Today, 24JUL08, the PAC-10 held its football media day. The West Coast media members reveled their preseason poll.
- USC
- Arizona State
- Oregon
- California
- UCLA
- Oregon State
- Arizona
- Washington
- Stanford
- Washington State
USC football Coach Pete Carroll began a heated debate over helmet-to-helmet hits:
“This stuff just happens and it has nothing to do with the guy’s intent,”
Coach Carroll assessed Joe McKnight,
“Joe McKnight has gained 20 pounds since he showed up a year ago,” Carroll said. “He’s a big-play tailback who can catch the ball out of the backfield and line up as a receiver. He runs routes as a receiver better than Reggie did.”
Coach Carroll also had some opening remarks,
“This is the day that marks the start to the next challenge and I can’t tell you how excited we are about this. We’ve had a terrific run with the kids that have been in the program, that have won national championships, but they’ve all left us. To see the change in leadership and the emergence of the leadership, we sense a whole new excitement and I’ve never been more pumped up. There was energy, intensity and competitiveness in the spring practice. It seems like it’s the first time for us. We have tremendous challenges and a schedule that will give us an opportunity to do everything in college football. Every game is a championship game for us, so here we go. There is great anticipation and a I look forward to doing something special. There is a changing of the guard. I’m really proud to be part of this team, we don’t start camp until August 5 and Cush [Brian Cushing] and I are going to go one-on-one in the hallway to get pumped up.”
SC linebacker Brian Cushing commented on his senior year,
I think overall coming into this program and knowing that one day I wanted to be a leader on this team was very important to me. I learned from the older guys, understanding what the program is about and the philosophy of coach Carroll. Hopefully I can give the same competitive leadership to the younger guys and lead this team through the season.
yojoe Fight On!
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