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LOS ANGELES -- Here are news and notes that won't make it into our other coverage from Sunday's practice on Howard Jones Field. Backup quarterback coming USC coach Lane Kiffin indicated he'll name a backup quarterback to Matt Barkley on Tuesday...

Here's USC quarterback Matt Barkley talking to the media following Tuesday's spring-ball opening practice on Howard Jones Field. The senior-to-be talks about coming into the program as a "young buck" and developing to the point where he's now "alm...

Cody Kessler remembers it well. The week of the Notre Dame game last year, USC's No. 2 quarterback in 2011 was warming up on Howard Jones Field before an early-morning practice when Matt Barkley came up to him, unprompted, and asked him a question...

Fresh off his Tuesday visit to ESPN headquarters in Bristol, Conn., USC quarterback Matt Barkley rejoined his Trojan teammates at a players-only summer workout on Howard Jones Field on Thursday and made up for his day away from the team, making the m...

Two main stories out of USC's Thursday practice: Jesse Scroggins has solidified his spot as Matt Barkley's backup, and the Trojans' offensive line continues to struggle. Here's the rest of what went on at Howard Jones Field on Thursday, with more com...

Notes, quotes and video from Thursday's practice, the final practice of the spring before Saturday's Spring Game: Quarterback Matt Barkley struggled some Thursday because of the roaring winds that engulfed Howard Jones Field, but Barkley's spring...