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LOS ANGELES -- They're meeting somewhere in the middle, squaring up for a USC-UCLA rivalry that's given the word back its meaning. USC has been just disappointing enough without quite collapsing. UCLA has been just ascendant enough without quit...

LOS ANGELES -- The Oregon Ducks' offense finally slowed to a jog. It was coming off the field after Kenjon Barner scored his fifth rushing touchdown Saturday night, when one of the offensive linemen, steam pouring off his head, yelled, "That's the wa...

LOS ANGELES -- T.J. McDonald had to do a double take after what someone had just asked him. "Do I think we can hang with them?" the All-American safety asked, repeating the question. Yeah, do you think you can hang with them? "Yeah," he snap...

LOS ANGELES - In the locker room after USC's 38-28 win at Utah last week, senior center Khaled Holmes cleared his throat and spoke up before coach Lane Kiffin even had a chance to address the team. Later, USC posted the video, crackling with postgame...

LOS ANGELES -- The Pac-12 should have rolled out a big podium and presented UCLA with its South division trophy on the floor of the Coliseum after USC's 50-0 win Saturday night. Commissioner Larry Scott could have handed Rick Neuheisel a microphone f...

LOS ANGELES -- Lately, the pleasant surprises have been more prevalent than the disappointments. That's another way of saying the USC Trojans are beginning to find their stride just as the season winds down. It didn't have to be this way. Nobody r...

LOS ANGELES - Five weeks ago, you could have circled Nov. 19 on USC's schedule not with a red pen, but with a black one. It looked like the one game this young Trojans team couldn't win, like they were walking into an ambush with their eyes wide o...

AP Photo/Danny Moloshok Matt Barkley, left, celebrates after throwing a touchdown to tight end Xavier Grimble. LOS ANGELES -- By the time the rest of the country gets wind of what Matt Barkley and these receivers are doing, they might not be doin...

LOS ANGELES -- It's amazing how little we've learned about this USC football team through the first three games. Matt Barkley and Robert Woods are good. The early-season schedule, not so much. This coaching staff and USC's collective fandom sit...

LOS ANGELES -- The head coach called it a "debacle." The quarterback said it didn't leave a "satisfying feeling." Just think if USC hadn't torn up a couple of marquee school records in Saturday's 19-17 win over Minnesota at the Coliseum. If thi...

LOS ANGELES -- These are the charred-earth years for USC football, no matter what happens between now and Dec. 4. The NCAA dropped the match when it stripped the Trojans of scholarships, barred them from two years of bowl play and slapped them wit...