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Why you shouldn’t skip the Sun Bowl


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The setup is less than ideal. Playing in the Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, against a 6-7 team from the ACC? Not exactly somebody’s ideal New Year’s Eve plans. Throw in the fact that kickoff is set for 11 a.m. on the west coast and I’m starting to question just how many people will […]

2012 Trojans eerily similar to 2007 Cal


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This is the story of a college football team, one with supreme talent and supreme expectations. One that spent more than half the season ranked in the Associated Press top-15 poll, only to finish unranked. One that lost at least four of the last five games it played. One with elite talent at, among others, […]

USC in no hurry to change coaches


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We hear so often about money in college sports. Head coaches bolt for other schools for more money. Schools build new training facilities and expand 60,000-seat stadiums to eventually earn more money. Conferences expand to add new members to increase the geographic footprint they point out, to annex television markets and, yes, to haul in […]

A bowl bid still counts for something


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Conference championship Saturday has come and gone. The BCS selection show came and went. What did both of these television programs have in common? Neither of them involved USC. If you had told me when the season began that USC would be playing Georgia Tech in a bowl game, I’d have guessed the Trojans got […]

Monte Kiffin to resign after bowl game


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USC assistant coach Monte Kiffin will resign following the Trojans’ bowl game next month, the university announced through a statement Thursday night. Kiffin intends to “pursue opportunities” in the NFL, where he had previously spent 26 years as an assistant, including 12 seasons with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers as defensive coordinator, according to the statement. […]

Can USC compete for a BCS bowl in 2013?


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Point: USC’s forgiving Pac-12 and non-conference schedule will allow the team to work out its kinks. After last season’s 50-0 demolition of UCLA put the finishing touches on a 10-2 campaign, there was plenty of optimism heading into the offseason. Visions of Matt Barkley, Robert Woods and Marqise Lee danced in the heads of USC […]