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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 receiver Marqise Lee was named the Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year, conference representatives announced Monday. In a vote of the conference's head coaches, Lee was chosen as the top offensive player. He also was the only sophomore in the ...

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 -- Lane Kiffin knows exactly where everything started to go wrong this season. It was in the third quarter of the USC Trojans' 39-36 loss to the Arizona Wildcats last month, he explained Tuesday. Up 28-13 with six minutes to go in the ...

LOS ANGELES -- The biggest difference between USC's old quarterback, Matt Barkley, and new quarterback, Max Wittek, according to Trojans receiver Marqise Lee? "Max throws much harder," Lee said Tuesday. "That crap hurts." Indeed, the redshirt f...

PASADENA, Calif. -- The USC Trojans (No. 18 BCS, No. 21 AP) started poorly, then rebounded, then played more mistake-ridden football in the second half and lost, 38-28, to the UCLA Bruins (No. 17 BCS, No. 17 AP) in a back-and-forth game at the Rose B...

The USC Trojans (No. 18 BCS, No. 21 AP) and UCLA Bruins (No. 17 BCS, No. 17 AP) haven't matched up in a game that meant this much in a long time. The winner of Saturday's 12 p.m. PT game at the Rose Bowl will secure the Pac-12 South title and earn...

LOS ANGELES -- When USC's Robert Woods and Dion Bailey were youngsters in Carson, Calif., their Pop Warner team was among the best in the state. Then, one Saturday morning, they suffered a crushing loss to a team from Carlsbad, quarterbacked by an...

LOS ANGELES -- As Robert Woods gave an on-camera interview to a Japanese video crew after the Trojans' Tuesday practice, USC running back D.J. Morgan walked past the cameraman and delivered some snark. "Two catches, negative three yards," Morgan s...

LOS ANGELES -- USC (No. 19 BCS, No. 21 AP) played a strong second half to comfortably beat Arizona State 38-17 on Saturday at the Coliseum. Here are notes and quotes from the game that won't make it into our other coverage off the day: McNeal's bi...

LOS ANGELES -- USC struggled early but topped Arizona State on Saturday at the Coliseum, 38-17, to move into position to make the Pac-12 championship game with one more win. Here's a report card for the Trojans' performance against the Sun Devils:...

LOS ANGELES -- Lane Kiffin brought a pen into his postgame news conference Saturday night following his USC Trojans' 62-51 loss to the Oregon Ducks at the Coliseum. While Matt Barkley was answering a question to his left, Kiffin quickly scanned th...

USC coach Lane Kiffin's team doesn't just lead the FBS in penalties per game. The Trojans are committing 20 percent more penalties than any other team in the country.

LOS ANGELES -- The reason why USC is committing so many penalties this season, according to receiver Robert Woods, is not a team-wide lack of discipline or a target on the Trojans' backs because of their preseason No. 1 ranking. It's pride -- and ...