Kiffin refutes reports of post-Sun Bowl altercation
Coach Lane Kiffin and senior quarterback Matt Barkley deny allegations of a brawl.
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Firing of O’Neill is bad news for Kiffin
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 […]
Women of Troy storm into semis
USC heads to Texas to square off against Wichita State in the NCAA Round of 16.
USC in no hurry to change coaches
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 […]
Trojans managed their talent poorly
Go ahead and argue the expectations were too high. Feel free to question whether USC, once the Associated Press’ preseason No. 1 team, was overhyped heading into this season — that a top-10 rank in August was unbefitting for this group. But before you rant about premature predictions from the summer, before you declare that […]
Barkley’s career leaves behind mixed legacy
There are, in life, things that’ll always seem incomplete: a piece of art you can’t quite seem to add the finishing touch to or a home-cooked dish missing that spice giving it the extra kick. These circumstances puzzle us. We’re left scrambling to understand what is, in fact, missing. Why didn’t it turn out the […]
Spoiler Alert
USC will look to defeat a No.1-ranked Notre Dame team for the third time in its history.
No. 1 USC finishes perfect regular season
The Trojans defeated UCLA 10-9 at McDonald’s Stadium to finish 2012 with a 24-0 record.
It might be time for a coaching change
PASADENA, Calif. — It was almost exactly a year ago to the day that USC took down No. 4 Oregon on the road at Autzen Stadium, improving its record to 9-2 en route to a 10-win season and a No. 6 final ranking in the Associated Press poll. The Trojans were riding high. Lane Kiffin […]
Kiffin expected to return as Trojans’ coach in 2013
The third-year head coach is 25-11, with four of those losses coming in 2012.