From: mcgillis@pooh.sdd.trw.com (J. Mcgillis)
Subject: Re: TROJAN NEWS VOL.9 (USC/UW NOTES)
Organization: TRW Inc., Redondo Beach, CA
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 92 23:42:49 GMT

valdis@skat.usc.edu (Valdis Kalejs) writes:

>Well the big showdown between USC & Washington is only two days away! Will the
>Trojans,comming off a big victory over Oaklahoma, get revenge for the past two
>seasons? Will they nock the Huskies out of the #1 slot and possibly out of a 
>third straight Rose Bowl bid? Well time will tell,but here's some pre-game
>notes leading into this Saturday's "Shootout in Seattle":

>CONFIDENCE BUILDER: SC's victory over the Sooners two weeks ago not only broke
>                    a seven-game winless streak, but acording to Coach Smith
>                    and the rest of the team, this will set the stage for the
>                    rest of their season,and that they are definatley a better
>                    team than they were a year ago. They also belive if they
>                    would have lost the game,it would have been much tougher
>                    to come back. For the record the seven game streak was not
>                    a school record. They had a eight game streak in 1942.

A perfect time for U$S to start a new losing streak...

>SHOOTING UPDATE: Freshaman linebacker John McGee was released from the hospital
>                 yesterday and will back to USC on Monday after relaxing at
>                 home in Tuscon Arizona. He wont be cleared to practice for
>                 a undetermined amount of time but it probably will be three
>                 to four weeks before he practices again. All Trojans do agree
>                 that this has broght the team closer together and has not
>                 effected their concentration to the job that is needed to be
>                 done.

>DAVID VS. GOLIATH?: No, your game programs are correct... Trojan defensive
>                    tackle David (Batman) Webb (6-4, 225) will be up against
>                    Lincoln "The Space Needle" Kennedy (6-7,325). This will
>                    be simply be a matchup between size vs. speed & quickness.
>                   

Size, speed, and quickness seem to describe Kennedy.  What does this say for
Webb?

>PREPARATION: Since the game this Saturday is an obvious sellout,and that the
>             crowd has had the history of being loud, the Trojans have been
>             practicing using amplified crowd & band noise trying to get the
>             Trojans prepared on what they will be up against,although the 
>             perfect remedy for this will be SC scoring first and often! 
>             For the record: USC has only been shutout 3 times in it's last
>             286 games, but two have come in the last four games in Seattle.


>REUNION: Trojan Curtis Conway and Husky Beno Bryant who were teamates since
>         during their Pop warner days in Hathorne Calif. will reunite on
>         opposite sides of the field this Saturday.

>INJURY REPORT:

>USC: Deon Stother has still been hampered by a bad ankle sprain that has kept
>     him out of the lineup for the first two games, and will continue to keep
>     him sidlined for this Saturday's game. This has caused Coach Smith to
>     seriously consider resirting him this season. Deon was SC's leading rusher
>     last season..

>HUSKIES: Starting tailback Jay Barry will also be out this Saturday due to a
>         broken toe. Beno Bryant has also been bothered by a hamstring injury,
>         but will play. This will give most of the rushing burden to sophomore
>         Napoleon McCallum.

I think that Napoleon McCallum plays for the Raiders.

>WEATHER FORCAST: The temp for the game will be 69 degrees, with partly cloudy
>                 skies and NO RAIN!!


>FASTEST PLAYER??: A promoter who is working on promoting the Sunkist Track &
>                Field Invitational at the LA Sports Arena later this comming
>                spring, is working on getting some of college football's
>                fastest players which includes USC's Curtis Conway and Husky
>                Napoleon McCallum.

>ANAYLASIS: The main job for SC is to keep the Husky offense off the field.
>           This was the main problem two years ago. Also protecting Rob
>           Johnson is also a must. He has been taking too many shots the
>           past two weeks, so the tailbacks and fullbacks will have their
>           work cut out for them when the Huskies come a blitzin. Since
>           having Johnson in the shotgun worked out well against the Sooners,
>           count on USC to continue this trend. Also since a SC tailback has
>           yet to score a TD, it would also be to their best intrest to take
>           some of the pressure off Johnson and get more involed, and capital-
>           ize on one Husky weakness: defense against the run. It should be
>           a close exciting game and I say a Trojan victory 24-21 with the
>           Trojan defense thrwarting a late Husky comeback! So off to Seattle!


>Fight On, BEAT THE HUSKIES!!!

Snicker...

>Valdis Kalejs

Jack
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				Jack McGillis
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