The set up: Fresh off a heartbreaking triple-overtime loss to No. 4 Stanford, USC had a short week to rebound for a Friday night matchup. Thankfully, that matchup was with the dreadful Colorado Buffalo, who have yet to win a Pac-12 game and are just 1-9 on the season. The Buffalo’s losses include 48-7 to [...]
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Barkley’s six touchdown passes lead Trojans in rout
The last time USC visited Folsom Field in 2002 it came away with a 37-point victory over Colorado. This time wasn’t much different. Behind a single-game, school-record six touchdown passes from junior quarterback Matt Barkley, the No. 21 Trojans (7-2, 4-2) toppled the Buffaloes 42-17 in a rare Friday night primetime matchup. “We talked all [...]
Read the rest of this article »How will USC’s secondary hold up? With junior safety T.J. McDonald suspended by the Pac-12 for the first half of the game, the Trojans will likely start two reserves at the safety positions. Sophomore cornerback Nickell Robey has emerged as one of the best cover corners in the country, but the lineup change might present [...]
Read the rest of this article »USC begins preparations for Colorado
For the first time since 2002, USC will travel to Boulder, Colo., to face new Pac-12 foe Colorado.
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A hushed silence fell over an announced sellout crowd of 93,607 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. For four quarters and nearly three overtimes, No. 20 USC fought, scratched and clawed with No. 4 Stanford in a back-and-forth affair. In the third overtime, junior tailback Curtis McNeal took a handoff, on the verge of bringing [...]
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Read the rest of this article »Trojans hope hot streak can continue
USC has won its last two games over California and Notre Dame by a combined 35 points.
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After a quick three-and-out by Notre Dame to start the game on Saturday, USC took over possession and proceeded to do exactly the opposite of what everyone expected — it ran the ball. If USC coach Lane Kiffin would have proposed this game plan to the USC faithful before the Trojans’ first snap, I would [...]
Read the rest of this article »Does last season’s fate await USC? (Counterpoint)
Counterpoint: USC is better than it was last year and is ready to compete with the Pac-12’s elite.
Read the rest of this article »Woods looks to reassert himself
Barkley and Woods had their worst statistical performances of the year against California.
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