USC's athletic trainers Chris Grosskopf (bottom left), Russ Romano (bottom middle) and Paul Diaz (bottom right) and their student assistants go through an emergency preparedness drill on Howard Jones Field this afternoon, as they practice spine-boarding and stabilizing the neck of what would be an injured player (this time, it's a completely healthy student athletic trainer). The athletic trainers go through the drill, which includes strapping a person to the board and cutting off the facemask, every Friday afternoon before a home game.
