Kicking spot up for grabs
The competition for starting kicker is under way, while the defense works to improve.
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Local athlete verbally commits to USC
Dorsey High product Jaydon Mickens becomes newest member of Trojans' 2012 recruiting class.
Practice isn’t the fix for USC’s tackling woes
If you’ve been watching USC’s defense this season, you’ve probably heard this sound more often than any other: whiff!
Game five rewind: Missed opportunities
Two fourth-quarter redzone tries for the Trojans produces only three points, and USC could not stop a late Washington rally.
Defensive inefficiencies doom Trojans
Defense wins games. So is it any surprise that USC lost 32-31 Saturday against the pesky Huskies? The Trojan defense looked utterly anemic this weekend, as Washington quarterback Jake Locker led an offensive charge that picked apart and read USC like a science class dissection lab. Locker threw for 310 yards and a touchdown on […]
Huskies trump Trojans – again
Mistakes and defensive lapses doom USC for the second straight year against the Huskies.
Podcast: Sizing up the Huskies
Sports editors James Bianchi and Kenny Legan look ahead to the Trojans' Parents Weekend matchup versus the Washington Huskies.
A Trojan parent’s guide to this weekend
This USC football team isn’t your elder child’s USC football team.
Payback in mind as USC hosts Huskies
A year after being upset by Washington, the Trojans enter Saturday with a victory in mind.
Pac-10 depth good for USC
For the second straight week, ESPN’s College GameDay will feature a matchup with a Pac-10 team. For the second straight week, USC is not that team. In the previous decade, this would have been unthinkable. Pete Carroll invaded the Pac-10 and the Trojans were soon lords of the empire. Only a few times during USC’s […]