Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
O@kl@nd r@id3r
Monday, September 8 7:15 p.m. Denver Broncos
Sunday, September 14 10:00 a.m. @ Kansas City Chiefs
Sunday, September 21 10:00 a.m. @ Buffalo Bills
Sunday, September 28 1:05 p.m. San Diego Chargers
Sunday, October 5 BYE WEEK
Sunday, October 12 10:00 a.m. @ New Orleans Saints
Sunday, October 19 1:15 p.m. New York Jets
Sunday, October 26 10:00 a.m. @ Baltimore Ravens
Sunday, November 2 1:15 p.m. Atlanta Falcons
Sunday, November 9 1:05 p.m. Carolina Panthers
Sunday, November 16 10:00 a.m. @ Miami Dolphins
Sunday, November 23 1:05 p.m. @ Denver Broncos
Sunday, November 30 1:15 p.m. Kansas City Chiefs
Thursday, December 4 5:15 p.m. @ San Diego Chargers
Sunday, December 14 1:15 p.m. New England Patriots
Sunday, December 21 1:05 p.m. Houston Texans
Sunday, December 28 10:00 a.m. @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers
R@ID3R GAME STATS
WORLD CUP
The overly-commercial World Cup of today had actually humble beginnings. Early in the 20th century, FIFA tried to arrange an international tournament, but it wasn't until 1930 that the first World Cup was held. The tournament was designed as an alternative to the Olympic games where professional footballers where not allowed to compete. Held in South America, the first World Cup was ignored by many European nations due to the inconvenience of travel. England, where professional football was first to develop completely dismissed the tournament and refused to participate until 1950
Year Winner Runner-up Result Host
2006 Italy France 1-1 (5-3) Germany
2002 Brazil Germany 2-0 S.Korea & Japan
1998 France Brazil 3-0 France
1994 Brazil Italy 0-0 (3-2) USA
1990 West Germany Argentina 1-0 Italy
1986 Argentina West Germany 3-2 Mexico
1982 Italy West Germany 3-1 Spain
1978 Argentina Netherlands 3-1 Argentina
1974 West Germany Netherlands 2-1 Germany
1970 Brazil Italy 4-1 Mexico
1966 England West Germany 4-2 England
1962 Brazil Czechoslovakia 3-1 Chile
1958 Brazil Sweden 5-2 Sweden
1954 West Germany Hungary 3-2 Switzerland
1950 Uruguay Brazil 2-1 Brazil
1938 Italy Hungary 4-2 France
1934 Italy Czechoslovakia 2-1 Italy
1930 Uruguay Argentina 4-2 Uruguay
Titles Country
5 Brazil
4 Italy
3 Germany
2 Uruguay
2 Argentina
1 France
1 England
Titles Continent
9 South America
9 Europe
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The UCLA Bruins will open the Rick Neuheisel Era on Labor Day evening against Tennessee. The Monday, Sept. 1 game at the Rose Bowl will be televised nationally by ESPN and will kick off at 5:00 pm PDT. The game was originally scheduled for Saturday, September 6.
In addition, UCLA's contest against Fresno State, originally scheduled for Saturday, August 30, has been moved to Saturday, September 27. That contest will be televised by ABC, ESPN or ESPN 2.
"We are excited to be facing Tennessee in our opener," said Neuheisel. "I couldn't think of a better way to begin my coaching career at UCLA than by playing one of the top programs in the nation on Labor Day evening.
"It makes the schedule even tougher, because we are now playing an outstanding Fresno State team in between two conference opponents, but I know our players will rise to the challenge."
Monday, April 21, 2008
TR0J@NS
Sophomore quarterback Mitch Mustain threw 3 touchdown passes, including a pair to sophomore wide receiver Ronald Johnson, and junior tailback Allen Bradford ran for 2 more scores to highlight the USC football team's first intrasquad scrimmage of 2008 spring practice on Sunday (April 6) at USC.
Mustain, who started 8 games as a true freshman at Arkansas in 2006 before transferring to USC last season, hit Johnson for a 70-yard TD on his first throw of the scrimmage, then connected with junior fullback Adam Goodman on a 10-yard scoring toss and with Johnson again on a 31-yard TD. Mustain completed 7 of his 9 pass attempts for 137 yards, while Johnson caught 3 passes for 113 yards.
Junior quarterback Mark Sanchez, who started 3 games for the Trojans last year, was 9-of-15 passing for 106 yards, while redshirt freshman quarterback Aaron Corp was 4-of-8 for 51 yards with an interception.
Bradford ran for 84 yards on 4 carries, including TDs of 2 yards and then 73 yards. Sophomore tailback C.J. Gable gained 52 yards on 3 carries. Fellow soph tailback Joe McKnight had 138 all-purpose yards, including a 94-yard scoring kickoff return. Redshirt freshmen tailbacks Marc Tyler and Broderick Green added 36 and 35 rushing yards, respectively, on 7 carries each.
Sophomore fullback Stanley Havili had a 3-yard touchdown run on the scrimmage's opening drive.
USC also scored a touchdown on sophomore safety Robert Erickson's 12-yard return of a punt blocked by sophomore cornerback Omari Crittenden. Senior placekicker David Buehler nailed a 32-yard field goal.
The Trojan defense posted 8 sacks and got 3 turnovers in the 78-play scrimmage. Senior linebacker Clay Matthews had 3 sacks, sophomore defensive tackle Christian Tupou made 4 tackles, redshirt freshman linebacker Jordan Campbell had 4 tackles and caused a fumble that Crittenden recovered, junior cornerback Matthew Jordan recovered another fumble and junior safety Justin Hart had an interception.
Six-time defending Pac-10 champion USC, which is midway through its spring drills, opens its 2008 season on Aug. 30 at Virginia. Troy will hold its annual "Trojan Huddle" public spring game at the Coliseum on April 19 at 11 a.m., with tickets available for $10 at the gate, online at USCTrojans.com or by calling the USC Ticket Office at (213) 740-4672.
