News Alert: Suspicious powder investigated at USC

Football practice at Howard Jones Field on the campus of the University of Southern California was delayed for nearly two hours on Monday afternoon when several players from the Trojan offense happened to notice an unidentified, white powdery substance on the field. Head coach Pete Carroll immediately suspended practice while the FBI was called in to investigate.

After a thorough field analysis, experts determined that the white substance unknown to the players was the goal line. Practice was allowed to resume when FBI Special Agents decided that the team would not likely encounter the substance again…