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Heisman odds still not in Woods’ favor


Five games into the college football season, the nation’s best players are building their cases for the sport’s biggest award. The race for the Heisman Trophy, given annually to the most outstanding player in college football, is watched almost as closely as the battle for the national title. Preseason Heisman favorites like Stanford quarterback Andrew […]

USC notches win over Arizona in wild game


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, […]