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Does The USC Injury List Ever Get Shorter?

Do you remember Marcus Allen rushing 46 times for 243 yards against Cal in 1981? Or 44 carries for 289 yards against Washington State?

I mention it because 90 carries is more than what either Vavae Malepeai (74) or Stephen Carr (81) have all season. Aca’Cedric Ware barely has more with 106.

But look at the USC injury report this week: Carr is out with a sprained ankle. Malepeai is limited by a sprained ankle. Ware is limited by a sprained shoulder.

Again, does anyone have any qualms with the strength and conditioning program?

Offensive tackle Chuma Edoga looks like he will miss another game with a sore knee. Center Toa Lobendahn has an ankle injury. Defensive tackle Brandon Pili left Tuesday’s practice with an ankle injury while defensive tackle Jacob Lichtenstein (pulled with shoulder injury).

Can anyone stay healthy? Can someone exam the strength and conditioning program? Of course not. It’s USC.

11 thoughts on “Does The USC Injury List Ever Get Shorter?”

  2. Can you, Scottie? You’re supposed to be the investigative journalist who is “Inside USC”. When will you bother to schedule an interview with that staff? We’d love to hear some answers. If not, we’re not entirely interested in your speculation – just like any other blogger or commenter can provide. “Wow, seems like people are getting hurt a lot! Matt Leinart didn’t get hurt this much!”

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  3. Hey Scott! Look above at your past post: 10 things USC needs to fix to beat Stanford…in it, the 3rd response, mine, last line, I wrote that VEGAS WOULD BEAT SAN DIEGO STATE. That was Sept 6, 2018……Fast forward to this past weekend, November 10, 2018, when VEGAS DID BEAT SAN DIEGO ST, EVEN THOUGH SAN DIEGO ST WAS FAVORED BY 24 POINTS LOL…that’s pretty macho, lol…..🐺✌️💪

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  4. Flow, I can’t speak for all the injuries because they, 1. Didn’t physically happen to me, and 2. I did not see all the injuries. One I did see, however, was Ced’s. The dude’s shoulder got rocked by a defensive player crashing into him trying to get the loose ball that ended up being the safety. Chuma on the other hand seems like a guy who is milking it. Like he could care less. Soft for sure. Either way – Sorry, but strength and conditioning can’t prevent all injuries. So stop being a jackass. Hey, thanks.

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  5. ’04,

    I agree with your comment. S&C doesn’t relate to hits and how you will be hit. Look at Porter, he is in tip top physical shape, but his style of play and not his training led him to being injured, unfortunately. People roll on other people’s ankles, helmet to helmet, landing on a shoulder improperly, and pile ups will cause injury. Reminder, S&Cing is to make you stronger, harder, quicker, and endurance. They don’t garuantee that you won’t get hurt. Look at Shane Foley, the qb that had his knew torn out when he was hit by a second string linemen and it was like the last play of fall camp. Can you blame the S&C coach for that?

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  6. Sprained ankles are probably more on the equipment that S&C. Do you think that Marcus Allen really did more conditioning than the guys do today — at least any that helped his ankles? Grasping for straws to complain about the coaching? The record speaks for its pitiful self.

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