USC Ass't Coach Orgeron Hospitalized, Released
Southern California defensive coordinator Ed Orgeron was briefly hospitalized because of an infection in his broken right foot.
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Southern California defensive coordinator Ed Orgeron was briefly hospitalized because of an infection in his broken right foot.
Both teams are looking to bounce back after losing their first games and remain in the thick of the Pac-10. The Cardinal fell 52-31 at Oregon, while the Trojans lost 32-31 to Washington. USC is also looking to avenge last year's loss to Stanford, when Cardinal coach Jim Harbaugh went for a 2-point conversion with a 27-point lead in the fourth quarter.
Pac-10 commissioner Larry Scott doesn't feel comfortable calling this week's athletic directors meetings the biggest in conference history.
Just in case the UCLA Bruins start to feel too good about themselves after a three-game winning streak, tailback Johnathan Franklin knows a statistic that will keep his teammates humble.
Derrick Coleman rushed for 185 yards and three touchdowns, Johnathan Franklin added 216 rushing yards and UCLA scored twice in the fourth quarter for a 42-28 victory over Washington State on Saturday.
Steve Sarkisian and Lane Kiffin spent a hefty part of their 20s together on Southern California's downtown campus. If they weren't sequestered in an office up in Heritage Hall watching game tape and eating takeout food, they were simultaneously teaching and learning on the practice fields across the street.
Johnathan Franklin and Akeem Ayers immediately noticed the change in their fellow UCLA students' faces when they got back to Westwood last Sunday.
UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince has skipped his second straight practice to rest his injured right knee.
It's been a rare occurrence in recent seasons when Washington has been a target of revenge. But that's clearly the case this week as the Huskies return from their bye and head to No. 18 Southern California.
What a wild week in the PAC-10! UCLA headlines the conference this week after pulling off a major upset over the Texas Longhorns, but will they move up from #8 in the latest PAC-10 power rankings?
