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ESPN's All-Pac-10 team features four USC players
Examiners spread the seasonal cheer with the Examiner.com Holiday Guide . Clay Matthews named NFC defensive player of the week Wednesday, December 9, 2009 Watch out Brian Cushing, it looks like you might have some competition.
USC's season has a dull edge to it
This isn't the kind of Pete Carroll team L.A. has gotten used to, but Carroll gets some slack after seven years of dominance.
Brian Cushing Named NFL Defensive Rookie of The Month
I am beginning to see a recurring theme here. Brian Cushing is good. For the third time in his rookie season, Cushing is being recognized by the NFL with honors.
Harvin, Cushing selected as top rookies for November
Minnesota's Percy Harvin and Houston's Brian Cushing have been named the NFL's top rookies for the month of November.
The Texans' Brian Cushing, left, is a leading candidate for defensive rookie of the year honors.
Trojans in the NFL: Week twelve update
Trojans in the NFL focuses on USC Trojans, who were drafted into the National Football League this past NFL Draft, in an effort to follow the blossoming professional careers of some of your favorite players.
Heading into rivalry game, UCLA, USC have growing pains
At first glance, USC and UCLA might be heading in opposite directions going into Saturday's annual crosstown rivalry game.
Jeff Miller: Big-play Trojans? Not this season
He has been around this program longer than most, Jeff Byers officially becoming a USC Trojan in the summer of 2004, when Matt Barkley was 13 years old.
USC's Carroll keeps teaching through struggles
After seven straight Pac-10 titles, disappointment just doesn't stick to Pete Carroll.
Offense Backfield: There are four USC quarterbacks in the NFL, and Cincinnati's Carson Palmer , Arizona's Matt Leinart and the New York Jets' Mark Sanchez were top-10 draft picks.
USC football: Run defense finally gets physical
Jeff Byers could sense a difference. In the most physical of football drills - the full-contact running drill known as the "nine-on-seven" - the USC defense was bringing it.
Texans notes: TE Casey returns to practice field
Casey missed the Indianapolis game after undergoing arthroscopic knee surgery. "If comes out today and fine, I think all systems would be go," coach Gary Kubiak said about playing Monday against Tennessee.
USC football notebook: Carroll admits misreading defense
Film does not lie, especially when you lose by 34 points to Stanford. So USC coach Pete Carroll finally admitted Sunday night that skeptics were right to question how his inexperienced defense could not be a liability this season.
Here are some week 9 highlights of former Trojans now playing in the NFL. This week features David Buehler, Dwayne Jarrett, Reggie Bush, Terrell Thomas, Steve Smith, Kevin Ellison, Keith Rivers, Rey Maualuga , Carson Palmer, Troy Polamalu and Brian Cushing.
Ex-Trojans still in shock as USC attempts to rebound from loss
Shaun Cody watched helplessly from a hotel room in Buffalo, N.Y. Kyle Moore tried to make sense of it from Los Angeles.
Johnson, Cushing, Ginn take home AFC weekly honours
Tennessee Titans running back Chris Johnson , Houston Texans linebacker Brian Cushing and Miami Dolphins kick returner Ted Ginn , Jr.
USC-Oregon: Trojans Rebuilding Not Reloading
There! It's official. By the count of 47-20, the votes are in. USC is rebuilding this year not reloading like all of the media hype had suggested.
As much as quarterbacks and running backs have defined the USC tradition, it's been the Trojans' linebackers who have taken over the NFL in recent years.
Trojans in the NFL: Week seven update
Trojans in the NFL focuses on USC Trojans, who were drafted into the National Football League this past NFL Draft, in an effort to follow the blossoming professional careers of some of your favorite players.
In this Sept. 25, 2008, file photo, Oregon State running back Jacquizz Rodgers is tackled from behind by Southern California defender Brian Cushing in the first half of their NCAA college football game in Corvallis, Ore.
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