From: valdis@skat.usc.edu (Valdis Kalejs)
Newsgroups: rec.sport.football.college
Subject: TROJAN NEWS VOL.9 (USC/UW NOTES)
Date: 1 Oct 1992 15:37:49 -0700
Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
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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.

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.
                   

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.

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!!!

Valdis Kalejs