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It's really pathetic but I still can't get over this. I can't wait to see what that fucker's face is going to look like after the ducks bury his head in the ground. It's on!
USC quarterback Matt Barkley causes a stir with his tweet
He compares Cain Velasquez's upset victory over Brock Lesnar in a UFC heavyweight bout to what USC can do to Oregon on Saturday.
October 25, 2010|By Gary Klein
Matt Barkley said Monday it was nothing personal.
USC was off last weekend because of an open date, but the Trojans' sophomore quarterback created a social-network stir with a post on his Twitter feed in the aftermath of Cain Velasquez's victory over Brock Lesnar in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title fight Saturday.
Barkley, leader of the team preparing for a game this week against top-ranked Oregon, tweeted: "Wow, Brock just got rocked! Lesnar is to Oregon as Velasquez is to SC. Lezgo."
The post was deleted shortly thereafter, but not before it was retweeted, riling Oregon fans and, presumably, Oregon players.
USC is a seven-point underdog against the unbeaten Ducks.
"That had nothing to do with Oregon," Barkley said after practice. "I just got fired up thinking about my teammates.
"It had to do with kind of being an underdog in a big fight, like we're going into. Everyone, of course, takes it out of context and blows it up. But that was about us and about our team and the adversity we've been through."
Tackling a big issue
With Oregon's nation-leading offense coming to the Coliseum, USC Coach Lane Kiffin relaxed his "no-tackling" practice policy and put cornerbacks and linebackers through tackling drills, mainly against the second-team offense.
Kiffin said poor tackling has been "game-changing" for the Trojans.
"If we can tackle at all in the secondary, we're 7-0 right now," said Kiffin, whose team lost to Washington and Stanford on last-second field goals.
The coach said he was not surprised by some of the players' struggles to wrap up ballcarriers.
"It's rusty," he said of the Trojans' tackling. "You don't all of a sudden tackle well when you haven't all year. . . . So, hopefully it will pay off."
Speed game
The Trojans are preparing for an Oregon offense that plays at a breakneck pace and averages a nation-leading 55 points a game.
"You just have to stay alert and make sure you're lined up right," safety T.J. McDonald said recently.
Oregon zipped past the Trojans for a 47-20 victory last season at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks are playing even faster in Coach Chip Kelly's second season.
"It's not even close," Kiffin said. "They're much better in the system. . . . Going into his second year, I imagine his staff understands his tempo and what he's trying to get done, and you can see it by what they're doing."
On lookout for No. 1
USC quarterback Matt Barkley causes a stir with his tweet
He compares Cain Velasquez's upset victory over Brock Lesnar in a UFC heavyweight bout to what USC can do to Oregon on Saturday.
October 25, 2010|By Gary Klein
Matt Barkley said Monday it was nothing personal.
USC was off last weekend because of an open date, but the Trojans' sophomore quarterback created a social-network stir with a post on his Twitter feed in the aftermath of Cain Velasquez's victory over Brock Lesnar in the Ultimate Fighting Championship heavyweight title fight Saturday.
Barkley, leader of the team preparing for a game this week against top-ranked Oregon, tweeted: "Wow, Brock just got rocked! Lesnar is to Oregon as Velasquez is to SC. Lezgo."
The post was deleted shortly thereafter, but not before it was retweeted, riling Oregon fans and, presumably, Oregon players.
USC is a seven-point underdog against the unbeaten Ducks.
"That had nothing to do with Oregon," Barkley said after practice. "I just got fired up thinking about my teammates.
"It had to do with kind of being an underdog in a big fight, like we're going into. Everyone, of course, takes it out of context and blows it up. But that was about us and about our team and the adversity we've been through."
Tackling a big issue
With Oregon's nation-leading offense coming to the Coliseum, USC Coach Lane Kiffin relaxed his "no-tackling" practice policy and put cornerbacks and linebackers through tackling drills, mainly against the second-team offense.
Kiffin said poor tackling has been "game-changing" for the Trojans.
"If we can tackle at all in the secondary, we're 7-0 right now," said Kiffin, whose team lost to Washington and Stanford on last-second field goals.
The coach said he was not surprised by some of the players' struggles to wrap up ballcarriers.
"It's rusty," he said of the Trojans' tackling. "You don't all of a sudden tackle well when you haven't all year. . . . So, hopefully it will pay off."
Speed game
The Trojans are preparing for an Oregon offense that plays at a breakneck pace and averages a nation-leading 55 points a game.
"You just have to stay alert and make sure you're lined up right," safety T.J. McDonald said recently.
Oregon zipped past the Trojans for a 47-20 victory last season at Autzen Stadium. The Ducks are playing even faster in Coach Chip Kelly's second season.
"It's not even close," Kiffin said. "They're much better in the system. . . . Going into his second year, I imagine his staff understands his tempo and what he's trying to get done, and you can see it by what they're doing."
On lookout for No. 1
