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Week 15: USC at UCLA
Both teams will wear colored jerseys for this match-up, with the visiting Trojans purposely shunning tradition, declaring it will pull on red shirts rather than the required white. Regardless of who has what on, there should be very little mystery to which side has the better team.
Pac-10: Oregon squashes OSU's Rosey dreams
The Oregon State football team came armed with home-field advantage and great hope, but no Jacquizz Rodgers or any detectable defense. The tradeoff was not nearly enough to secure an elusive Rose Bowl berth.
Week 14: Notre Dame at USC
The rebuilding Fighting Irish take on a high-quality opponent without a quality victory this season. They’ve loaded up on too many teams such as Washington, San Diego State and, well, Michigan to be taken seriously. They just lost to an inferior Syracuse team that has fired its coach. They’re better than last year, but still not in USC’s league.
Goal Line Stand: Can we get a playoff, please?
If you believe some of the people who bray that “every week matters” in college football, we are heading into the best part of the season. Please.
Pac-10: Cougars wake up, win Apple Cup
On a Pac-10 weekend in which Oregon State nearly squandered its Rose Bowl hopes but survived and Stanford relinquished all bowl possibilities, once unresponsive and barely breathing Washington State defeated Washington.
Five burning questions: Week 13
There's big games all across the map in Week 13 and Athlon's editors answer questions about the Apple Cup, Oklahoma-Texas Tech andmore in this week's Five Burning Questions.
Pac-10: Favorites roll in Week 12
There was really no mystery to Pac-10 football over the weekend, with each of the five match-ups turning lopsided and decisive in some manner, even if some of the final margins didn’t indicate it.
Week 12: USC at Stanford
Stanford is much improved, certainly a tougher and more well rounded team than the one that upset the Trojans 24-23 a year ago in Los Angeles. These Cardinal players, however, may suffer for their success. USC generally takes out its frustration on conference opponents who make a breakthrough the next time they meet.
Five burning questions: Week 12
Athlon's editors debate which teams needs to be on upset alert this weekend, which freshman has played himself into early 2009 Heisman Trophy consideration and more in this week's Five Burning Questions.
Pac-10: Milestones aplenty on the West Coast
It was a weekend of milestones across the Pac-10, with Arizona becoming bowl eligible for the first time in 10 seasons, Oregon State completing a sweep of the Los Angeles schools for just the second time in school history, Arizona State averting a school-record seventh setback in a row and Washington losing for a school-record 11th consecutive game.
Week 11: California at USC
On paper, this match-up has all the appearance of the league’s two best teams squaring off in downtown L.A. Yet since getting upset at Oregon State, the Trojans have turned frightening.
Five burning questions: Week 11
Athlon's editors debate whether it was time for Phillip Fulmer and Tennessee to part ways, if Texas Tech can run the table against the Oklahoma schools and more in this week's Five Burning Questions.
Week 10 National Notebook
Texas Tech pulled out a thrilling victory over hated rival Texas this week while Florida and Syracuse won big games as well. Mitch Light looks at these teams and more in the Week 10 version of his national notebook.
Pac-10: Beavers clinging to Rose Bowl hopes
There’s a widespread disparity between the top and the bottom teams in the conference. While the Washington schools remain abject embarrassments, USC, Cal and, yes, Oregon State come down the stretch as heavyweights, each tightly holding on to Rose Bowl hopes, none tighter than the Beavers.
Week 10: Washington at USC
The Trojans will throw a going-away party this weekend for Ty Willingham, but the lameduck Washington football coach shouldn’t expect any gifts. His Huskies are winless this season for a reason, and the last thing they want to do is play USC in Los Angeles.
Goal Line Stand: Texas Tech is a different team
The Raiders have won at least eight games six years straight (seven if you count ’08) and have hit the nine-win mark three times. Yep, they’ve been getting it done down on the South Plains. But not like this. Tech is 8-0 and dreaming of big things.
Pac-10: Defense comes up big for USC
USC played like a championship caliber team when it needed to against Arizona this weekend while Oregon and Cal won conference games and Washington's Ty Willingham failed to defeat his former team.
Under The Radar: Week 9
The Big 12, Big Ten and SEC all have marquee match-ups this weekend. But the battle for Pac-10 supremacy will also take place in Tuscan, Arizona. Mike Stoops and Co. are set to take on the USC Trojans late Saturday night.
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Game Day, Part III
In prime time, Oklahoma kept a Big 12 South three-way tie intact with a high scoring shootout win at Oklahoma State.
Game Day, Part II
This afternoon, Alabama and Florida took care of in-state rivals Auburn and Florida State, keeping alive the de facto BCS semi-final match-up in next week’s SEC title game.
Game Day, Part I
So far today, the Ramblin’ Wreck from Georgia Tech defeated Georgia between the hedges in Athens, while Virginia Tech clinched the ACC Coastal Division title.
| USC 2008 Schedule | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date | Opponent | Result |
| 08/30 | @ VIRGINIA | W, 52-7 |
| 09/13 | OHIO ST | W, 35-3 |
| 09/25 | @ OREGON ST | L, 21-27 |
| 10/04 | OREGON | W, 44-10 |
| 10/11 | ARIZONA ST | W, 28-0 |
| 10/18 | @ WASHINGTON ST | W, 69-0 |
| 10/25 | @ ARIZONA | W, 17-10 |
| 11/01 | WASHINGTON | W, 56-0 |
| 11/08 | CALIFORNIA | W, 17-3 |
| 11/15 | @ STANFORD | W, 45-23 |
| 11/29 | NOTRE DAME | W, 38-3 |
| 12/06 | @ UCLA | - |
| USC Standings | ||
|---|---|---|
| PAC10 Standings | ||
| CONF | OVR | |
| USC | 7 - 1 | 10 - 1 |
| OREGON | 7 - 2 | 9 - 3 |
| OREGON ST | 7 - 2 | 8 - 4 |
| CALIFORNIA | 5 - 3 | 7 - 4 |
| ARIZONA | 4 - 4 | 6 - 5 |
| ARIZONA ST | 4 - 4 | 5 - 6 |
| STANFORD | 4 - 5 | 5 - 7 |
| UCLA | 3 - 5 | 4 - 7 |
| WASHINGTON ST | 1 - 8 | 2 - 11 |
| WASHINGTON | 0 - 8 | 0 - 11 |
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