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USC receiver Marqise Lee was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, conference representatives announced Monday. In a vote of the conference's head coaches, Lee was chosen as the top offensive player. He also was the only sophomore in the ...

LOS ANGELES -- When USC's Robert Woods and Dion Bailey were youngsters in Carson, Calif., their Pop Warner team was among the best in the state. Then, one Saturday morning, they suffered a crushing loss to a team from Carlsbad, quarterbacked by an...

LOS ANGELES -- Dion Bailey has long been the best example of the philosophical changes USC made nearly two years ago to get smaller and faster on defense. His move from safety to linebacker in the winter following the 2010 season epitomized the Tr...

LOS ANGELES -- By all accounts, Dion Bailey is a great collegiate player. Only 17 games into his college career, the USC sophomore linebacker has shown an innate ability to make big hits and big interceptions without huge missteps in the form of p...

LOS ANGELES -- Linebacker Dion Bailey knew the statistic and cited it quickly while walking out of CenturyLink Field following USC's' 10-point win over Washington last weekend. "Two picks for Josh Shaw," Bailey said, grinning wide. "He's creeping ...

LOS ANGELES -- Leonard Williams didn't know too many of USC's defensive players when the Trojans were recruiting him around this time last season. He knew Dion Bailey and Hayes Pullard, the two young linebackers, and defensive backs Nickell Robey ...

SEATTLE -- No. 11 USC battled past some second-half troubles to top Washington, 24-14, on Saturday at CenturyLink Field. Here's a report card for the Trojans: PASSING ATTACK Yeah, 10 completions isn't really going to cut it. Matt Barkley didn't a...

LOS ANGELES -- After USC beat Cal 30-9 last year in San Francisco, former Trojans linebacker Chris Galippo memorably said that Bears quarterback Zach Maynard "just telegraphed the heck out of his passes" while throwing three interceptions and playing...

LOS ANGELES -- The No. 2-ranked USC Trojans begin Pac-12 conference play Saturday against the Stanford Cardinal at Stanford Stadium (4:30 p.m. PT). Here are five things to watch: 1. No Luck. How much of a problem? By now, just about everybody know...

LOS ANGELES -- USC Trojans defensive line coach Ed Orgeron is anxious for Saturday's game against the Stanford Cardinal. Anxious because his Trojans will be going against the best offensive line they've faced this season. Anxious because his unit ...

LOS ANGELES -- In what turned out to be its most disappointing loss last season, USC lost a triple-overtime thriller to Stanford at the Coliseum after Andrew Luck rebounded from a pick-six to lead his Cardinal to four consecutive touchdowns and a 56-...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Here are notes and quotes from the USC Trojans' 42-29 win over the Syracuse Orange on Saturday at MetLife Stadium that won't make it into our other coverage from the day: Woods makes a comeback Robert Woods was explosiv...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- The No. 2 USC Trojans fought through an hour-long severe weather delay to top Syracuse, 42-29, at MetLife Stadium on Saturday. Here's a report card for how the Trojans performed in their second game of the 2012 season: PAS...

Here are notes and quotes from Lane Kiffin's Sunday evening teleconference with the media, as the Trojans' head coach looked back at his team's 49-10 win over Hawaii and looked forward toward Syracuse: Plenty of room for defensive improvement U...

LOS ANGELES -- Here are notes and quotes from USC's 49-10 win over Hawaii on Saturday that won't make it into our other coverage of the game. Defensive line takes criticism to heart Ed Orgeron is loud. He can also be quite convincing. And th...

LOS ANGELES -- We're just about set to go here at the Coliseum for the USC Trojans' 4:30 p.m. PT game against Hawaii. Here are a couple of last-minute things worthy of an update before kickoff: USC's official starting lineup is as follows, courte...