The Emerald Bowl will be old news for USC walk-on tailback Ahmed Mokhtar.Mokhtar, a redshirt sophomore transfer from Orange Coast College, was a true freshman on the Oregon State roster when the Beavers played in the Emerald Bowl in 2007. As a redshirting first-year player, he didn't see any game action in Oregon State's 21-14 win over Maryland.
So while almost all of his teammates will be experiencing a new city and something other than Disneyland and Lawry's for the first time during bowl week, Mokhtar will be going back to the only bowl he's known -- but he's definitely not complaining.
"When I heard we were going to the Emerald Bowl, I was amped," said Mokhtar, a Mater Dei grad who grew up in Laguna Beach. "It's going to be really cool."
