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While a lot of Pac-12 schools have hit home runs with recent coaching hires, history suggests that there's no failsafe formula to ensure success.

Story | Conversation | January 20, 2013

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...

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 -- 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 ...

Steve Bisheff looks at Stanford's success against USC and how it helps other teams as well as other thoughts around the sports world.

Story | Conversation | September 20, 2012

The Pac-12 conference released the 2012 scheduled games Tuesday for all of its teams, including USC. Here are several things to take away from the Trojans' schedule: Overall, nice and easy It doesn't get much better than this, if you're Lane Ki...

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...

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...

"Give three memorable USC two-sport athletes" Garry Paskwietz John Jackson (1985-89) Football/Baseball "JJ" left USC as the all-time leading receiver for the Trojans and also played in three Rose Bowl games. He was named All Pac-10 in footba...