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A look at nine positions marked by competition this offseason at USC. Quarterback Cody Kessler, Max Wittek and Max Browne all had their moments this past spring, but after 15 workouts, USC head coach Lane Kiffin decided that this was a battle t...

USC TROJANS 2012 record: 7-6 2012 conference record: 5-4 Returning starters: Offense: 8; defense: 6; special teams: 1 Top returners: WR Marqise Lee, TB Silas Redd, TE Xavier Grimble, TE Randall Telfer, OL Kevin Graf, DL Leonard Williams,...

LOS ANGELES -- It's been less than three weeks since USC wrapped up spring ball, but there the Trojans were this past Monday and Wednesday, a large collection of players tossing the ball around on Brian Kennedy-Howard Jones Field. It was the usual su...

DuckNation From Brandon P. Oliver : With spring practice over, Oregon coaches have hit the recruiting trail to identify and secure talent from the 2014 class. WeAreSC From Greg Katz : With no solution in sight for the Max Wittek-Cody Kessler qua...

Give your most memorable USC quarterback battle or situation that involves two or more quarterbacks. Garry Paskwietz There were high hopes for the USC Trojans in 1989. The program was on an upswing under new coach Larry Smith and had risen to N...

That is the question facing coach Lane Kiffin as Max Wittek and Cody Kessler remain even in the team's quarterback competition. Why not play them both in a two-QB system?

Story | Conversation | May 01, 2013

After vigorous debate and consulting all stakeholders, we've officially come up with a name for the Pac-12 blog mailbag. From here on out, it will be known as the Pac-12 blog mailbag. Simple, sophisticated. We considered two divisions for when Ted an...

Welcome to the mailbag. Follow the Pac-12 blog on Twitter. We can't guarantee it will make you smarter, but it probably will. To the notes! Bruce from Los Altos, Calif., writes: Re: Oregon's penalties for NCAA infractions. How do you think t...

Ah, lists. Gotta love 'em. And we know you do, too. Our friends at Athlon Sports -- who brought you some of your favorite hits like ranking the Pac-12 coaches -- posted a new list this morning ranking the Pac-12 quarterbacks. Nothing stirs the pot...

WeAreSC staffers Garry Paskwietz, Johnny Curren and Greg Katz look at some of the top superlatives from the 2013 USC spring ball session. MVP -- QB Cody Kessler: Nobody entered the spring with more to prove, and Kessler made a huge statement by ri...

Four of the five Pac-12 teams that entered spring with wide-open quarterback competitions are now finished with practices and are headed into the offseason. So ... what did we learn? A little but not a lot. We didn't expect much resolution and we ...

Lane Kiffin and Co. have released their official post-spring two-deep depth chart. And not surprisingly, there aren't a lot of surprises. One of the most watched quarterback competitions in the country lists Max Wittek OR Cody Kessler OR Max Brown...

The quarterback battle will continue and freshmen are making their presence felt in analysis of USC's depth chart after spring practice.

Story | Conversation | April 16, 2013

The battle to be USC's starting quarterback continues despite there being a clear winner between Max Wittek, Cody Kessler and Max Browne in spring practice.

Story | Conversation | April 15, 2013

Player of the day: Junior All-America wide receiver and 2012 Biletnikoff Award winner Marqise Lee dazzled the 15,284 in attendance with eight receptions for 148 yards and two touchdowns, showing no ill effects of a knee injury suffered earlier in the...

With fourteen of USC's fifteen spring practice sessions now in the books, and with the scrimmage finale just one day away, here is a glance at how a potential team depth chart just might look if it were released today. Quarterback Max Wittek (6-f...