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EL PASO, Texas -- The USC Trojans ended 2012 with the opposite of a bang -- a 21-7 upset loss to under-.500 Georgia Tech in the Hyundai Sun Bowl. The same Trojans offense that started off the season as hyped as any team in the country failed to p...

Coach Lane Kiffin is still hopeful that his star player, sophomore receiver Marqise Lee, will play in Monday's season-ending Sun Bowl for the Trojans.

USC quarterback Matt Barkley won't play in the Hyundai Sun Bowl because of a shoulder injury, effectively ending his career.

LOS ANGELES -- Saturday was Monte Kiffin's final practice on the USC campus in charge of the USC Trojans defense. But he didn't want to talk about it as he walked off the Trojans' practice field for the final time. He did, however, want to talk a...

LOS ANGELES -- USC Trojans coach Lane Kiffin will continue to call plays for the offense in 2013, he said Sunday. Kiffin, criticized for what some found to be uninventive play calling, had previously said he planned to re-evaluate the USC progra...

LOS ANGELES -- Here's a look at everything else that happened with the USC Trojans this week, including their first two bowl practices, an early trip to El Paso and more: Defensive coordinator plans USC coach Lane Kiffin won't begin the formal ...

LOS ANGELES -- Marqise Lee got back to the USC campus from a midweek trip to Disney World just as the final few Trojans were walking off the practice field Friday morning. The first person he saw was coach Lane Kiffin, who immediately cracked a jo...

LOS ANGELES -- Matt Barkley is expected to play, Monte Kiffin will still coach and USC will practice 13-15 times before its New Year's Eve appearance at the Hyundai Sun Bowl against ACC runner-up Georgia Tech. That's all the Trojans know for now -...

LOS ANGELES -- USC will play Georgia Tech in the Hyundai Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve, the school announced Sunday night. USC (7-5) started the season as the No. 1 team in the AP poll but plummeted out of the rankings after losing four of its final ...

LOS ANGELES -- Departing USC Trojans assistant coach Monte Kiffin made the decision to leave the team entirely on his own, he said Friday. Kiffin said his son Lane -- his boss and USC's head coach -- had nothing to do with his resignation, which ...

USC assistant football coach Monte Kiffin will resign after USC's upcoming bowl game in order to pursue opportunities in the NFL, he announced Thursday.

LOS ANGELES -- A couple of minutes after the final whistle in No. 1 Notre Dame's 22-13 win over the unranked USC Trojans at the Coliseum on Saturday night, Irish linebacker Manti Te'o stood on the field answering questions from reporters. One inqu...

LOS ANGELES -- The unranked USC Trojans played the top-ranked Notre Dame Fighting Irish close, but not close enough. Notre Dame held on for the win, 22-13, on Saturday at the Coliseum to earn a BCS title game berth. USC looks headed for El Paso, T...

LOS ANGELES -- The unranked USC Trojans will try to spoil the undefeated season of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish (No. 1 BCS, No. 1 AP) on Saturday at the Coliseum (5 p.m. PT, ABC). Of course, they'll attempt it without senior starting quarterback ...

LOS ANGELES -- He's been with the USC Trojans for almost two years and has all the natural ability required to be a successful collegiate quarterback. But there's still a big question with Max Wittek, the 19-year-old who will get the call in plac...

LOS ANGELES -- USC Trojans athletic director Pat Haden has always had an affinity for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, dating back to his high school days in Southern California. Even though he played quarterback for the Trojans and now serves as th...