2002 SPORTS: TROJANS TRIUMPH USC DOUBTERS TURN BELIEVERS.Byline: Daily News When Pete Carroll Peter C. Carroll (born September 15, 1951, in San Francisco, California) is the current head coach of the University of Southern California Trojans football team, having held that position since 2001. was hired as the USC football USC football refers to either of two NCAA Division I-A college football programs:
After all, he was not the school's first, or even second choice to succeed Paul Hackett. However, Carroll has made doubters into believers. After a 10-2 regular season, including crushing victories over chief rivals Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX , fifth-ranked USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. will be playing in the Orange Bowl on Thursday against No. 3 Iowa. Carrol wasn't the only person to quell the naysayers. USC quarterback Carson Palmer was highly-touted as a freshman in 1998. But it wasn't until this season that Palmer developed into the player most thought he would be when he played at Orange County's Santa Margarita High. This season, Palmer completed 288 of 458 passes for 3,639 yards and 32 touchdowns, while throwing just 10 interceptions. Standout receiver Mike Williams, only a freshman, caught 75 passes, 13 for touchdowns. On the defensive side, USC led the Pac-10 in total defense. CAPTION(S): 2 photos Photo: (1) USC coach Pete Carroll gets the ice-water treatment after the Trojans pounded crosstown rival UCLA. (2) USC quarterback Carson Palmer poses with his Heisman Trophy. Tom Mendoza/Staff Photographer |
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