Junior center Toa Lobendahn tore both his ACL and MCL and is out for the season, head coach Clay Helton announced after practice on Thursday. Lobendahn sustained the tear in the season opener against Alabama. “It’s very sad news for us,” Helton said. “[Lobendahn’s] one of the loves of my life; he will be missed […]
Former USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian is joining Alabama’s coaching staff as an offensive analyst, Alabama coach Nick Saban confirmed on Monday. Sarkisian was infamously fired at USC weeks into the 2015 season following a series of alcohol-related issues that began with a rant at the annual Salute to Troy event, where he appeared to […]
Redshirt senior defensive end Jabari Ruffin will sit out the first half of USC’s home opener against Utah State after he was ejected for stomping on an Alabama player’s groin on Saturday. Head coach Clay Helton announced the suspension in a teleconference with the media on Sunday. “As a learning lesson,” Helton also said that Ruffin […]
Apparently, Alabama has become a haven for former USC head coaches. Just two years after hiring Lane Kiffin as his offensive coordinator, Nick Saban is now showing interest in Steve Sarkisian as an offensive assistant, according to a Fox Sports report on Saturday. Sarkisian reportedly has an interview with Alabama this week. Both Kiffin and Sarkisian […]
The women’s volleyball team won all three matches at the Radisson Classic tournament this weekend at the Galen Center to claim the title, recovering from a sweep last week at the USC Baden Invitational. On Friday, the Trojans defeated the University of Kentucky in three sets and on Saturday the University of Northern Iowa in four and […]
For about a quarter and a half, the No. 20 Trojans had to feel that they could upset top-ranked Alabama. They scored first, the presumably shoddy defensive unit was holding its own and redshirt junior quarterback Max Browne had completed his first seven passes as a starter. And then, in a span of just over […]
Redshirt sophomore defensive end Don Hill was suspended and sent home a day before USC’s season opener against Alabama in Dallas for a “violation of team rules,” according to a USC spokesperson. Hill was mentioned in a TMZ report on Thursday detailed sophomore linebacker Osa Masina’s multiple alleged sexual assaults. TMZ, which obtained a copy of […]
After a close competition that lasted into fall camp, redshirt junior Max Browne held off redshirt freshman Sam Darnold to claim the USC starting quarterback job, head coach Clay Helton announced on Saturday. Browne, who waited three seasons, finally has his chance under center. But the odds-on favorite to win the position faced an unexpected […]
Four Trojans were drafted and seven more signed as undrafted free agents in another busy NFL Draft for the football team. The draft took place in Chicago and spanned three days — Thursday through Saturday. Linebacker Su’a Cravens topped the list of USC entries into the NFL, drafted 53rd overall by the Washington Redskins in the second […]
USC baseball dropped its single mid-week matchup with UC Irvine Tuesday 6-5 at Dedeaux Field as their season record dropped to 18-21. Though UC Irvine began the game with a 2-0 lead in the first inning, a well-executed offense from the Trojans tied the score immediately in the bottom of the inning. Lead off batter […]