Fall Camp ushers in the 2008 season for Trojan football


By Ben Malcolmson
USCRipsIt
PeteCarroll.com


The players have returned. The coaches have returned. The excitement has returned.

But, most of all, football season has returned.

USC’s Fall Camp has arrived with 23 practices over 18 days as the Trojans prepare for the 2008 season, which kicks off at Virginia on Aug. 30. Days will be long (up to 14 hours of meetings and practices per day) and practices will be taxing, but it’ll all add up to a primed group of players and coaches, geared up for the season ahead.

As this sprint-speed marathon unfolds, stay with USCRipsIt and the RipsIt Blog for the most complete, up-to-date and minute-by-minute look at the Trojans. We’ll take you behind the scenes, into team meetings and onto the practice field so that you can continue to experience Trojan football in unprecedented ways.

All practices during Fall Camp (Aug. 6-23) are open to the public, so check out the practice schedule for the times and locations.

Fall Camp 2008 by the numbers:
18 consecutive days of practice
33 on-the-field sessions (23 practices and 10 walk-thus)
5 two-a-days
3 scrimmages at the Coliseum to acclimatize to the first game’s conditions (a 3:30 p.m. contest against Virginia)
1 off day between now and the season opener on Aug. 30
7,150 estimated number of meals served to the players and coaches at Galen Center cafeteria during camp (and about an additional 2,200 meals served to football support staff during camp)

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• Ben Malcolmson is the Director of Online Media for USCRipsIt/PeteCarroll.com. You can contact him at Ben@PeteCarroll.com.