Ok, I know that there are only 80 people in this country who felt that Appalachian State had a prayer and they are these kids.
I think that Oklahoma decide that Todd Dodge needed to be welcomed to College Football and know what his opponents at Southlake Carroll felt like each week.
Cal got the revenge that they [...]
Ain’t no roundup like a Friday roundup. Let’s get to it.
While Pete Carroll was in the Bay Area attending the service for Bill Walsh (rest in peace), Steve Sarkisian was running the show at practice. Sark says that unlike his predecessor Lane Kiffin, for him to leave USC it would have to be a pretty [...]
No more messin’ around. It’s roundup time.
The LA Times recaps a contentious practice yesterday in Troy, as Stafon Johnson raised Pete Carroll’s hackles following an impressive run. After Johnson and safety Will Harris got into it, Johnson threw the ball at Harris. Then this happened:
Coach Pete Carroll immediately got into the running back’s face, then [...]
No asterisks in this roundup. Just cold, hard facts. And snarky opinions.
As the L.A. Daily News’ Scott Wolf reports in his USC blog, there is no bad blood between Pete Carroll and the guy who nearly had Carroll’s job:
Mike Bellotti and Pete Carroll do not hate each other. But there is a spirted rivalry there [...]
Gather round, everyone, it’s time for the roundup.
There was a somber tone in Troy as USC began their first workout. The number “19″ was stenciled into both endzones, a tribute to kicker Mario Danelo, who died in January.
“It’s a tribute to somebody that we really miss and that we love. . . . In some [...]
College football took a backseat this weekend to other momentous sports moments (and we’re referring, of course, to Lorena Ochoa winning the Women’s British Open), but there were some happenings around the nation. They’re here in the roundup.
The Jim Harbaugh Quote Machine continues to crank out good copy. The latest?
“The most important goal is to [...]
Happy Friday. Let’s get to the roundup.
Most of the major preseason polls have closed, and with 97% of precincts reporting, we can report that USC is getting a little bit of attention. They top both the College Football News poll and the USA Today coaches poll. That should be good news for Trojan fans, but [...]
A few items of note from around the college football world…
Ivan Maisel reports that USC does not encourage freshmen “going Booty” and enrolling early on campus. Offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian thinks that instead of burying themselves in the Trojan playbook, 17- and 18-year-olds’ priorities should lie elsewhere:
“I think your senior year of high school, that [...]