Tag Archive for: rose bowl
Following USC’s dramatic 48-45 win over UCLA at the Rose Bowl, Daily Trojan staffers Chris Bibona, Jack Hallinan and Kyle Frankel react to one of the most consequential victories in recent history for Trojan football. To end the show, the trio discusses the playoff implications of USC’s final home game Saturday against Notre Dame. Music by QubeSounds […]
Trojans will thrive in playoff system
By JAKE DAVIDSON
in Columns, Sports
It’s no secret that brand names drive TV ratings in sports. The NFL, the NBA and college football are all the same in this regard: Big names sell tickets and draw attention. As legendary as Boise State’s victory over Oklahoma was in the 2007 Fiesta Bowl, it was also one of the lowest-rated games of […]
Orgeron’s energy a better fit for Trojans
By EUNO LEE
in Columns, Sports
When newly appointed interim USC head coach Ed Orgeron took the podium for last Sunday’s press conference, he didn’t promise a Rose Bowl berth. He didn’t guarantee USC would beat a certain conference rival. What he did say, though, was telling. “I’m gonna have some energy, some excitement. High-fiving guys, having fun,” Orgeron said. But […]
Firing of O’Neill is bad news for Kiffin
By NICK SELBE
2 Comments/in Columns, Sports
On Monday morning, I was woken up by the sound of my phone vibrating. Still groggy, I picked it up and was immediately snapped out of my daze: men’s basketball coach Kevin O’Neill had been fired. My initial thought was how strange the timing seemed: After all, the team had just won a game, something […]
A bowl bid still counts for something
By MICHAEL KATZ
4 Comments/in Columns, Sports
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 […]
Max Wittek impresses with solid starting debut
By SEAN FITZ-GERALD
2 Comments/in Football, Sports
The redshirt freshman quarterback completed 14 of 23 passes for 186 yards.
Trojans’ streak snapped
By JOEY KAUFMAN
2 Comments/in Featured, Football, Sports
USC loses to its crosstown rival for the first time in six years as UCLA wins the Pac-12 South.
Trojans fall to Bruins in rivalry clash, 38-28
By JOEY KAUFMAN
12 Comments/in Football, Sports
Saturday didn’t turn out like 1974 for No. 18 USC. Instead, it turned out like much of 2012. On the game’s first snap, senior quarterback Matt Barkley looked to his left and fired a pass toward Marqise Lee. But the sophomore wide receiver was swarmed by two defenders, and the pass was snatched by UCLA […]
Crosstown rivalry renewed
Crosstown rivalry has produced epic clashes
By NICK SELBE
in Columns, Sports
Now this is more like it. USC and UCLA will square off on Saturday in college sports’ greatest crosstown rivalry, and provided the college football fans can wake up early enough to catch the noon kickoff time, more eyes will be on this game than in recent years because of what’s at stake. The Pac-12 […]