Practice Notes: Aug. 31
USC kept preparing for Minnesota on Wednesday, as they practiced for the second time this week. Sophomore wide receiver Robert Woods was still in the yellow no-contact jersey with a bruised elbow, but...
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View ArticleBehind enemy lines: Utah’s secondary
After watching USC utilize the Matt Barkley-to-Robert Woods connection 17 different times for a total of 177 yards and 3 touchdowns against Minnesota, it is no secret who the Trojans’ quarterback...
View ArticleFive burning questions: Utah
How will Utah adjust to its new conference? Like Colorado, Utah joined the Pac-10 on July 1, 2011, to form the Pac-12 . The Utes, formerly from the Mountain West conference, will take part in the first...
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USC survives wild finish at home
For the second consecutive game this season, the USC defense came up with a stop when it mattered most. Defensive pressure · Freshman linebacker Hayes Pullard, along with junior defensive end Nick...
View ArticleGame two rewind: Trojans upend Utah in final minutes
The setup: With Pac-12 commissioner Larry Scott in attendance, USC hosted Utah in the first ever Pac-12 conference football game. The Utes began their transition from the Mountain West, and their fans...
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Trojans crush Orange in nonconference matchup
Despite trailing for the first time all season following a 23-yard field goal from sophomore kicker Ross Krautman, giving Syracuse an early 3-0 lead, USC responded quickly, scoring 24 unanswered points...
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Trojans crush Orange at home
For the first time all season, the Trojans trailed. Record tying · Junior quarterback Matt Barkley (above) tossed five touchdown passes in the Trojans’ 38-17 win over unranked Syracuse, tying a school...
View ArticleSeasoned Barkley delivering for USC
Back in 2009, when then-USC coach Pete Carroll named Matt Barkley the Trojans’ starting quarterback — over Aaron Corp and Mitch Mustain — his rationale behind handing the job to the wide-eyed freshman...
View ArticleStat to watch: Turnover margin
With USC playing countless close games in the past three seasons, turnover margin has become an important statistic to monitor. On the one hand, each turnover created presents USC’s offense with a...
View ArticleBarkley reprimanded for “inflammatory” comment
On Tuesday afternoon, the Pac-12 reprimanded USC junior quarterback Matt Barkley for calling Arizona State’s Vontaze Burfict a “dirty player” last week in an interview with the Los Angeles Times....
View ArticlePractice Report: Barkley (video)
Junior quarterback Matt Barkley recaps the Arizona State game and gives his thoughts about this weekend’s game against Arizona in a video interview. The post Practice Report: Barkley (video) appeared...
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USC claws past Arizona at home
Matt Barkley saw a lot of Carson Palmer when the Heisman Trophy winner played for USC in the early 2000s. Growing up in nearby Newport Beach, Barkley, now a junior quarterback for the Trojans,...
View ArticlePR battle hopeless challenge for Kiffin
When it comes to a battle of perception, USC coach Lane Kiffin is probably going to lose. And he’s probably going to lose about 11 out of 10 times. It comes with the territory of being Lane Kiffin, in...
View ArticleLee emerging as threat for USC receiving corps
After USC’s victory against Arizona, junior quarterback Matt Barkley’s record-breaking 468 passing yards (surpassed Carson Palmer’s previous best of 448 passing yards) and sophomore wide receiver...
View ArticleGame rewind: Arizona
The set-up: Arizona arrived at the Coliseum with a 1-3 record after playing three top-10 teams in consecutive weeks. The Wildcats hoped to turn their season around against a USC team that was coming...
View ArticleBlast from the past: Utah
Following a close victory over Minnesota in the opener, USC hosted Utah in the first-ever Pac-12 conference football game. The Trojans aimed to gain the head-to-head advantage against a team projected...
View ArticleWhat to watch for without USC football
No USC football this weekend. I might cry. The connection between junior quarterback Matt Barkley and sophomore wide receiver Robert Woods is, in a word, beautiful. But I won’t be able to see these...
View ArticleBlast from the past: Arizona
USC heads into the bye week after a 48-41 victory over the Arizona Wildcats. Arizona came into the Coliseum with only one win on the season but faced three top-10 opponents three weeks in a row. The...
View ArticleGame rewind: Cal
The set up: Cal, who was playing in the fifth different stadium for the fifth straight game, played host to USC in the annual “Weekender” game at AT&T Park. Coming out of a bye week, the Trojans’...
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