SC NOTEBOOK: CHOW CONSIDERS VANDERBILT JOB.Byline: Scott Wolf Staff Writer USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. offensive coordinator Norm Chow has become a hot coaching commodity. Already being pursued aggressively by Southern Methodist University Southern Methodist University, at Dallas, Tex.; United Methodist; coeducational; chartered 1911. The school's facilities include laboratories for electron microscopy and stable isotopes, a museum of paleontology, and a graduate research center. for its head-coaching position, Chow has discussed the same job at Vanderbilt with university officials, according to sources. Chow is friends with Vanderbilt president Gordon Gee, who was an associate dean at Brigham Young University Brigham Young University, at Provo, Utah; Latter-Day Saints; coeducational; opened as an academy in 1875 and became a university in 1903. It is noted for its law and business schools. when Chow was an assistant coach. Chow likes the Vanderbilt job because the Commodores compete in the powerful Southeastern Conference, while SMU SMU Southern Methodist University SMU Solid (Waste) Management Unit SMU Saint Mary's University (Halifax, Nova Scotia; Philippines) SMU Singapore Management University SMU Saint Mary's University of Minnesota competes in the Western Athletic Conference The Western Athletic Conference (commonly referred to as the WAC, pronounced "wack") was formed on July 27, 1962, making it the sixth oldest of the 11 college athletic conferences currently participating in the NCAA's Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS; formerly . Vanderbilt (2-9) fired coach Woody Widenhofer last month. Furman coach Bobby Johnson, South Carolina defensive coordinator Charlie Strong and Florida assistant offensive coordinator Buddy Teevens already have interviewed at Vanderbilt. Chow declined comment Saturday. --Practice update: The Trojans held their first practice in full pads Saturday, and Carroll said he would start installing a game plan for Utah next week. ``We'll have it all done in the next two weeks before we get to Las Vegas,'' Carroll said. USC departs for the Las Vegas Bowl The Las Vegas Bowl is an NCAA-sanctioned Division I-A post-season college football bowl game that has been played annually at 40,000-seat Sam Boyd Stadium in Las Vegas, Nevada since 1992. on Dec. 20. The team practices today before taking a few days off so coaches can concentrate on recruiting. --Player visit: Los Angeles Southwest College  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . linebacker Daniel Urquhart, who committed early last week, attended practice Saturday. There is a possibility Clovis West High fullback Brandon Hancock, who committed in August, will make a public announcement that he will attend USC in the next few days. --Poston returns: Freshman tailback Darryl Poston, who has been out since the Notre Dame game with a sprained knee, will be available for the bowl game. ``He's the best he's been in six weeks,'' Carroll said. Poston said he's experiencing minor back spasms but his knee feels fine. ``My knee is doing good,'' Poston said. ``I'm cutting again. I feel 105 percent.'' --New slogan: An enthusiastic groundskeeper took the liberty of painting ``7-5'' next to the sideline at Howard Jones Field Howard Jones Field is the practice facility for the USC Trojans football team. It was expanded in the fall of 1998 to include Brian Kennedy Field. In early 1999, Goux's Gate — named after the late popular long-time former assistant coach Marv Goux — was erected at the , in reference to USC's record if the Trojans defeat Utah in the Las Vegas Bowl. But not everyone was thrilled with the idea. ``I think it should just say `Vegas' or something,'' defensive end Bobby DeMars said. CAPTION(S): photo Photo: NORM CHOW Assistant has talked to Vanderbilt about its head-coaching position. |
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