COLLEGE FOOTBALL / DAILY REPORT : USC : Missed Blocks Put Walters in Doghouse

USC tailback Shawn Walters is in the doghouse, but might be released after only a day or two.

Walters missed two blocks that resulted in two of UCLA’s six sacks of Rob Johnson in the loss on Saturday. Walters, who has a cracked thumb, started against UCLA but had only three carries.

Backup Leonard Green gained 86 yards in 18 carries and scored a touchdown.

Coach John Robinson said Walters would be the starter against Notre Dame. The 225-pound sophomore is averaging five yards per carry and has gained 852 yards this season.

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Saturday’s 5 p.m. Coliseum game against the Irish is sold out. . . . USC wide receiver Keyshawn Johnson went over 1,000 yards for the season against UCLA, with 11 receptions for 175 yards. He is only the third Trojan to go over 1,000 in receiving yardage, joining Johnnie Morton, 1,520 in in 1993, and Gary Wellman, 1,015, in 1990. . . . Notre Dame’s sophomore quarterback, Ron Powlus, needs one touchdown pass against USC to become Notre Dame’s all-time single-season record holder with 19. . . . Both USC and its opponents are converting 35.4% of their third downs. . . . USC defensive coordinator Don Lindsey and safeties coach Keith Burns are former assistants under Notre Dame Coach Lou Holtz, when he was at Arkansas. . . . Notre Dame leads in the USC series, 38-23-4, and has won the last 11, longest streak in the series, which began in 1926. Before that, USC had won five in a row, 1978-82. John Robinson’s five-game winning streak over Notre Dame ended at South Bend last season, in a 31-13 Irish victory.