USC FOOTBALL: IN THE RUNNING TO BE FIRST COLISEUM'S TUNNEL MANAGES TO BE A PROBLEM FOR VISITORS.Byline: Scott Wolf Scott Richard Wolf (born June 4, 1968) is an American actor. Born in Boston, Massachusetts to Steven Wolf and Susan Enowitch, Wolf was raised in West Orange, New Jersey. He graduated in 1986 from West Orange High School. Staff Writer USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. coach 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. not only wants to be the No. 1 team in the nation, he wants the Trojans to be the No. 1 team going up the Coliseum Coliseum: see Colosseum. tunnel. Washington State coach Bill Doba Bill Doba (b. September 7, 1940 in South Bend, Indiana) is the head football coach at Washington State University. Early life and career Doba grew up in New Carlisle, Indiana playing football for New Carlisle High School. got bumped by several USC players on Saturday when the Trojans ran up the tunnel at halftime, an incident Carroll said was ``misinterpreted.'' But Carroll felt strongly enough to apologize to Doba on the field, even though Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. he insisted ``I don't even know who got bumped'' and ``I don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. about (Doba getting bumped).'' Doba provided more details Sunday. ``Pete came across the field after the ball game and said, 'Hey, I'm sorry that happened. It wasn't intentional. All that kind of stuff,' '' Doba said. ``I said, 'Well, Pete, we just need to get it squared.' '' Most teams walk up the long, concrete ramp in the Coliseum tunnel, but Carroll makes the Trojans run and that's when the incident occurred, which caused a Washington State player to accuse USC players of spitting and taunting the Cougars. ``The Pac-10 rule states that the team closest to the tunnel goes in first and then the other team of course follows them in,'' Doba said. ``And our kids got into the tunnel and I was held up a little bit. They must give those (USC) guys 100 bucks apiece to the first 50 guys that get into the locker room because they come sprinting up into the tunnel. ``And you know, the way they were playing, if anybody had run into me intentionally I would have been laid out, probably, or knocked silly, taken to the hospital. I don't think anything was done intentionally. We got bumped around a little bit; there was a whole group of them trying to get up in there. ``I think it's a game-management problem as much as anything. Either let them go first, if they want to sprint up the tunnel that's their business. We're not going to run up on that concrete. Or hold them until the visiting team gets in the locker room, then they can put their hand on the ground and sprint up there.'' Carroll said he wants the Trojans to be the first team up the tunnel and game-management officials didn't implement it. ``We need to organize it better,'' he said. ``We tried to make a pitch to re-organize it and it didn't go through. Our team runs up the tunnel and the other team walks. One of their doctors got bumped and one of their players yelled.'' Carroll said the Trojans will be the first team up the tunnel for Saturday's game against Stanford at the Coliseum. He didn't answer when asked why USC must be the first team through the tunnel. Doba said it makes sense for the visiting team to go first, because they are closest to the tunnel at the Coliseum. ``Then all the officials have to do is wait until the last team to go up the tunnel is in the locker room, or halfway up it, before they start the 20 minutes for the halftime,'' Doba said. ``Then everybody can do what they want to do.'' Doba said he never saw any spitting but Washington State cornerback Omowale Dada told the Spokane Spokesman-Review on Saturday he witnessed spitting and taunting. ``Some of them came over and acted like, I don't know what's wrong with them, man, but they kind of like taunted and (were) spitting at people and pushing,'' Dada said. Doba praised USC cornerback Josh Pinkard Josh Pinkard (born April 2, 1986 in Oxnard, California, U.S.) is an African-American football free safety and cornerback at the University of Southern California. High school career for his actions. ``He grabbed me at one point and kind of (said), 'Come on coach, I'll help you along here.' He put his arm around me while everybody was trying to run by,'' Doba said. --Notes: USC (8-0, 5-0) is expected to be No. 1 again today when the Bowl Championship Series rankings are released. The Trojans not only picked up votes in the human polls, but Georgia's loss to Florida allows the Trojans to also gain ground in the computer polls. ``Is it like the Wizard of Oz Wizard of Oz reaches and departs from Oz in circus balloon. [Children’s Lit.: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz] See : Ballooning Wizard of Oz false wizard takes up residence in Emerald City. [Am. Lit. with a little guy talking behind the curtains in concealment; in secret. See also: Curtain ?'' Carroll said of the BCS (1) (The British Computer Society, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, www.bcs.org) The chartered body for information technology professionals in the U.K., founded in 1957. rankings. ``We won't get to be fired up this week (by being No. 2).'' Scott Wolf, (818) 713-3607 scott.wolf(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): 2 boxes Box: (1) REPORT CARD: No. 1 USC 55, WASHINGTON ST. 13 (2) TOP 25: WOLF'S PICKS, AP POLL |
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