November 8, 2007  Insider: Conditioning with Chris Carlisle
Chris Carlisle calls it aggressive maintenance.  USC's strength
and conditioning coach does not let up, but, "We've got to do it
smart," he said.  With a quarter of the regular season remaining
and most players banged up in one way or another, no one gets a
pass from conditioning. Carlisle must find a way to work around
each ailment.  "Guys are constantly in the flux between being
injured and being healthy," he said. "Even guys that play every
down out there. You say, 'He's not hurt. Well, there's usually a
wrist, or an ankle, or an elbow, or a shoulder, or something
that's wrong that we've got to keep working around.  "They'll
play on Saturdays, play full speed. But during the week, from
Monday to Friday, we've got to put them back together."  Players
have what Carlisle calls a 20-hour clock of physical activity.
Unless they're fresh off surgery and incapable of working out -
Chris Galippo, for example - each Trojan must punch that clock.
"You don