By Trevor Denton
When I was growing up, my mom would take me to GameStop every July for the midnight release of NCAA Football on PlayStation. When the release date rolled around, I’d get more excited for that than for my own birthday.
Theoretically, I could have waited until the next day to buy NCAA. But that would have meant spending 12 fewer hours playing the greatest sports game ever conceived. So every year at midnight, I would unwrap the plastic packaging, pop in the shimmering compact disc and play until my avatar won the Heisman or my body forced itself into slumber, the sounds of fight songs still blasting through my speakers.
T-Time: UNPROVEN PLAYERS HAVE A CHANCE TO BREAK OUT
By Trevor
Denton
We’re reaching the halfway point of the college football season. Before we know it, we’ll have to pretend to care about esports or something, as fellow columnist Sam Arslanian keeps urging us to. Enjoy all the upsets, shootouts and rivalries that college football has to offer while you can.
If there’s one positive thing about college football reaching its midpoint, it’s that I get to highlight the players most likely to break out and define the College Football Playoff race as we plow toward December.
Every year, injuries — or sudden transfers — thrust unproven players into action. In the 2017 season, it was then-freshman Tua Tagovailoa, who came off the bench to lead Alabama to a win over Georgia in the National Championship. Last season, it was the emergence of a pair of underclassmen Clemson receivers in Tee Higgins and Justyn Ross.
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T-Time: USC SHOULD LOOK OUTSIDE ITS RANKS TO CHOOSE NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR
By Trevor Denton
Many anticipated that new USC President Carol Folt would clean house within the athletic department once she assumed office July 1. It took some time to come to fruition, but ultimately it happened.
On Monday, Lynn Swann officially resigned from his position as athletic director months after an embarrassing admissions scandal. The football and men’s basketball teams also finished with losing records in the same season that the scandal took place.
“I am writing to share my sincere appreciation for Lynn Swann, who has decided to resign from his position as the Director of Athletics effective today,” wrote Folt in a message to the USC community. “Lynn has been a leader on and off the field at USC for nearly five decades, and he will forever be a valued member of the Trojan family.”
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