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Former USC, NFL LB Scoggins dies at 49 (AP) (sports.yahoo.com)

Eric Scoggins, an outside linebacker who helped Southern California beat Alabama in their big 1978 matchup, has died of Lou Gehrig's disease. He was 49. Scoggins died Friday in Tracy, Calif., the school said Tuesday. Scoggins played three games for the San Francisco 49ers in 1982, then spent time in the United States Football League with the Los Angeles Express and Houston Gamblers.