Damien Williams, USC’s junior wide receiver and punt returner will not play his senior season for several reasons.
He graduated this month, and he turned in an outstanding performance in the Emerald Bowl.
He caught 12 passes for 189 yards and was named the Most Valuable Player in the game. Not only is Williams an outstanding football player who will be in the NFL next season, he was an extraordinary student who is very articulate.
He will be successful on and off the football field…
Lesson-Learning Time
Notre Dame has hired a new football coach, Brian Kelly, who was successful at the University of Cincinnati but he will find out in a hurry that Notre Dame is not Cincinnati.
The schedule that Notre Dame plays is a lot tougher than Cincinnati’s.
He will find out that talent wins games, not coaches. Notre Dame does not have the great talent they had in the past.
Where is Tyrone Willingham when you need him…
A Prince of a Fellow?
If UCLA quarterback Kevin Prince is not ready to play today (1:30, ESPN, vs. Temple in the Eagle Bank Bowl) or if he needs to be replaced during the game in Washington D.C., coach Rick Neuheisel needs to play senior Kevin Craft.
Look for UCLA’s defense to be on top of their game against Temple. All-American safety Rahim Moore from Dorsey High School is one of the players to watch for on the Bruins defense…
Who Knew?
To the surprise of a lot of people, the most dominating program in college sports is Penn State’s women’s volleyball team.
They have won more than 100 matches in a row, and they beat Texas a few weeks ago for the national championship…
Time to Go Indoors
UCLA and USC men’s basketball teams are led by two guards who were not expected to be stars this year. Former Santa Ana Mater Dei star Mike Gerrity is directing the USC offense from the point guard position. Shooting guard Malcolm Lee is the leading scorer for UCLA. Both schools will host the Arizona schools this week. UCLA faces Arizona State and USC plays Arizona on Thursday night. On Saturday, they switch opponents…
Baseball Moves
Coco Crisp, an Inglewood High graduate and a star RBI producer, is close to signing with the Oakland A’s…
The Dodgers and Angels appear headed in the wrong direction this off-season.
The Dodgers traded outfielder Juan Pierre to the White Sox and the Angels did not resign Vladimir Guerrero and Chone Figgins.
All three were productive last season. There is an old saying, “You dance with the girl you brought to the dance until she cannot dance anymore.”
Pierre, Guerrero and Figgins still can dance…
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