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08:23 AM ET 08.25 | The leadership at USC would caution those who read much into a headliner's return. USC tailback Marc Tyler, suspended for the Sept. 3 opener against Minnesota, made his first practice appearance Wednesday and worked nearly exclusively with the scout team. "He's done what we've asked him to do to be able to come back and practice," said Athletic Director Pat Haden, who attended the early part of practice. "He's not playing. He's on the scout team. He still has a lot more hurdles to overcome." Tyler, USC's leading rusher last season, was suspended during the summer after a series of off-the-field incidents. ... "It's the next step in the process [of] Marc hopefully coming back," USC Coach Lane Kiffin said. "This isn't a major step."

Los Angeles Times

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August 25, 2011  08:35 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

So, why isn't he setting out a few games, during the summer is not any punishment at all.

He's suspended for the first game

August 25, 2011  08:51 AM ET

USC could play their entire scout team on Sept 3rd and beat Minnesota...

August 25, 2011  09:55 AM ET
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USC could play their entire scout team on Sept 3rd and beat Minnesota...

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it..........does anybody care?

August 25, 2011  10:28 AM ET
QUOTE(#4):

If a tree falls in the forest and nobody is there to hear it..........does anybody care?

If a man is alone in the forest, speaks and there is no woman around to hear it, is he still wrong?

August 25, 2011  10:29 AM ET
QUOTE(#3):

USC could play their entire scout team on Sept 3rd and beat Minnesota...

Well now...not according to tOSU pres. Minne is part of murderer's row.

August 25, 2011  10:30 AM ET
QUOTE(#1):

So, why isn't he setting out a few games, during the summer is not any punishment at all.

Colonel, I agree, this idiot should have been kicked off the team permanently!!!!!

August 25, 2011  10:32 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

Well now...not according to tOSU pres. Minne is part of murderer's row.

That's just the B1G sense of humor coming out....dry yet hilarious when it sinks in...

August 25, 2011  10:32 AM ET
QUOTE(#7):

Colonel, I agree, this idiot should have been kicked off the team permanently!!!!!

What did I tell you weeks ago OT??? If Tyler see's the field at all this year, I would be surprised. The guy has a looooooong way to go.

August 25, 2011  10:33 AM ET
QUOTE(#7):

Colonel, I agree, this idiot should have been kicked off the team permanently!!!!!

What specifically were these "incidents"?

August 25, 2011  10:36 AM ET
QUOTE(#6):

Well now...not according to tOSU pres. Minne is part of murderer's row.

No, No you have it all wrong, you have the wrong conference. It is Miss, Miss State, Vanderbilt and Kentucky that are part of "murderer's row". :-)

August 25, 2011  10:38 AM ET
QUOTE(#10):

What specifically were these "incidents"?

Google "Marc Tyler".

August 25, 2011  10:40 AM ET
QUOTE(#9):

What did I tell you weeks ago OT??? If Tyler see's the field at all this year, I would be surprised. The guy has a looooooong way to go.

Ice, yes you did tell me that weeks ago and I agreed with you then and I still agree with you.

August 25, 2011  10:43 AM ET
QUOTE(#12):

Google "Marc Tyler".

Did any boosters step in and pay him to shut up?

August 25, 2011  10:43 AM ET
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No, No you have it all wrong, you have the wrong conference. It is Miss, Miss State, Vanderbilt and Kentucky that are part of "murderer's row". :-)

Get ready for a chitstorm from Miss State fans for lumping them in this group. They did, remember, embarrass one of the B1g's "murder's row" last year in a bowl and end the year in the top 25

August 25, 2011  11:00 AM ET
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No, No you have it all wrong, you have the wrong conference. It is Miss, Miss State, Vanderbilt and Kentucky that are part of "murderer's row". :-)

Nope, it was a B!G university president that said it, not an SEC one.

August 25, 2011  11:01 AM ET
QUOTE(#15):

Get ready for a chitstorm from Miss State fans for lumping them in this group. They did, remember, embarrass one of the B1g's "murder's row" last year in a bowl and end the year in the top 25

Atta boy WPS. You remember the a.s.s whipping one of the murderer's row teams got.

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August 25, 2011  11:26 AM ET
QUOTE(#18):

You just wait and see the way Miss State folds up against Kentucky this year, then they will be glad to be lumped with them, begging glad to be!

Bull

 
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