Matt Barkley saw a lot of Carson Palmer, when the Heisman Trophy winner played for USC in the early 2000s. Growing up in nearby Newport Beach, Barkley, now a junior quarterback for the Trojans, remembers Palmer’s 2002 season — the year he won the award while throwing for 3,942 yards and 33 touchdowns. On Saturday, [...]

I remember 2004 and 2005 just as much as the next person. It was a time defined by wardrobe malfunctions, Shaq and Kobe’s split, a search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and, yes, USC’s dominance on the football field. Sure, who doesn’t like a national championship-caliber team now and again, but sometimes you just [...]

For many, it’s hard to see Saturday’s thrashing as anything other than a deflating punch to the gut for the Trojans. The great 3-0 start, a bunch of young talent proving its worth early on and a group of veteran leaders showing that it is ready to take the reins — it all seemed irrelevant [...]

USC junior safety Jawanza Starling missed a tackle and Arizona State running back Cameron Marshall finished off a 70-yard run to give the Sun Devils a 7-0 lead in the opening minutes. That set the tone for the rest of the game as the Sun Devils ran away from No. 23 USC (3-1, 1-1) late [...]

Matt Barkley, Robert Woods, Marc Tyler — a Heisman Trophy candidate, a sophomore stud and a heart-warming story, respectively. But the stats these three put up wouldn’t be possible without the play of USC’s offensive line.   Yes, Barkley, Woods and Tyler dazzle with the eye-popping stats. Yes, they make the big, flashy plays. But [...]

USC travels to Tempe, Ariz., to battle Arizona State in its first Pac-12 road game.

The Newport Beach native is active in his church and involved in community work.

Armond Armstead will redshirt this season as a result of an undisclosed medical condition.

Following a record tying performance against Syracuse, USC quarterback Matt Barkley was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week. Barkley threw five touchdown passes to lead the Trojans to a 38-17 victory over the Orange. Barkley’s performance Saturday is the third time in his career at USC in which he tied the passing record of [...]

The sophomore slump is as much a part of sports as hot dogs and cheerleaders. The term means exactly what it says — a player, in his second year, fails to come close to living up to the enormous expectations placed on him after the success of his rookie season. Sophomore slumps are fairly common, [...]