Trojans are pumped for this one

Pete Carroll is a NorCal native and after a walk-through at Stanford Stadium pointed out the special nature of the Weekender to the team:

"It's an interesting game to come up here for the kids that are Northern California kids. We talked about that during the week some. It's kind of traditional for us to have fun with the fact that they finally get to play in front of their families. You'll see that the captains tomorrow are Rey Maualuga (special teams) ... Derek Simmons and Christian Tupou (service teams)."

Carroll joked about Maualuga's hometown, "You can't get any further Northern California than Eureka!"

-- Adam Rose
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Comments

[Bill Baldwin, Jr.]

We may be pumped, but in the first half so far our defensive line is getting handled. The so called "number one draft pick of next year's NFL first day" Fili Maola is getting pushed around like a 7th rounder and Jurrell Cassey, who it appears hasn't missed any meals, has been equally bitch slapped by Stanford's center and guards. It's Maola who is the key guy. If he continues to play badly, and compound that by losing his cool and being penalized, we're going to lose.