By Bruce Feldman One of the better story lines to keep an eye on this spring will be the battle for USC's vacant QB job. I was out at the Trojans' practice field the other day and watched their 7-on-7 workout. Afterward, I caught up with the guy many inside the program think is the front-runner for ...

Erik McKinneyWeAreSC Assistant Editor When tight end Blake Ayles stepped onto the USC campus as a true freshman in 2008, most experts had him pegged as the member of the 2008 recruiting class most likely to make an immediate impact on the football field. With Fred Davis and his Mackey Award departin...

From Oregonian Beavers beat writer Paul Buker: …the revelation that new UW football coach Steve Sarkisian has a Twitter page and recently broke his own story on the thing got me to wondering …what the hell is a Twitter page? … so I did some research, and now I’m afraid Sarkis...

Scott Wolf LA Daily News USC compiled another top-five recruiting class this week, but that will not affect the Trojans nearly as much next season as the revamped coaching staff put together by head coach Pete Carroll. Carroll hired new offensive and defensive coordinators following the departures o...

Oh frabjous day! Callooh callay! It's a very special morning here at Seattlest as we unveil a sports post from none other than Seth Kolloen, a man who has been called Seattle's worst sports blogger. We're not middle-of-the-pack here at Seattlest. We go big or go blog. Enjoy. "cougar gold" by EdgarDi...

Ohio Rep John Boehner, like most members of Congress, is actually a reptilian life form that feeds on the blood of old ladies and children and sleeps hanging upside down from the Anacostia Bridge when he’s not wearing his people suit and passing very important legislation. Why, just this past ...

LOS ANGELES — Coach Pete Carroll and the Southern California Trojans, who already had the nation’s most highly recruited quarterback on campus, received letters of intent from 16 more prized recruits on signing day Wednesday. Matt Barkley, considered by many the best quarterback — and maybe th...

Monsieur Croom ne regrette rien. Okay, if it were Croom it would have to be about five octaves lower, but it’ll do for the moment. Monsieur Croom regrets nothing about his time at Mississippi State, and will be taking his basso profondo to the NFL as a running backs coach for the St. Louis Ram...

By MICHAEL LEVThe Orange County Register LOS ANGELES – Mark Sanchez graciously departed. Pete Carroll awkwardly bid him farewell. And a young crop of quarterbacks enthusiastically embraced a newfound opportunity. Such were the events on a day of emotion and transition at USC. While fighting back t...

There are doubts about Mark Sanchez. Not mine, necessarily, although I do agree with some of the evaluations about the USC quarterback I've been hearing. Much like Sam Bradford, Sanchez just hasn't played that much college football. Unlike Bradford, Sanchez has been a full-time starting quarterback ...