.00 3 0 3 0 WR M. Longley 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 11 7 137 19.60 28 2 46 0 WR B. Kelley 9 5 66 13.20 18 0 24 0 RB R. Donckers 1 1 38 38.00 32 1 38 0 RB M. Maston 5 5 36 7.20 23 0 20 0 WR M. Howard 2 2 14 7.00 5 0 9 0
NAVY O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG M. Hardy 3 1 0 0 0 OT K. Shiner 2 2 0 0 0 TE M. Elam 1 0 0 1 1 OT D. Kennedy 0 1 0 0 0 C J. Simmons 0 0 0 1 0	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT M. Walker 0 2 0 0 0 C E. Evans 0 2 0 0 0 TE E. Williams 1 0 1 0 0 OT S. Alexander 1 0 0 0 0 OG D. Woods 0 1 1 0 0 C L. Donovan 1 0 0 0 0 OG E. Bieniemy 0 0 0 2 1 OT R. Williams 0 0 1 0 0
NAVY FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB P. Bailey 1 0 0 0 OG F. Atkinson 0 0 1 0	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS
NAVY KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 2/2 20 0/0 6	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 4/5 51 4/4 16
NAVY PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P A. Pakulak 6 36.50 22.30 0 2 51	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 3 44.30 34.00 0 0 58
NAVY KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB L. Boone 6 26.20 0 37 FS J. Ricard 1 25.00 0 25	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 2 62.50 0 86 WR B. Kelley 1 11.00 0 11
NAVY PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB L. Boone 1 31.00 0 31 1	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 3 14.70 0 26 0
NAVY DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD ILB A. Rogers 7-4 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 SS P. Corbett 7-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Mandley 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS J. Ricard 4-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 FS B. Allen 4-1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 ILB B. Mix 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB D. Staley 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB L. Boone 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB M. Prentice 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS R. Johnson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE C. Thomas 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT S. Strong 1-0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 CB M. Carter 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB A. Hilton 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Malone 5-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE B. Adams 4-0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Coleman 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS N. Ferrario 3-4 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 CB D. Secules 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 SS K. Thompson 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT M. Thompson 2-0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 ILB B. Lipscomb 2-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 CB W. Cole 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ILB J. Bratton 1-1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 SS H. Bartrum 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 1-0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 DE J. Stacy 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 SS C. Carlton 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DT S. Mitchell 1-0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB I. Staley 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Jerry Jones, Wide Receiver Rec Yards YAC TD LNG 7 137 28 2 46	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 75 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Injury Report:

MLB Robert Peete is still doubtful with his thumb injury.

SS Harry Bartrum just strained his knee, but he is doubtful this week.


More to follow later..

[Eaglesfan27]

Depth Chart Issues: Harry will be our 3rd SS and will only play if the other 2 guys are hurt.

Peete will remain our emergency MLB until he is healed more.



Polls:

We remain #2 in both polls.


Preview:


Today we travel to play a 1-1 Arizona State team. Their offense is 66th in the nation is led by star HB Kevin Bathea. The sophomore is hurt this week, but is probable. He has over 100 yards in each of his first two games. Despite his excellence, they are 66th in the nation in offense. Their defense is 68th, but they have talent at their main positions. Their FS, Bryant Weaver is their best defensive player and we will have to watch out for the ball hawk today.



Gameplanning:

Call me crazy, but I went and redesigned our offense. Someone mentioned the run and shoot? We are going to run something similar. I've said this is a pass happy offense, but it really hasn't been. Now, we will pass MUCH more than we have. I think it will equate with an explosive offensive (Even though we are already 5th.)

Our defense is going to maintain as a moderate balanced defense with some blitzing.


We are 14 point favorites despite the temp expecting to be over 100 in Arizona.

The key matchup is our star WR Jerry Jones against their secondary.

They have held opponents to 213 yards per game through the air. I expect to shatter that today...

[Eaglesfan27]

They have over 60,000 fans here today. The temp is 102 at kickoff.

Good kickoff, we tackle them at the 19.

Brad Adams sacks their QB on the first play of the game for a loss of 7.

They connect on a short pass that their WR makes into a 20 yard gain to convert 3rd and 17.


Joshua Lewis sacks the QB, forces a fumble, Brad Adams recovers it!



Randy is hit as he throws on our 2nd play of the game. He is hurt and has to leave the game!


We go 3 and out. I still think the new offense will be a big success.



They march down the field in large part due to a 50 yard pass and connect on a 2 yard TD to take a 7-0 lead!



We start on our 20. Sanders hit Jones for 13, then Jones for another 24.

Sanders miss on 1st and 2nd down. We are stopped 3 yards short on 3rd down. We miss the 55 yard FG. Still 7-0.


We force a 5 and out as they go for it. We stop them short on the short pass.


We start on our 45. Sanders throwing short quick passes to move us down field.

The 8 play 54 yard drive ends with a 19 yard TD pass to our TE Eric Williams! 7-7. Sanders was 7 of 7 on the drive.



End of 1: 7-7 tie.



They get one first down, but we stop them on their 30. A great punt starts us at our 14.


Malcolm with a 7 yard run to start the drive.

Then, Sedrick hits Jones for 20, then another 12 the next play.

Sanders hits Howard for 9 to cross midfield.

Sedrick hits Malcolm on the short out for 8.

Sedrick hits Howard on a deep out and he makes his man miss for a 36 yard TD!!!! 14-7.



We force a 3 and out. Betters returns the punt 9 yards to our 49.


Malcolm with a 7 yard run to start the drive.

Sanders hits Kelley in stride on a fly pattern for a 44 yard TD!!! 21-7.



They put together a nice 45 yard drive, but we stop them at our 38. They attempt a 55 yard FG which is wide right.


Maston with a 6 yard run.

Sanders hits Kelley for 7.

Malcolm is stuffed for a loss of 4.

Sanders overthrows our TE.

Sanders hits Kelley for 17 on the out and up pattern.

Sanders checks down to Kelley on the short curl for 2 yards. Sanders is making great reads.

Sanders connects with Howard for 9.

Sanders with 3 incompletions in a row, and we settle for a 44 yard FG which we miss wide left! 21-7 with 30 seconds left.



Halftime: 21-7 USC leads. Sanders halftime stats: 20 of 27 for 262 yards 3 TD's 0 INT's.



We start on our 24.

8 play 76 yard drive which ends in a 18 yard TD pass to Franklin. 28-7.


We force a 3 and out.


Sanders moves the ball 52 yards with 5 passes including a 1 yard screen to Malcolm for a TD! 35-7.


They drive across midfield, but Terry Betters picks off a deep pass on our 10.


Sanders guides on a 11 play 90 drive which ends in a 4 yard TD run by Malcolm. 42-7 as the 3rd ends.



End of 3: 42-7 we lead.



Dwone Secules with a big hit on the receiver at midfield, forces a fumble which Carlton recovers.


They stop us at the 8 yard line and we kick the 26 yard FG. 45-7 with 8 minutes left as we ran the ball more that drive to work the clock.


We force another fumble which Bratton recovers on their 40.

Garron is in now with the big lead and he is having trouble working this offense, but Jones just had an amazing play to convert 3rd down!

Still we end up getting stopped short a few plays later, and settle for a short FG. 48-7 with 5 minutes left.

We are teeing off on their QB's now!

We force a 3 and out. We get the ball around midfield.

We run it down the field, and Donckers runs a 12 yard sweep for a TD as time is about to run out! 55-7.



Game over. 55-7 win.


Pros: The new offense was incredible. Record day passing. Good kick coverage this game.

Cons: Randy was hurt early. I think he could have put up similar numbers to Sanders if he could have stayed healthy...

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL USC (4-0) 7 14 21 13 0 55 Arizona State (1-2) 7 0 0 0 0 7
Team Statistics USC ASU First Downs 39 16 Rushing 7 6 Passing 29 8 Penalty 3 2 3rd-down Efficiency 11-17 6-12 4th-down Efficiency 0-1 0-0 Total Net Yards 615 287 Total plays 87 63 Average gain 7.1 4.6 Net Yards Rushing 118 71 Rushes 35 27 Average per rush 3.4 2.6 Net Yards Passing 497 216 Completed-attempted 37-50 20-33 Yards per pass 9.9 6.5 Sacked-yards lost 2-6 3-14 Had intercepted 0 1 Punts-average 1-39 4-42.8 Return Yardage 63 153 Punts-returns 3-31 0-0 Kickoffs-returns 2-35 9-153 Interceptions-returns 1--3 0-0 Penalties-yards 7-57 6-39 Fumbles-lost 1-0 4-3 Touchdowns 7 1 Rushing 2 0 Passing 5 1 Extra Points 7-7 1-1 Field Goals 2-4 0-1 Red Zone Efficiency 7-7-100% 1-1-100% Time Of Possession 34:10 25:57	First Quarter ASU TD 08:18 7-0 Kevin Bethea 5 YD Pass from Lee James (Armegis Young Kick). USC TD 01:02 7-7 Eric Williams 19 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). Second Quarter USC TD 10:30 14-7 Michael Howard 36 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 07:54 21-7 Billy Kelley 44 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). Third Quarter USC TD 11:24 28-7 Lennox Franklin 18 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 07:03 35-7 Malcolm Maston 1 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 00:00 42-7 Malcolm Maston 4 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). Fourth Quarter USC FG 09:14 45-7 Matt Mason 26 YD USC FG 04:47 48-7 Matt Mason 35 YD USC TD 00:07 55-7 Ryan Donckers 12 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick).
USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB S. Sanders 34/46 469 5 0 44 1-0 QB L. Garron 2/2 27 0 0 20 1-6 QB R. Collins 1/2 1 0 0 1 0-0	ASU PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB L. James 20/32 216 1 1 33 2-10 QB E. Smith 0/1 0 0 0 0 1-4
USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 22 88 4.00 1 12 RB R. Donckers 8 25 3.10 1 12 WR B. Kelley 1 7 7.00 0 7 FB D. Dishman 1 4 4.00 0 4 QB S. Sanders 1 0 0.00 0 0	ASU RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB K. Bethea 15 54 3.60 0 9 RB E. Arth 5 26 5.20 0 9 FB T. Alexander 1 6 6.00 0 6 WR B. Bergey 1 1 1.00 0 1 QB L. James 2 -2 -1.00 0 0
USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 11 8 145 18.10 55 0 31 0 WR M. Howard 10 9 118 13.10 50 1 36 0 WR B. Kelley 11 8 106 13.20 23 1 44 0 WR L. Franklin 6 4 78 19.50 16 1 31 0 RB M. Maston 5 5 27 5.40 5 1 10 0 TE E. Williams 8 3 23 7.70 5 1 19 1	ASU RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR S. Armstead 10 6 86 14.30 15 0 33 0 WR B. Bergey 6 3 44 14.70 10 0 18 0 RB K. Bethea 6 5 34 6.80 15 1 9 0 TE S. Woolfolk 5 3 30 10.00 6 0 21 0 WR W. Middleton 5 3 22 7.30 4 0 11 0 FB T. Alexander 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 WR P. Clement 2 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 TE A. Brookins 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OG M. Meade 2 4 1 0 0 OT M. Walker 1 2 0 0 0 OT S. Alexander 0 1 0 0 0 OT J. Hayes 1 0 0 0 0 OG D. Woods 0 1 1 0 0	ASU O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT J. Faulk 1 4 0 0 0 OG C. Finn 0 1 1 0 0 OT T. Thompson 0 0 1 0 0 OG K. Douglas 0 0 1 0 0 C T. Tullis 0 0 0 0 1
USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS SS C. Carlton 0 0 1 0 DE B. Adams 0 0 1 11 ILB J. Bratton 0 0 1 0	ASU FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS WR S. Armstead 2 2 0 0 WR W. Middleton 1 0 0 0 RB K. Bethea 1 0 0 0 WR B. Bergey 1 1 0 0 OT T. Thompson 0 0 1 0 TE A. Brookins 0 0 1 0
USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 2/4 35 7/7 13	ASU KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K A. Young 0/1 0 1/1 1
USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 1 39.00 39.00 0 0 39	ASU PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P P. Reed 4 42.80 35.00 1 0 55
USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 2 17.50 0 21	ASU KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG WR D. Collins 9 17.00 0 25
USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 3 10.30 0 18 0	ASU PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC
USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD OLB T. Malone 4-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE B. Adams 4-0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB T. Coleman 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 3-1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 DT J. Lewis 3-0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 SS C. Carlton 2-4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB D. Secules 2-3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 FS N. Ferrario 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE K. Putnam 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS K. Thompson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 CB W. Cole 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	ASU DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD FS B. Weaver 8-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 ILB J. Hatch 8-1 0 3 1 0 0 0 1 ILB A. Graham 5-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB A. Conners 4-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 SS C. Moretti 4-1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 DT C. Lindell 3-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 SS M. DeCarlo 2-5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 OLB J. Garrett 2-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Hunter 2-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE C. Peek 2-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ILB T. Buie 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 FS D. Reed 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE W. Johnson 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB M. Nelson 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 OLB C. Early 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE H. Kurek 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB B. Spriggs 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Sedrick Sanders, Quarterback CP/AT Yards TD INT RUSH 34/46 469 5 0 0	Game Information Attendance: 62,962 Temperature: 102 Weather: Sunny and clear

[Eaglesfan27]

Injury Report:

Randy pulled his hamstring. He is questionable this week and will sit (but will be moved into the starter's role if Sedrick is hurt.)

MLB Robert Peete is questionable with his thumb injury and will sit.

SS Harry Bartrum is doubtful with his knee injury and will sit.



Polls:

Despite the huge win, we drop to #3 in both polls. Wisconsin beat #13 Iowa 29-27 and moved into the #1 slot. Miami is #2.


Notable Stats: Our Offense is now #1 in the nation averaging over 555 yards per game.


More to follow later.

[Eaglesfan27]

Preview:

Today we host #19 Washington State. They are currently 3-0 and we are #3 and 4-0. If we win, it should propel us back into the top 2, hopefully. They have a very good offense that is currently 29th in the nation. They have a balanced attack that is led by RB Marvel DelGaizo who has developed nicely into a good power back. He has had at least 125 yards rushing in each of his first 3 games.

Their defense is 6th in the nation and it is led by MLB Dave Thomas who is a definite All-American Candidate. He has great pass rushing ability, outstanding tackling, and good speed. He has 30 tackles, 2 sacks, and 3 stuffs in 3 starts this year.


Our Offense is judged to have much more talent. Their defense is judged to have slightly more talent. Overall, we have much more talent.

The key matchup is Malcom vs their front 7 which is only allowing 72 yards rushing per game. However, I think our WR's are going to be the key matchup.



Gameplan: We are going to run our new offense that we ran last week in which we really throw a lot.

Our defense will be the same balanced defense.



We are 16 point favorites at home.

[Eaglesfan27]

Beautiful, but hot day with a sell out crowd in LA.



They return our kickoff to the 33 to start the game.


Trevor Malone stuffs DelGaizo for a loss of 1 on the first play.

Coleman stops him after a 5 yard run the next play.

DelGaizo with a 17 yard run on 3rd and 6.

The next 3 plays are incomplete passes and they end up punting.


Sedrick's first pass is incomplete.

The 2nd play is a 12 yard pass negated by a holding call.

We end up going 3 and out after that.

A very good punt is ruined by a personal foul. They start at midfield.



Great blocking gets them a 14 yard run to start the drive.

Jim Stacy is called for roughing the passer which adds 15.

We stop them on the next few plays and they settle for a 33 yard FG attempt which is good. 3-0 WAST leads.



We start on the 28. Malcolm is stopped for 1 on our first play.

Sanders hits Howard for 30 on the next play.

Sanders connects with Kelley for 22 on the next play.

Sanders with a quick pass in the flat for 16 to Malcolm.

Sanders with a screen to Malcolm for 3 yards and a TD! 7-3. 6 plays and 72 yards covered.



They start on their 17. Dwone sacks the QB on the first play for a loss of 3.

We defend the next passes and force a 3 and out. We've had their good QB start 0 for 8!



We start on our 35. Sanders hits the TE Eric Williams in stride for a 40 yard gain.

Malcolm runs for 6, then again for 1. Screen to Malcolm gets 3 and the 1st down.

Sanders is sacked by OLB Bradshaw.

Sanders throws a quick wheel to Malcolm for 15.

Sanders throws it to Kelley for 6.

Sanders hits Howard on a very quick slant for a 1 yard TD! 14-3. 8 plays and 66 yards covered.



Mason with a touchback.

Courtney Carlton stuffs DelGaizo for a loss of 4. Tim Coleman stops him for no gain the next play. We have good coverage and force the QB to scramble, but we contain him, and they have to punt.


We start on the 38. Quick pass for 10.


End of 1: 14-3 we lead.



Sands hits Howard in stride on a corner route. He catches it, pulls away from the defense. 52 yard TD!!! 21-3. Just 30 seconds into the 2nd, Sanders' stats 10 of 14 for 188 yards and 3 TD's. 21-3.



They start on their 15. Bratton stops DelGaizo for a 1 yard gain on his first carry.

They connect on a 3 yard pass, but we force an incompletion on 3rd and 6. They have to punt.



We sart at our 45.

Malcom with a 10 yard run out of the 4 WR set.

Sanders to Franklin for 17.

Sanders to Howard for 16.

Sanders with an incompletion intended for Kelley in the endzone.

Sanders overthrows Malcolm on the sideline.

Sanders to Jones for 5. We make the 25 yard FG. 24-7. 10 minutes left in the first.




Dwone is hurt tackling DelGaizo, Dwone will leave the game.


Betters intercepts the next pass, and Terry runs it back 10 yards to their 30.

Sanders to Jones for 15.

Malcolm with a 5 yard run.

Sanders throws to Kelley in the endzone for a TD!!! 31-3.



Adams nails DelGaizo and forces a fumble which Joshua Lewis recovers on tehir 32.


4 plays later Sanders connects with Jones on a 16 yard TD pass. 38-3 with 4 minutes left in the half.


They suddenly put together an effective drive which ends with a 17 yard TD pass just before the half expires. 38-10.



Halftime: USC 38 - WAST 10. Sanders's halftime stats: 18 of 24 for 282 yards and 5 TD's 0 INT's.



We start on our own 15.

Alphonso Bradshaw sacks Sanders after we cross midfield and forces a 3rd and 11.

Sanders connects with Kelley for 15 to convert that.

Sanders gets sacked by Arlie Smith for 4 on the next 1st down.

Sanders keeps making passes right on the money to keep us moving.

A holding call negates a 18 yard pass, and forces 1st and 20 on their 31. Randy hits Franklin for 14 on the play.

Randy connects for 5 the next play.

They stuff us on 3rd and 1. Should have passed it again

We settle for a 30 yard FG. 41-10.



They start on their 16.

They use a few screens to DelGaizo and some strong running to drive inside our 10.

We stuff them on 1st and goal for a loss of 4.

However, 2 plays later Mills connects with Chris Bryant for their 2nd TD of the game. 41-17 with 3 minutes left in the 3rd.



Betters with a good kickoff return gets us the ball on their 40.

Sanders to Franklin for 37 on the first play.

Sanders is crushed by Dave Thomas on a sack for a loss of 3.

A fall start costs us 5 more.

Sanders overthrows Franklin on 2nd and goal.

Delay of Game before the next play. Frankling catches a short pass, but can't get to the endzone.

We attempt a 25 yard FG which is wide right!?!


We exchange failed drives. Betters picks off the first pass of their next drive and returns it to our 40.

Howard pulls his hamstring on this drive and has to leave the game.

Sanders hits Kelley for a few big passes to quickly drive us inside the 5.

Malcolm runs it on 2 plays for a TD from there. 48-17 with 10 minutes left.



They put together a solid drive which ends with a 37 yard FG. 48-20.


We start on our own 29 with 8 minutes left.

Malcolm runs for 9 to get us started. We do run Malcolm a bit in the 4th.

2 yard run for Malcolm next play.

Great play action but Sanders overthrows Sayers deep down field.

Sanders overthrows on 2nd and 3rd as well. Darn. His great accuracy from earlier is going down.


We punt, but a bad punt gives them the ball on their 49.

We stuff them 3 straight plays.


We start on our 11 with 4 minutes left.


Malcolm with an 8 yard run.

Kelley loses 2 on the reverse.

Sanders throws it to Jones on a deep out for 22.


We focus on running te ball and get stopped short on 3rd and 3 on their 39. We attempt a 56 yard FG which is short.

Only 20 seconds left. We force 4 incompletions and get the ball back on downs.

We take a knee and end the game.



Game over. 48-20 win.


Pros: Sanders had a record day. The defense did well against a very good offense. We tore up supposedly one of the best defenses in the nation.


Cons: It wasn't Randy doing it.

[Eaglesfan27]

TEAM 1Q 2Q 3Q 4Q OT FINAL Wash State (3-1) 3 7 7 3 0 20 USC (5-0) 14 24 3 7 0 48
Team Statistics WAST USC First Downs 17 30 Rushing 6 6 Passing 9 23 Penalty 2 1 3rd-down Efficiency 7-16 6-16 4th-down Efficiency 0-0 0-1 Total Net Yards 274 574 Total plays 70 82 Average gain 3.9 7 Net Yards Rushing 112 95 Rushes 33 32 Average per rush 3.4 3 Net Yards Passing 162 479 Completed-attempted 14-35 31-46 Yards per pass 4.6 10.4 Sacked-yards lost 2-13 4-17 Had intercepted 2 0 Punts-average 6-42.2 3-48 Return Yardage 229 171 Punts-returns 2-39 2-10 Kickoffs-returns 8-190 5-128 Interceptions-returns 0-0 2-33 Penalties-yards 3-30 7-70 Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0 Touchdowns 2 6 Rushing 0 1 Passing 2 5 Extra Points 2-2 6-6 Field Goals 2-2 2-4 Red Zone Efficiency 4-4-100% 7-8-87.5% Time Of Possession 28:37 31:23	First Quarter WAST FG 09:04 3-0 Fred Harrison 33 YD USC TD 06:33 7-3 Malcolm Maston 3 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 02:16 14-3 Michael Howard 1 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). Second Quarter USC TD 14:32 21-3 Michael Howard 52 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC FG 09:58 24-3 Matt Mason 25 YD USC TD 07:43 31-3 Billy Kelley 11 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). USC TD 04:20 38-3 Jerry Jones 16 YD Pass from Sedrick Sanders (Matt Mason Kick). WAST TD 00:47 38-10 Chris Bryant 17 YD Pass from Billy Mills (Fred Harrison Kick). Third Quarter USC FG 09:40 41-10 Matt Mason 30 YD WAST TD 03:30 41-17 Chris Bryant 9 YD Pass from Billy Mills (Fred Harrison Kick). Fourth Quarter USC TD 10:54 48-17 Malcolm Maston 1 YD Run (Matt Mason Kick). WAST FG 08:05 48-20 Fred Harrison 37 YD
WAST PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB B. Mills 14/35 162 2 2 29 2-13	USC PASSING CP/AT YDS TD INT LG SACK QB S. Sanders 31/45 479 5 0 52 4-17 QB L. Garron 0/1 0 0 0 0 0-0
WAST RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. DelGaizo 18 62 3.40 0 17 RB N. Byrd 12 61 5.10 0 14 QB B. Mills 1 2 2.00 0 2	USC RUSHING ATT YDS YPC TD LG RB M. Maston 22 102 4.60 1 21 RB R. Donckers 4 13 3.20 0 5 QB S. Sanders 1 -1 -1.00 0 0 WR B. Kelley 1 -2 -2.00 0 0
WAST RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR C. Bryant 13 4 58 14.50 13 2 29 0 WR B. Lincoln 11 4 56 14.00 13 0 26 0 RB M. DelGaizo 5 5 43 8.60 23 0 14 0 WR B. Perry 6 1 5 5.00 1 0 5 1 WR J. Newman 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 TE T. Carruth 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0	USC RECEIVING ATT REC YDS YPC YAC TD LG DRP WR J. Jones 15 8 110 13.80 49 1 26 0 WR M. Howard 5 5 105 21.00 17 2 52 0 WR B. Kelley 13 7 91 13.00 29 1 26 0 WR L. Franklin 7 5 88 17.60 14 0 37 0 RB M. Maston 8 5 45 9.00 28 1 16 0 TE E. Williams 1 1 40 40.00 11 0 40 0 WR D. Sayers 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0
WAST O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT B. Lipps 2 1 0 0 0 TE T. Carruth 1 1 1 0 0 OT T. Knief 0 1 0 0 0 OG M. Sape 0 1 0 0 0 C T. Krause 0 0 1 0 0	USC O-LINE KRB PCK SA HLD FS OT S. Alexander 1 4 0 1 0 OT M. Walker 1 2 1 0 0 OG D. Woods 2 1 1 0 0 OG E. Bieniemy 0 1 0 0 0 OG M. Meade 0 1 0 1 0 TE E. Williams 0 1 2 0 0 C L. Donovan 0 1 0 0 0
WAST FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS RB M. DelGaizo 1 1 0 0 QB B. Mills 1 0 0 0 OT B. Lipps 0 0 1 0	USC FUMBLES FUM LOST REC YDS DT J. Lewis 0 0 1 4
WAST KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K F. Harrison 2/2 37 2/2 8	USC KICKING FG LONG XP PTS K M. Mason 2/4 30 6/6 12
WAST PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P L. Sauerbrun 6 42.20 40.50 1 0 52	USC PUNTING NO AVG NET I-20 TB LG P B. Lelie 3 48.00 35.00 0 0 57
WAST KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB L. Johnson 7 25.00 0 35 WR J. Newman 1 15.00 0 15	USC KICK RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG CB T. Betters 3 27.30 0 35 WR B. Kelley 2 23.00 0 25
WAST PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB L. Johnson 2 19.50 0 35 1	USC PUNT RETURNS NO AVG TD LONG FC CB T. Betters 2 5.00 0 8 3
WAST DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS D. Fulcher 7-2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 ILB D. Thomas 6-2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 OLB A. Bradshaw 6-0 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 CB D. Cooper 4-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 OLB S. Gilmer 4-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB L. Johnson 3-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 DE D. Sochia 3-0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 CB L. Washburn 1-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 FS D. Cox 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ILB T. Atkinson 1-0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE A. Smith 1-0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 SS E. McGee 0-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	USC DEFENSE T-A SCK STF HUR DP INT FF PD SS C. Carlton 5-3 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 OLB T. Malone 5-3 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 OLB T. Coleman 5-0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 FS N. Ferrario 3-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 CB T. Betters 2-2 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 DE B. Adams 2-0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 CB D. Secules 2-0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 CB W. Cole 1-3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 SS K. Thompson 1-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 DE J. Stacy 1-1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 DT M. Thompson 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 DT J. Lewis 1-0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 ILB J. Bratton 0-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Player of the Game Sedrick Sanders, Quarterback CP/AT Yards TD INT RUSH 31/45 479 5 0 -1	Game Information Attendance: 92,000 Temperature: 87 Weather: Sunny and clear