Updates: Upcoming Games

Twelfth-ranked USC (7-2, 4-2) will travel to Berkeley on Saturday for a game under the temporary lights at Memorial Stadium against No. 24 California (6-3, 3-3). The once highly-ranked Golden Bears (who at one point seemed a few minutes away from becoming the nation’s top-ranked team) fell out of the top 25 after losing three […]

The return of John David Booty to the helm of the offense (with the expanded playbook which accompanies him), combined with the emergence of a much more confident group of receivers, who seemed to have earned the confidence of their coaches and fans with strong performances against Notre Dame and Oregon, should give the Trojans […]

Doctors advised All-American left-tackle Sam Baker not to play Saturday against Oregon State after examining his partially torn hamstring. Even though it’s the larger part of his hamstring which is torn, making him less susceptible to suffering a full tear upon returning, and despite having received a second anti-inflammatory shot on Monday, Pete Carroll said […]

If there was a quarterback controversy brewing at SC after Mark Sanchez’s solid performance at Notre Dame, it all but died after the 3rd-year sophomore arguably cost his team the Oregon game a week later by throwing two second-half interceptions. Pete Carroll told reporters in no uncertain terms that if John David Booty, who worked […]

The No. 13 USC Trojans (6-2, 3-2) will look to salvage what’s left of their season when they host the Oregon State Beavers (5-3, 3-2) in USC’s annual homecoming game on Saturday at the Coliseum. The two teams are tied for fourth in the Pac-10 and are looking to make a move up the standings. […]

For the first time since its 2001 game against UCLA, the Trojans are underdogs (currently +3) in a Pac-10 game today. However, SC won that 2001 game 27-0, and they won blowout victories against the last 3 teams who were favored against them: Auburn (Leinart’s first game), Oklahoma (national title game), and Michigan (2007 Rose Bowl). […]

The 9th-ranked USC Trojans (6-1, 3-1) will face by far their toughest test of the season on Saturday afternoon, when they travel to Eugene, Oregon to take on the 5th-ranked Oregon Ducks (6-1, 3-1) at Autzen Stadium. It is a must-win game for USC, as is every game for the remainder of the season if […]

Friday’s big news–which came in between the Trojans’ morning practice and their afternoon walk-through at Notre Dame Stadium–was the announcement that Mark Sanchez would start at quarterback for the second straight week. What might be even better news for USC–and Desmond Reed–is that the grass at the stadium was in much better condition (and significantly […]

Pete Carroll told reporters that Mark Sanchez will enter Tuesday’s practice as the projected starter against Notre Dame on Saturday, even though the sophomore gave the coaching staff a scare late Monday when it seemed he injured his finger in practice. Scott Wolf reports that it was merely a false alarm and that Sanchez’s finger […]

It certainly is an off year for one of college sports’ greatest intersectional rivalries. Saturday’s 79th matchup between USC (5-1, 3-1) and Notre Dame (1-6) pits a Trojan team that is sinking in the polls against a woeful Fighting Irish squad having one of its worst seasons in recent memory. Both teams have been struggling […]