Monday, April 16, 2007

The Bounce: 7 new Pac-10 offensive coordinators - Tucson Citizen
...The Trojans, a team comfortable with lining their quarterbacks directly under center, will put John David Booty in the shotgun from time to time to add a twist to their running attack.

"Every offseason we look at a number of things. This is a just a wrinkle we're looking at to see if we want to incorporate it," new USC coordinator Steve Sarkisian told the Los Angeles Times...

...USC hopes the shotgun can cut down on passes being knocked down at the line of scrimmage, which led to losses to Oregon State and UCLA last year.

"You seldom get blindsided," Booty told reporters about avoiding pressure in the shotgun....

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