Thursday, December 27th, 2012
USC head football coach Lane Kiffin confirmed what many suspected on Thursday, as he announced that quarterback Matt Barkley would not be playing in the 2012 Sun Bowl thanks to an injured throwing shoulder. That announcement means that Barkley's storied, record-shattering collegiate career is now over.
It's a disappointment for USC ...
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Sunday, October 28th, 2012
I know, I know, it's such a knee-jerk thing to say, and normally this is a rhetorical device in which I would set about disproving that this is a knee-jerk thing to say. Instead, I'll just embrace it. The USC 39-36 loss to Arizona on Saturday was nothing short of ...
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Tuesday, August 28th, 2012
A billboard featuring USC quarterback Matt Barkley has mysteriously disappeared from a street just a few blocks from UCLA's campus. No, it wasn't stolen, but it was taken down and no one seems to be taking responsibility for it.
The billboard was up at the intersection of Westwood Boulevard and Lindbrook ...
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Thursday, December 22nd, 2011
While waiting for star quarterback Matt Barkley to decide whether or not he will make himself available for the 2012 NFL draft, the USC Trojans got good news about the status of the team's other No. 7. All-American safety T.J. McDonald has announced his intention to return to USC for ...
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Sunday, September 25th, 2011
Oklahoma and LSU both won on Saturday night, Oklahoma is 3-0, LSU is 4-0 and now both can say they've been No. 1 in the polls this season. As a reward for beating three ranked teams in four games, the Tigers get to be No. 1 in the AP's poll ...
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Friday, September 2nd, 2011
Minnesota (0-0) at (25) Southern California (0-0) (-23.5)
USC's secondary coach resigned Thursday, the team's defense was historically, hilariously bad last year, the offense only showed hints of breaking out of the vanilla coma created in the Sarkisian/Bates/late Carroll era, and the Trojans still ineligible for both the Pac-12 title game ...
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Sunday, November 21st, 2010
Years from now, USC's 36-7 loss to Oregon State in Corvallis will probably just be a hilarious footnote from a very odd season for the Southern California Trojans. Probation, no bowl games, and terrible defense (despite the presence of Monte Kiffin) will probably get most of the press.
But USC losing ...
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