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LOS ANGELES -- Curtis McNeal admits he expected to get more than five carries in Saturday's season opener against Hawaii. "But my number wasn't called," said McNeal, the USC Trojans' No. 1 running back. "So what can I do?" He'll probably be abl...

LOS ANGELES -- USC was without three starters in its season-opening win over Hawaii on Saturday. Two of those three, middle linebacker Lamar Dawson and cornerback Torin Harris, say they'll be back this week for Syracuse. Defensive end Wes Horton's...

LOS ANGELES -- Matt Barkley and Marqise Lee had a brief argument near the end of the third quarter of Saturday's game against Hawaii, which primarily consisted of Barkley animatedly gesturing and yelling at his star receiver following an apparent on-...

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 -- Here's USC Trojans coach Lane Kiffin talking to the media following the Trojans' 49-10 win over Hawaii on Saturday at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. In the video, he addresses Marqise Lee's improvement from his freshman season, Matt Ba...

LOS ANGELES -- The No. 1 USC Trojans certainly looked the part on Saturday at the Coliseum in a 49-10 win over visiting Hawaii. Here is a closer look at how the Trojans performed: PASSING ATTACK We knew this was coming. But it was still darn pret...

LOS ANGELES -- The No. 1-ranked USC Trojans smacked visiting Hawaii 49-10 in their season opener at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum on Saturday. Heisman-candidate quarterback Matt Barkley threw for 377 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Trojans. How...

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...

The No. 1-ranked USC Trojans begin their 2012 season on Saturday against Hawaii (4:30 p.m. PT) at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Here are five things to watch: 1. Who's playing? Because of Lane Kiffin's new injury-reporting restrictions that began th...

USC middle linebacker Lamar Dawson has missed much of fall camp due to injury, but he maintains it won't have any impact on his status for the Trojans' season opener Saturday against Hawaii. Following Wednesday's practice he said he will playing a...

Six days from Sunday, USC will line up against Norm Chow's Hawaii offense in a sold-out Coliseum and kick off the 2012 season. By now, almost everything's all set for the opener. One of the last remaining unknowns is who Matt Barkley's backup will...

Kickoff times and television networks have been announced for three more USC games in the quickly-approaching 2012 season. USC's season opener against Hawaii will begin at 4:30 p.m. PT on Sept. 1 and will be broadcast on FOX, the Pac-12 announced ...

USC will begin its 2012 season at home Sept. 1 against Hawaii, coached by former Trojans offensive coordinator Norm Chow. The Trojans will also make their first visit to New York City in more than a decade and play a weekday game at Utah in 2012. ...

Remember back in the early days of fall camp, all those comments about how dominant the defense could be? Haven't heard those lately, have we? That shootout in Hawaii dimmed everyone's expectations. But gradually, the defense has improved, game by...

For the next two seasons, NCAA sanctions make USC ineligible to play in a bowl game or to compete in a 13th game at all, presuming that game isn't played in Hawaii. But what about a conference championship game? According to Pac-10 spokesman Dave ...