No excuses for USC this time around


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Autzen Stadium was as loud as it was cracked up to be, but it wasn’t about the noise. The Trojans were flagged six times for false start, but it wasn’t about the penalties. And USC had just as many takeaways as Oregon, but it wasn’t about the turnovers either. For the first time since Pete […]

Trojans won’t be haunted by Ducks


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Here’s a scary scenario for USC fans: It’s Halloween night and the USC football team is up in Eugene, Ore., trick-or-treating. But instead of terrorizing homeowners with intimidation and trepidation, the Trojans fall victim to the spell of the Ducks and leave empty-handed. This isn’t your far-fetched Halloween horror movie. This is real. USC arguably […]

Halloween could be extra sweet for USC


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Most people circle their calendars every year on Oct. 31 because it’s Halloween. Now don’t get me wrong, Halloween is a great holiday. It’s not every day of the year that men get to dress up in goofy costumes and women get to barely dress up at all. It makes for a fun night. But […]

Williams not getting due credit


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With the midpoint of the season in the rearview mirror, college football award speculation is in full swing. Let the complaining begin. Monday’s announcement of the semifinalists for the Davey O’Brien Award for quarterbacks drew a few surprised looks when USC’s Matt Barkley made the cut. For all of his accomplishments, Barkley has the fewest […]

Bradford is fulfilling his promise


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Allen Bradford was ready to quit. The bruising redshirt junior USC running back admits he considered transferring multiple times when it seemed he wasn’t working his way into the rotation. But the words of his father, Keith, always stayed with him. “My dad told me, ‘Life’s gonna get hard — you can’t run from it,’” […]

Bradford survived the trying times to fulfill a promise


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Allen Bradford was ready to quit. The bruising redshirt junior USC running back admits he considered transferring multiple times when it seemed he wasn’t working his way into the rotation. But the words of his father, Keith, always stayed with him. “My dad told me, ‘Life’s gonna get hard — you can’t run from it,’” […]

A midseason recap for visiting parents


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There are some people who enjoy Swiss cheese, and some who don’t. There are some people who track tornadoes, and some who don’t. There are some people who understand Russian, and some who don’t. Parents from all walks of life will descend on the USC campus this weekend. After all, the university expects this to […]

Trojans can’t let Rodgers brothers break out


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Golden Tate was pretty good this past Saturday, but wait until you see what the other guys can do. The Notre Dame junior receiver took a USC defense that had barely bent all season — and was almost never broken — and, well, broke it a bit. He had eight catches for 117 yards and […]

ND is all it’s hyped up to be and more


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I swear it was a scene out of a movie. South Bend, Ind. Population 108,000. Getting off the freeway in South Bend, you enter this fantasy world where everything revolves around college football. Now, I knew Notre Dame was supposed to be one of the best places to visit in college football and, by all […]

The BCS gives USC an uphill climb


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With the release of the first Bowl Championship Series standings, every contender in college football is plotting the complex path it would take to get to the championship game. And the world keeps spinning. The October release is like clockwork; a whole bunch of numbers that mean nothing to the average college football fan is […]