The Emerald Bowl will be old news for USC walk-on tailback Ahmed Mokhtar.Mokhtar, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Orange Coast College, was a true freshman on the Oregon State roster when the Beavers played in the Emerald Bowl in 2007. As a redshirting first-year player, he didn't see any game action in Oregon State's 21-14 win over Maryland.
So while almost all of his teammates will be experiencing a new city and something other than Disneyland and Lawry's for the first time during bowl week, Mokhtar will be going back to the only bowl he's known -- but he's definitely not complaining.
"When I heard we were going to the Emerald Bowl, I was amped," said Mokhtar, a Mater Dei grad who grew up in Laguna Beach. "It's going to be really cool."
Did he go to Oregon or Oregon St. Oregon players will experience SoCal. Oregon St is in Las Vegas