Former USC LB Cameron Smith needs open heart surgery
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Smith opened up on Instagram about how he discovered his condition and the needed treatment Former USC Trojans linebacker Cameron Smith recently opened up on Instagram about his heart condition, and how during a test for COVID-19, he discovered he needs open heart surgery. Posted to his social media accounts, Smith stated he has a bicuspid aortic valve that he was born with but after testing positive for coronavirus, he had further testing done and it was realized he’d need the surgery then.
“Earlier this week, I found out I need open heart surgery to fix a bicuspid aortic valve that I was born with. Although this will unfortunately end my 2020 season, it is really a blessing that we found this as my heart is severely enlarged and wouldn’t have lasted much longer. I found this out after I tested positive for COVID and had to have further testing done as protocol. The Lord works in mysterious ways, but I could really fell him on this one! There is Collapse
Ruffels Run To Repeat U.S. Amateur Win Ends In Extra-Hole Final
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1 DAY AGO - Gabriela Ruffels' amazing run to defend her 2019 U.S. Amateur championship took her to the brink, and past it, but the Trojan All-American's putt to extend the 2020 title match to a third extra hole lipped agonizingly in and out Sunday (Aug. 9) at the Woodmont C.C. in Rockville, Md., abruptly ending her march for history. Collapse
USC ranks No. 17 in opening 2020 Coaches Poll
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The Trojans were the second highest-ranked Pac-12 school in the season-opening poll We’re just nearly three weeks away from the start of the 2020 college football season across the country, and with that, the inaugural Coaches Poll has been released.
The USC Trojans found themselves ranked No. 17 overall in the season-opening coaches poll, behind just Oregon for Pac-12 supremacy.
The Ducks, though defending Rose Bowl and Pac-12 Champions, will be forced to replace a ton of talent on the offensive side of the ball, including former four-year starter Justin Herbert. On the flip side of that coin, the Trojans are entering the year with at least two more seasons of Kedon Slovis at the helm and the rightful changing of the guard is bound to happen this season, or so it seems.
The Trojans finished with 521 total points in the AMWAY Coaches Poll to open the season, just three behind No. 16 Oklahoma State.
The voting system, as it works, is Collapse
Ruffels Leads Four Trojans Who Advance To U.S. Amateur Match Play
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5 DAYS AGO - Senior Gabriela Ruffels continued her quest for back-to-back titles as the defending U.S. Women's Amateur champion tied for fifth after the second round Wednesday (Aug. 5) at the Woodmont C.C. in Rockville, Md., while fellow returning Trojans Alyaa Abdulghany, Allisen Corpuz and Malia Nam also finished in the top 36, all advancing to the 64-woman match play stage. Collapse
Former Sparks Head Coach Julie Rousseau Will Chair USC Athletics’ Black Lives Matter Action Team
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7 DAYS AGO - The ultimate goal is to implement within USC Athletics a series of meaningful and substantive actions and reforms consistent with the essence of the Black Lives Matter Movement. Collapse
USC’s 2020 football schedule announced
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The Trojans have home games against Cal, Colorado, Washington State, Arizona State and Washington The 2020 college football season is set to be anything but normal. Each of the Power-5 conferences are essentially slated to have a conference-only schedule and limit travel restrictions within their conferences.
They’re doing their best to ensure we indeed do have at least a semblance of a season and in doing so, the Pac-12 announced their revised 2020 football schedule this weekend.
You USC Trojans’ schedule is not all that different, though does change around quite a bit. Per the Pac-12 CEO Group’s release:
Following the Pac-12 CEO Group’s July 10 decision to move to a Conference-only football schedule, the Pac-12 today unveiled a 10-game Conference-only schedule (available below as well as on Pac-12.com) structured to maximize flexibility, including the following features:
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Kedon Slovis on the Manning Award watch list
7/31/2020 - The preseason honors keep rolling in At this rate, we don’t need a new post every time Kedon Expand
7/31/2020 - The preseason honors keep rolling in At this rate, we don’t need a new post every time Kedon Slovis gets selected to another watch list, but here we are. USC Trojans QB Slovis was selected to the Manning Award preseason watch list, the award given annually to the nation’s top quarterback as voted on by the Super Bowl Committee.
It is at least the only award that factors in bowl game performances, though we likely won’t even get to that this season.
Another day, another watch list for @Kedonslovis!Congrats to our QB on being named to the #ManningAward watch list!#FightOn ✌️ pic.twitter.com/yD9BtIcXm4— USC Football (@USC_FB) July 30, 2020
So, while we all know who Slovis is, and how good he is, and how many award watch lists he’s on, what we don’t know is how the criteria for all these awards are going to be affected.
What will conference-only schedules do for the awards this year? Will that affect players adversely? What about some schools that may play an 11- or 12-game Collapse
UPDATE: Daniel Imatorbhebhe transfers to Illinois
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Imatorbhebhe announced his decision to enter the Expand
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Imatorbhebhe announced his decision to enter the transfer portal last week The news is official, former USC Trojans TE Daniel Imatorbhebhe has transferred to Illinois.
2 Timothy 2:15 I-L-L pic.twitter.com/XcXpfsDdLE— Daniel Imatorbhebhe (@_bhex2) July 30, 2020
Imatorbhebhe broke out in 2016, hauling in 17 passes for 250 yards and four touchdowns after a redshirt year in 2015. He was one of Sam Darnold’s favorite red-zone targets that season and his best game certainly came against then No. 4 Washington where he hauled in five passes for 78 yards and one of his scores.
He hadn’t played since 2018 but will look to make an impact on an up-and-coming Illinois Fighting Illini team that returns longtime Big Ten QB Brandon Peters. They also lost starting receiver Ricky Smalling after he left the program due to undisclosed reasons.
Perhaps the biggest reason for his transfer, however, is that he’ll now join his former teammate, former Collapse
Brooks Kriske Becomes 115th Trojan to Make MLB Debut
7/29/2020 - LOS ANGELES – USC baseball alumni Brooks Kriske became the 115th Trojan to reach the big leagues Expand
7/29/2020 - LOS ANGELES – USC baseball alumni Brooks Kriske became the 115th Trojan to reach the big leagues when he made his MLB debut tonight (July 29) for the New York Yankees. Collapse
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USC Alum Jacki Gemelos Still Fighting On
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23 HRS AGO - The USC women's basketball alum has overcome four torn ACLs and numerous other surgeries to fulfill her lifelong dream of playing in the WNBA. Collapse
USC QB Commit Jake Garcia to play senior year, in Georgia
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2 DAYS AGO - Garcia had to move to Georgia to play his senior year of high school football Well it took a couple thousand miles but it looks like USC Trojans QB commit Jake Garcia will indeed play high senior season of high school football afterall.
After the ruling in California that stated high school fall athletics were to start in either December or January, some recruits have opted out of their final seasons and intended to enroll early at their college of choice in January.
While some wanted to play whenever the games can go on, others wanted to play at the normally scheduled time and still have the possibility to enrol early in their colleges.
It looks like Garcia falls into that category as he’s transferred to Georgia high school powerhouse Valdosta High School, home of ESPN’s Titletown own Valdosta Blazers, the winningest high school football team in the country.
“I’m really excited about the decision,” Garcia said. “For me, it was big to play as a senior. I need those game reps and this Collapse
Kedon Slovis is the highest-ranked Pac-12 QB for fantasy football
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Have you played college fantasy football yet? The 2020 college football season is approaching quickly. And though it will look unlike any college football season in recent memory, there is still a ton of fun to be had. A ton of games to watch. A lot of film to breakdown.
And a lot of college fantasy football to play.
If you haven’t played college fantasy football yet, you’ve been missing out. It’s rapidly growing in popularity and makes the typical fantasy football challenges even more difficult. Instead of learning about 32 NFL teams, you get to learn about 60+ Power Five conference schools, 60+ Group of 5 conference schools, Independent players, and so, so much more.
The players that play college fantasy football know what they’re doing and know the game of college football better than most.
One of those individuals is Thor Nystrom, lead college football writer at Rotoworld and the winner of College Sports Writer of Collapse
USC Football 2020 Preview: Week 2 vs Cal
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USC should run the state this season — Expand
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USC should run the state this season — though Cal presents one difficult challenge The 2020 college football season will look unlike anything we’ve seen before, but at this stage, it’s safe to say we’ll get some football in during the year 2020. How much we get in, is another question.
Still, with that in mind, we continue our preseason 2020 USC Trojans season preview with Week 2, and the Trojans matchup with the California Golden Bears.
2020 Season Preview Series — Week 1 @ UCLA
The Bears return quarterback Chase Garbers, who made his return from injury in last year’s meeting between the teams. Garbers also exited the game against USC with injury but played the final three games of the season with no trouble for Cal, ultimately leading them to victories over Stanford, UCLA and Illinois to close out the year.
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USC Football 2020 Preview: Week 1 @ UCLA
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Our USC Football 2020 Preview kicks off with a look at the UCLA Bruins The 2020 football schedule has been laid out for us, and while the Pac-12 Players are standing in Unity and opting to sit out across all 12 member universities, I am still hopeful that we will have a season. I am also hopeful that the Pac-12 will listen to the players and come to some swift sort of negotiation and plan going forward, and that we will get a football season.
For the sake of the unknown, here’s a look at the UCLA Bruins matchup against your USC Trojans in the new Week 1 slate, as if everyone on roster was going to play.
What are their strengths? What are their weaknesses? Let’s dive in.
Quarterback battle — Dorian Thompson-Robinson vs Kedon Slovis
It’s no surprise that USC has the edge here, and has a big edge at that. Slovis is dotting the I’s and crossing the T’s on every major award preseason watch list while DTR is Collapse
Tri Bourne Wins AVP Champions Cup Series’ Porsche Cup
8/2/2020 - The pair defeated top-ranked Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena 21-17, 15-21, 15-12 on Sunday (Aug. Expand
8/2/2020 - The pair defeated top-ranked Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena 21-17, 15-21, 15-12 on Sunday (Aug. 2) in Long Beach, Calif.. Collapse
Ruffels Set To Defend U.S. Amateur Title
7/31/2020 - USC rising senior Gabriela Ruffels is set to defend her 2019 title at the 2020 U.S. Amateur at the Expand
7/31/2020 - USC rising senior Gabriela Ruffels is set to defend her 2019 title at the 2020 U.S. Amateur at the Woodmont C.C. in Rockville, Md., starting Monday (Aug. 3) and will be joined by five fellow Trojans, all in pursuit of the Robert Cox Trophy that Ruffels hoisted a year ago. Collapse
A look to the future — top 2023 prospect already has a USC offer in hand
7/30/2020 - Freshman All-American Jayden Wayne lists USC in his top schools who have offered him so far You Expand
7/30/2020 - Freshman All-American Jayden Wayne lists USC in his top schools who have offered him so far You may not have heard about him yet, and that’s okay. Jayden Wayne is a top prospect for the class of 2023, even though rankings haven’t been released from any major entity that far out yet.
Still, Wayne is a top recruit and a top player overall, hailing from Lincoln High School in Tacoma, Washington. He was selected as a Freshman All-American a season ago and as major college football coaches have queued up the tape, they see why.
And the offers have followed.
So far, Wayne has reportedly received scholarship offers from Tennessee, Oregon, Nebraska and Georgetown, as well as, you guessed it, your USC Trojans.
Only the beginning... pic.twitter.com/fSar7yrC6K— Jayden Wayne (@JaydenWayne8) July 29, 2020
He was also named a MaxPreps 2020 Preseason All-American just a month after receiving his offer from USC.
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Mike Gillespie, Who Played on and Coached College World Series Champion Teams at USC, Dies
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7/29/2020 - LOS ANGELES—Former USC player and head coach Mike Gillespie, who played on and coached College World Series championship baseball teams with the Trojans, died today (July 29) in Irvine, Calif., following complications from recent lung issues and a stroke. He was 80. Collapse
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Conquest Chronicles mourn the passing of USC Hall of Famer John Hamilton
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1 DAY AGO - CC joins SB Nation and the rest of the USC Trojan family in mourning the passing of the 1964 grad and IMPACT Foundation Chair We join all of USC Trojans nation in mourning the passing of John Hamilton, the man who helped establish the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994. He was 78.
Hamilton is survived by his wife, Kathy, son John Jr., daughters Kate and Jill as well as his brother Rick and 10 grandchildren.
Conquest Chronicles, on behalf of all of SB Nation, join the Trojan Nation in the mourning of Hamilton.
For further details, here is the USC Athletics official release:
John Hamilton, who helped establish the USC Athletic Hall of Fame, the Newport Sports Museum and the Lott IMPACT Trophy, died Wednesday (Aug. 5) in Newport Beach of COVID-related complications. He was 78.
Services are pending.
Hamilton, a 1964 USC graduate and Orange County native, was a driving force behind the development of the USC Athletic Hall of Fame in 1994 and served as its chairman until 2015. For his Collapse
USC Football 2020 Preview: Week 3 @ Stanford Cardinal
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The Cardinal have perhaps one of the better quarterbacks in the country, if he can stay healthy Rounding out their run of California-based teams to start the season, the USC Trojans will face off against the Stanford Cardinal in Week 3 of the revised 2020 football schedule. USC will have played at UCLA and against California at home before heading north to Palo Alto to face off against QB Davis Mills and Co. on October 10.
2020 Season Preview Series — Week 1 @ UCLA
2020 Season Preview Series — Week 2 vs Cal
Stanford could present troubles this season, and should not be overlooked despite their lackluster 4-8 record a season ago.
Head coach David Shaw has shown the ability to be a football powerhouse, not just in the Pac-12 but nationally, and he may have one of his better quarterbacks in the making in Mills.
The former No. 1 recruit from his class, Mills fought his way into the starting lineup after a great season from Collapse
USC Athletics Hall of Famer John Hamilton Dies
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4 DAYS AGO - John Hamilton, who helped establish the USC Athletic Hall of Fame, the Newport Sports Museum and the Lott IMPACT Trophy, died Wednesday of COVID-related complications. Collapse
USC’s Chase Williams one of 11 to sign letter to Larry Scott
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Williams signed a letter to the Pac-12 commissioner, seeking daily meetings about player safety and racial injustices, among other issues USC Trojans safety Chase Williams was one of 11 players to sign a letter to Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott. Williams signed the letter with 10 other players that sought daily meetings with the Pac-12 and the players from the member universities.
The meetings were to discuss player safety, racial injustices and the other issues as detailed in their Pac-12 Unity Demands letter published on Sunday.
The letter, directed to Scott and all Pac-12 athletic directors asked for daily meetings via Zoom with the Player Representative Team, assumedly those who signed on the letter.
They wanted the meetings to begin as early as Monday, August 3, saying they would continue daily meetings until the demands are met.
The full letter can be found here.
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Snapper Damon Johnson Named To Mannelly Award Watch List
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7 DAYS AGO - USC senior long snapper Damon Johnson has been named to the 2020 Patrick Mannelly Award Watch List, given to the nation's top long snapper. Collapse
USC’S Revised 2020 Football Schedule Announced
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7/31/2020 - USC's football schedule was revised and shortened by the Pac-12 to better deal with the COVID-19 pandemic. Collapse
Tentative USC football schedule has UCLA in Week 2
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That’d be the first time that these two met in September since 1945 Remember that time the USC Trojans walked off the field victorious against UCLA near the tail end of the 2019 season?
Well, you may have to wait less than you thought to get that feeling again.
In fact, it may come as early as September 26, as that’s a new tentative date for the USC Trojans to take on bitter rival UCLA Bruins in the new coronavirus-altered 2020 football season.
According to multiple reports from Bruins Report Online and confirmed by sources, USC is UCLA’s new Week 2 opponent, assuming the Pac-12 gets a schedule organized and started on time. The new season start would be on September 19, meaning camps would start on or around August 21.
No other games for USC have been reported but it was reported that UCLA was also adding Washington to their schedule and moving their game against Cal, originally scheduled to close the Collapse
USC's Kedon Slovis Named To Manning Award Watch List
7/30/2020 - USC quarterback Kedon Slovis named to the Watch List for the 2020 Manning Award, given to the Expand
7/30/2020 - USC quarterback Kedon Slovis named to the Watch List for the 2020 Manning Award, given to the nation's top quarterback. Collapse
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