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Trojans (10-1, 7-1) at Bruins (4-7, 3-5) — Saturday, 1:30 p.m. PST, ABC
USC and UCLA share a city and a conference. They’re led by charismatic, energetic, (generally) good-natured Svengali’s blending the best of the traditional and new school.  On Saturday, the cross-town rivals will even wear their home jerseys at the same time.  So many […]

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Say what you will about missed opportunities in USC’s 73-72 loss in Norman Thursday night to the Oklahoma Sooners, at least they went down swinging- zing!- in the form of freshman forward Leonard Washington taking liberties with the junk of OU star Blake Griffin.   Apparently, still against the rules.  Who knew?

Of course, this incident is […]

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Give Pete Carroll credit.  He might be complaining now about the BCS system, but he’s done it for years.  The man is consistent.  While the Trojans are lingering near the top of the BCS standings, the Doomsday Scenario envisioned when USC lost to Oregon State on September 25- that even that early in the season […]

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If panic had set in among Trojans fans after USC’s stunning loss to Oregon State in Corvallis, Saturday’s 44-10 blowout of then #23 Oregon at the Coliseum served as a much needed salve.  A warm bath.  A scalp massage.  Or choose a de-stresser of your own.   This week, they’ll face an Arizona State team that […]

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There really isn’t much hidden upside to USC’s stunning collapse in Corvallis Thursday night.  No happy unintended consequences or silver lining.
It was bad.  Very, very bad.
But it could have been worse.  By the time Sunday morning rolled around, what seemed like a shoe-in for the most dramatic, shocking, news generating loss of the college football […]

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Matt Hinton, he of Yahoo’s Dr. Saturday blog, has an excellent post up in the wake of USC’s stunning loss Thursday night to Oregon State, pointing out that this sort of thing has become an unpleasant (except, of course, for Westwooders) trend for Pete Carroll’s seemingly otherwise infallible program.  USC isn’t supposed to let freshman […]

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We thought USC would have trouble covering the 25 point spread Vegas had established heading into their matchup Thursday night at Oregon State.  After all, life in Corvallis hasn’t been easy for the Trojans in recent years, evidenced by the 38-36 loss they absorbed back in ‘06.  But this was supposed to be different, right?  […]

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USC heads into Corvallis tonight to face 1-2 Oregon State (6 pm, ESPN) as- last I checked- a 25 point favorite over the Beavers.  The line is a reflection of USC’s dominating performance over Ohio State, their incredible depth and athleticism, and deserved perch atop the college football world.  That, and Oregon State isn’t necessarily […]

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A lot of good things happened last Saturday for USC in their 35-3 utter humiliation of Ohio State at the Coliseum.  The most important, of course, being the Trojans unequivocally establishing themselves as college football’s best team.  Oklahoma, Florida, and Missouri all might be playing well right now, but there isn’t a team in the […]

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Close your eyes, because Nick Cannon is tapping a phenomenal drumroll right now… This week’s Pac-10 versus Big Ten game of the century is over, and it couldn’t have been more exhilarating!
Two undefeated teams. A 17-point comeback. A weaving 87-yard punt return that ended on an emphatic somersault into the end zone. A dramatic missed field goal at the end […]

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