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The USC football program has reportedly dismissed defensive coordinator Alex Grinch after a 52-42 loss to the Washington Huskies on Saturday that resulted in the Trojans dropping to 7-3, according to Ross Dellenger of Yahoo Sports. The play of the USC defense has been a big topic this season for Lincoln Riley’s football program, and […]

USC football’s defensive coordinator Alex Grinch is facing a torrent of anger and criticism following the team’s 52-42 loss to Washington on Saturday. Grinch’s defensive unit has played horribly in a four game stretch that’s seen the Trojans go 1-3. The latest debacle was Saturday’s loss to the Washington Huskies. The Trojans gave up 52 […]

USC quarterback Caleb Williams is feeling a bit down after his team lost their third game in the last four tries. USC’s gunslinging play caller says he just wants to cuddle with his dog after the Trojans lost to Washington on Saturday. The news was reported by College Transfer Portal. Caleb Williams – “I want […]

Fans couldn’t help but feel bad for Caleb Williams after the USC football star was spotted crying following the Trojans’ loss to the Washington Huskies on Saturday. Williams went all-out in the highly anticipated showdown with Michael Penix Jr. and Washington. The two teams played a high-scoring affair, but in the end, it was the […]

Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans took another painful blow to their season on Saturday, as they suffered a 52-42 loss at home at the hands of Michael Penix Jr. and the Washington Huskies. The defeat was too much for the USC football star quarterback to handle, which was evident when Williams immediately went to […]

The University of Washington’s football team is a man down heading into a huge matchup this weekend against USC. Washington’s star wide receiver Jalen McMillan is out for the game, per college football writer Pete Thamel. McMillan is dealing with a knee injury. Washington coach Kalen DeBoer considers McMillan “day-to-day.” It’s certainly not good news […]

This weekend, several teams will be playing for their College Football Playoff lives after the committee released their first rankings earlier this week. A Washington loss to USC would likely doom Washington, and Notre Dame would see their faint playoff hopes come crashing down if they lose to a struggling and unranked Clemson team. As […]

The two top teams in the PAC-12 face off as Washington visits USC. It is time to continue our College Football odds series with a Washington-USC prediction, pick, and how-to-watch. Washington enters the game at 8-0 and ranked number five in the first CFP rankings. They dominated the first part of the season, with over […]

The PAC-12’s last undefeated and most complete team, against its most hyped prospect in a long time. This year’s Heisman’s favorite vs. last year’s Heisman winner. Who will come out on top? #5 Washington vs. #24 USC promises a lot of hype, but will it live up to it in reality? USC’s season of high […]

USC will enter a new chapter in its football history in the 2024 season when the Trojans and their long-time rival UCLA Bruins enter the Big Ten. The move is having monumental implications on college football, in general, and it will send USC into the lions’ den with the schedule it will face in its […]

Washington football’s Week 10 will have them traveling to the LA Coliseum to take on the USC Trojans. The Huskies are still barely riding their undefeated record over their last two games, while the Trojans escaped coming into this week’s game suffering their third consecutive loss at the hands of Cal. With the latest College […]

It seems like just yesterday that the college football season began in late August. USC football was one of the first teams to get their season underway as they started in week zero against San Jose State. Now, we are entering week 10 of the season and it is officially time for November football. This […]

The USC football team came into this season with sky-high expectations after narrowly missing out on a Pac-12 title and College Football Playoff berth last year. This is the second season of the Lincoln Riley era, and the Trojans returned Heisman winner Caleb Williams to this year’s team. It seemed like USC was destined for […]

The USC football team is second place in the Pac-12 in what should be the conference’s final year as we know it. Trojans coach Lincoln Riley has led USC football to a 7-2 record overall, 5-1 in the league. Recent media voices have stated that the struggles could be good for Caleb Williams in a […]

Coming in as a preseason favorite to win the Pac-12 and make the College Football Playoff, the USC Trojans football team now finds themselves on the outside looking in, with their former Heisman Trophy winner, Caleb Williams, likewise out of the running for the coveted individual award (currently tenth best odds, according to FanDuel). This […]

USC football is in a tough place following recent losses to Notre Dame and Utah, and a very close win over a struggling California team. Things get no easier, however, as the Trojans get ready to take on Washington this weekend. USC head football coach Lincoln Riley knows his team has to be ready to […]

Nothing comes easy for USC football these days. What should have been a routine drubbing of California was instead a 50-49 shootout that the Trojans barely survived this past Saturday. The game featured superb performances, little defense, late-game thrills and an incredibly outlandish officiating blunder. This Golden State showdown had everything but actual high stakes […]

The USC football team and California football team are both known for engaging in shootouts, as is the rest of the Pac-12 Conference. In the conference’s final season, both the Trojans and Golden Bears saved the best for last. A bizarre ruling by the game’s referees led to a round of questioning from fans on […]

The USC football program picked up a crucial win against Cal on Saturday by the score of 50-49 after tough losses to Notre Dame and Utah, and USC head coach Lincoln Riley made a firm statement about what the team can still accomplish this season and in the Pac-12, despite the two losses. “I believe […]

The football game between the USC Trojans and California Bears was a wild one as it went down to the wire. Eventually, the Trojans took home the win with a final score of 50-49. This contest was so chaotic that it even began oddly, although, maybe it wasn’t as odd as the referee’s halftime mishap. […]

Pac-12 referees made the most bizarre ruling you’ll ever see in a football game during halftime of the USC-California contest, one that left Golden Bears head coach Justin Wilcox fuming. The Pac-12 referees, who have drawn their fair share of criticism over the years, somehow ended up deciding to finish the second quarter after halftime. […]

USC football head coach Lincoln Riley and his team effectively kissed their College Football Playoff hopes goodbye with consecutive losses to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Utah Utes. Despite the continued brilliance of reigning Heisman Trophy winner and prospective number one NFL draft pick Caleb Williams, USC has been unable to live up […]

The Michigan cheating scandal has college football on edge as everyone awaits the outcome of that investigation. While that situation is ongoing, USC football coach Lincoln Riley opened up about sign stealing at the collegiate level. During USC’s game against Utah, the Trojans noticeably used screens to cover up their signs. When asked about it, […]

USC football’s season has gone awry the past couple weeks. At one point, USC was the No. 5 team in the AP Top 25 poll and considered a contender for the College Football Playoffs. Now, the Trojans have lost two straight and dropped to 6-2. After surprising losses to Notre Dame and Utah, the Trojans […]

The USC Trojans will head to Berkeley, California to take on the California Golden Bears this weekend. We’re here to share our college football odds series, make a USC-California prediction, and pick while showing you how to watch. USC Trojans (6-2) are coming off back-to-back losses after a terrific start to the season. After getting […]

The USC football team lost two games in a row against ranked opponents. First, the Notre Dame football squad dominated them. Then, the Utah Utes stunned them in a nail-biter. In addition, Heisman candidate Caleb Williams has slowed down his production. Now, Lincoln Riley is battling the aftermath of pneumonia. The head coach is hanging […]

Although it’s been a rough two weeks for the USC Trojans, star wide receiver Zachariah Branch is making noise as a playmaker for his team. So much so, that he’s now joined an exclusive Pac-12 football club alongside Christian McCaffrey. Considering McCaffrey was a freak athlete during his time at Stanford (and in the NFL), […]

As the presumptive number-one pick of the 2024 NFL Draft, and playing on a team that has already lost two games, USC football’s Caleb Williams has little at stake for the rest of his junior season. But on Wednesday, he didn’t sound like someone looking ahead. “We’re halfway through the season and you don’t necessarily […]

Since falling to Utah on Saturday, USC football coach Lincoln Riley had been MIA with an undisclosed illness. Riley was back at practice on Wednesday, and it has been revealed that he is being treated for pneumonia, according to Ryan Young of Rivals. Riley had previously missed his weekly radio appearance on “Trojans Live” on […]

USC football has seen their College Football Playoff dreams end after losing a second consecutive game over the weekend, this time to the Utah Utes. Reigning Heisman winner Caleb Williams played much better than Week 7 against Notre Dame, but he still wasn’t great. Regardless, FOX Sports analyst Joel Klatt believes the QB is far […]

Beginning the preseason as a favorite to win the Pac-12 and make the College Football Playoff, the USC Trojans football team now faces a full myriad of questions amid a two-game losing skid to Notre Dame and Utah over the last couple of weeks. And with an even more daunting schedule ahead full of their […]

USC football coach Lincoln Riley is sick and has missed two straight days of practice, according to Ryan Kartje of the L.A. Times. The illness is apparently significant enough that USC is working to make assistant Kliff Kingsbury the acting assistant in Riley’s absence, according to the Athletic. Riley was first reported to be under […]

The USC football team has lost two games in a row and is suddenly filled with rumors regarding both Caleb Williams and Lincoln Riley. Still, they can turn things around if they win a few games to finish out this season. Off the field, Trojans wide receiver Brenden Rice, the son of NFL Hall of […]

It’s too early for Halloween, but USC football coach Lincoln Riley is doing his best impression of a ghost. The Trojans head coach missed his weekly radio appearance after the team’s back-to-back losses, per reporter Scott Wolf/ Wolf posted that Riley is missing the radio show due to feeling “under the weather.” Lincoln Riley, USC […]

Utah has proven to be USC’s kryptonite. The Utes beat the Trojans twice last season, including in the Pac-12 championship game with a result that all but ended USC’s playoff hopes. USC football took a major hit last week after they got waxed by Notre Dame, but they still controlled their destiny to the Pac-12 […]

For the second time in as many weeks, USC football lost last Saturday night to the Utah Utes. But this loss felt way more detrimental than their loss to Notre Dame the prior week. It more or less ripped the whole season out from under the Trojans’ football team, and more importantly, maybe star quarterback […]

Lincoln Riley knows that when you coach at USC, you are dealing with high expectations from just about everyone else in college football. The Trojans are a football power, but even the best can be expected to slip up from time to time. That’s exactly what’s happening at USC. The Trojans have lost two games […]

USC football coach Lincoln Riley is just having no luck against the Utah Utes. The head coach is now 0-3 against the Trojans’ Pac-12 rival since Riley took the job in southern California before the 2022 season. USC lost to Utah 34-32 on Saturday, and the defeat left Riley with a sour taste in his […]

The season began with so much promise for reigning Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams and the USC football program. Ranked in the top 10 and considered one of the handful of favorites to win the Pac-12 and potentially break on through to the College Football Playoff, USC took that offseason promise and ran with it […]