Good news! The Trojans got some players back tonight.
- Safety Marshall Jones was the lead story. He picked off Mitch Mustain and returned it for a touchdown during the 7-on-7 portion in his first practice back.
- Also, De'Von Flournoy returned to the healthy side of Howard Jones tonight. He made a couple of grabs, including a nice sliding catch on the sideline.
- OL Butch Lewis is looking at another week as a spectator, while DE Nick Perry is due back right around the Hawaii game.
- As Lane Kiffin has talked about, a lot of the offensive weapons are specialty guys. Like a baseball player with one tool, David Ausberry has size, Flournoy has speed, etc.. Kiffin wants to diversify their talents. "Let's not be specialty players anymore, let's really master our game. Let's focus on what our weaknesses are individually and bring those out, so that we can get guys that can play all the time," Kiffin said.
- For you old-timers, you'll be excited to hear that Kiffin has contemplated bringing back iron man football in the next few years as the scholarship numbers really start to effect the program's depth. "We could be like old school football, where you have three or four guys play both ways."
- The Dillon Baxter hubbub has settled a bit. With the controversy behind him, he has played better in scrimmage drills, including a breakaway run tonight.
- While the first team defense has mostly had their way with Matt Barkley's offense, the Trojan O went on a 94-yard drive during the scrimmage portion. Barkley methodically moved the ball down field picking out short and medium range targets.
- Of course, the defense did not break and yielded only a field goal attempt.
- Chris Galippo and Devon Kennard are still tied at middle linebacker according to Kiffin although Kennard was slowed by a toe injury tonight.
- On the other side, the second team defense stood up to Mitch Mustain's offense, which had been carving them to pieces throughout most of camp.
- Here are Kiffin's comments after practice:
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