FIGHTING ON vs the sanctions: Restoring USC to dominance

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AROUND THE NCAA - WEEK 5

VS #13

South Carolina defeats the Tigers 30-7 at home

#15 vs

Mississippi State gets huge road win beating Georgia 20-17

#22 VS

The Cyclones get big upset win over 22nd ranked Texas 17-3

#4 VS #11

Nebraska takes care of business on the road, win 24-7

#5 VS

Michigan State pounds Ohio State in Columbus 49-10

VS #18

The Wildcats get stunning road win in Death Valley 31-21

#8 VS #20

The Gators protect The Swamp, Beat Alabama 27-20

#23 VS #7

The Aggies protect their home turf by defeating the Razorbacks 28-21

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I have my game played vs AZ but the EA servers are down so I can't upload highlights so it will be up later but in the mean time.


Trojans Snag Two More

University of Southern California Trojans Recruiting - 2011
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Lance Hayes	CB	HS	Downey, CA	5'10	180
Marcus Williams	DE	HS	Lehi, UT	6'2	240

[Midgeotto]

Great season you're having so far. Looks like USC has their eyes set on another National Title.

Nice job with the recruits as well.

[Noles4ever]

USC looking good under Kiffin and company.

[franch1se]

Quote: Originally Posted by Midgeotto

Great season you're having so far. Looks like USC has their eyes set on another National Title. Nice job with the recruits as well.

Thanks, I've had the benefit of my tough games so far being at home, still have to go up to Oregon and to Notre Dame so those will be very tough

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Trojans sneak by Arizona


Matt Barkley about to sneak in for the Game Winning Touchdown in the 4th

Arizona (2-3) at USC (5-0)
Jan 1, 1 2 3 4 F Arizona 7 0 7 0 14 #16 USC 0 7 7 7 21 Top Performers Arizona Foles - 19/37, 255 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT USC Barkley - 12/33, 206 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT	Team Stats Comparison First Downs 13 10 3rd Down Efficiency 5-14 5-16 4th Down Efficiency 0-1 1-1 Total Yards 457 342 Passing Yards 255 206 Rushing Yards 37 33 Penalties-Penalty Yards 0-0 2-20 Turnovers 3 1 Time of Possession 15:13 16:47
Scoring Summary FIRST QUARTER SCORING 3:58 () D. Douglass, 22 yd pass from N. Foles 7 0 SECOND QUARTER SCORING 4:14 () R. Ellison, 4 yrd pass from M. Barkley 7 7 THIRD QUARTER SCORING 2:48 () J. Baucus, 9 yrd pass from N. Foles 14 7 2:34 () G. Farmer, 79 yrd pass from M. Barkley 14 14 FOURTH QUARTER SCORING 1:41 () M. Barkley, 1 yrd run 14 21
Arizona PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Barkley 12/33 206 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Tyler 12 30 2.5 0 Baxter 7 24 3.4 0 Morgan 3 5 1.6 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Farmer 1 79 79 1 Ellison 5 59 11.8 1 Butler 2 25 12.5 0 Woods 2 13 6.5 0 USC PASSING C/ATT YDS TD INT Foles 19/37 255 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD Antolin 15 47 3.1 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD Douglas 3 73 24.3 1 Roberts 5 41 13.7 0 Baucus 4 55 13.7 1 Buckner 3 61 20.3 0

Los Angeles, CA - The Wildcats of Arizona came into the Coliseum and gave the home town Trojans all they could handle. Both teams defenses were very stout in the running game as neither school was able to do anything in that department. The Wildcats started off the scoring late in the first when Quarterback Nick Foles scrambled to find wide receiver David Douglass to go on top 7-0.

The Trojans finally broke into the scoring column at the 4 minute remaining mark with Matt Barkley hitting TE Rhett Ellison for his first touchdown of the season. Both defenses came out swinging and the game would be tied going into the half 7-7.

The Wildcats scored first in the third quarter on a Jack Baucus touchdown from Nick Foles. Striking quickly after, freshman George Farmer took a comeback route and made a nice spin move to break away from the defense and use his speed for a 79 yard touchdown to tie the game at 14.

The final score of the game came on a 1 yard QB sneak by Matt Barkley on a 4th and goal situation. In most circumstances teams would have kicked a FG and put the game on their defense but head coach Lane Kiffin didn't want any of that. "I wanted to go for the kill, to be secure. I knew our defense wouldn't have allowed them to march down the field and score a touchdown, we have been stingy all game. I didn't want the risk of them having a good return, kicking a FG and go to overtime".

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DESPITE SANCTION, SC SHOWS SIGNS OF GOING NOWHERE

University of Southern California Trojans Recruiting - 2011
NAME	POS	CLASS	HOMETOWN	HT	WT	CALIBER
Tim Fitzpatrick	DT	HS	Pleasant Hill, CA	6'7	291
Mike Pierce	MLB	HS	E Wenatchee Bch, WA	5'10	246
Marcus Bowen	SS	HS	Santa Maria, CA	6'0	201
Jamie Gant	DT	HS	San Leandro, CA	6'1	271
Marcus Williams	DE	HS	Lehi, UT	6'2	240
Lance Hayes	CB	HS	Downey, CA	5'10	180
Stephen Concepcion	MLB	HS	Fontana, CA	6'5	244
Joe Singleton	OG	HS	Superior, AZ	6'5	278
Fred Espinosa	OT	HS	Norwalk, CA	6'8	282
Jonathan Woods	OG	HS	Plymouth, NC	6'2	261

USC is sitting at 5-0 and ranked #7 in the new coaches poll heading into their bye week and just received many good phone calls from high school recruits. Last week, the Trojans played host to the Arizona Wildcats in which many local recruits were in attendance for. Immediately after the game the Trojans received verbal commits from CB Lance Hayes (Downey, CA) and DE Marcus Williams (Lehi, UT). Over the bye week, the Trojans have now picked up commits from four others; DT-Tim Fitzpatrick (Pleasant Hill, CA), MLB-Mike Pierce (E Wenatchee Bch, WA), DT-Jamie Gant (San Leandro, CA) and SS- Marcus Bowen (Santa Maria, CA). The Trojans have filled all their immediate needs (MLB, DT, SS) and now look to add depth to other positions. The Trojans now have 10 commits and only have room for 5 more under the NCAA handed down sanctions.

[Deuce2223]

I think someone needs difficulty adjustments. You must have game play on Varsity if you held BSU scoreless and recruiting on All-American with all the 4* committments you are getting

Fitzpatrick looks like he is going to be a beast in the middle at 6'7 291