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Aug 24, 2015

Wood Aims For Starting Role

by Greg Katz

LOS ANGELES — Quietly and rather unassumingly, junior redshirt walk-on place-kicker Alex Wood has been in friendly competition with redshirt scholarship sophomore kicker Matt Boermeester, both looking to replace departed four-year starter Andre Heidari.

All that possibly hangs in the balance of this kicking battle is the Trojans’ season, considering a schedule that figures to be fraught with game-changing field goal opportunities that could mean anything from a Pac-12 South Division title to a College Football Playoff invitation.

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Greg Katz

Now entering his 59th season of either writing, broadcasting, or just plain watching USC football, WeAreSC columnist Greg Katz began his affiliation with the website back in 2001, introducing his well-received O/NSO (The Obvious/The Not So Obvious) column and later adding his respected IMHO Sunday opinion and tidbits column. Greg, a former ESPN.com college football columnist covering USC, is also a member of the Football Writer's Association of America. He is also known in Southern California as a professional public address announcer, having called the the 1996 Rose Bowl Game between USC and Northwestern. Greg also holds a master's degree in athletic administration and was a former varsity high school coach of 27 years.

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