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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 […]

College sports fans didn’t hold back in criticizing Caleb Williams after USC football suffered its second straight defeat on Saturday, this time at the hands of Utah. After suffering an embarrassing loss at the hands of Notre Dame in the previous week, hopes were high that Williams and USC would be able to bounce back […]

USC football started off the season 6-0 and they were undefeated and ranked top-10 heading into their matchup with Notre Dame last weekend. The Fighting Irish completely dominated the Trojans for a 48-20 win, and it put USC in a difficult position going forward for the remainder of their season. The Trojans needed to win […]

The Utah Utes take on the USC Trojans. Check out our college football odds series for our Utah USC prediction and pick. Find how to watch Utah USC. Last year, the Utah Utes defeated the USC Trojans twice. Utah prevented USC from making the College Football Playoff. The Trojans would have reached the playoff had […]

No. 18 USC football’s Week 8 will have them going up against the team that was the ultimate thorn in their side last season, the No. 14 Utah Utes. This season, however, Lincoln Riley and the Trojans will at least have the opportunity to face Kyle Whittingham and the Utes on their own home turf […]

The Pac-12 hosted the game of the college football weekend last week and arguably the best game of the college football season so far between the Oregon Ducks and the Washington Huskies. It was a dramatic shootout, the best type of big game. A similar big game will take place this weekend between the Utah […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams played his worst game of the season in Notre Dame’s 48-20 win on Saturday. Nevertheless, Williams stood up to a Notre Fame football fan who ridiculed him on the field after the game. It was a matter of a sheep going against a lion, per Los Angeles Times USC beat […]

Detroit Lions wide receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown is a man of his word, clearly. After losing a bet with Notre Dame alum Julian Okwara over who would win in the matchup between USC football and Notre Dame football, the Lions star wore his punishment at his locker, via Colton Pouncy. Lions WR Amon-Ra St. Brown […]

USC’s loss last week means it is going to be a lot harder – and potentially even impossible – to make the College Football Playoff. Still, all hope is not lost for the team, but they won’t have an easy matchup in Week 8. #18 USC will take on  #14 Utah in a massive game […]

The USC football team came into the season with hopes of winning the Pac-12 title and making the College Football Playoff, but a blowout loss against Notre Dame last week put a big damper on those plans. The Trojans were close to achieving those goals last year, but they fell short in the Pac-12 title […]

By this point in time it’s well-established that USC football quarterback Caleb Williams will likely be the #1 pick in the upcoming NFL Draft. He’s drawn a handful of big-time comparisons to Patrick Mahomes and been talked about as a better draft prospect than both Trevor Lawrence and Joe Burrow. Here’s a new wrinkle to the […]

USC football came into this season with hopes of winning the Pac-12 title and making the College Football Playoff. They were one win away from achieving those goals last year, but a loss to Utah football in the Pac-12 title game spoiled the party. After returning the Heisman winner from a year ago in Caleb […]

USC football came into the 2023 college football season as the favorite to win the Pac-12, and they had College Football Playoff aspirations. The Trojans started the season 6-0, but people quickly began to favor other teams in the conference as USC didn’t look nearly as good as everyone expected them to look. They have […]

The USC football program suffered its first loss last week in blowout fashion by the score of 48-20 against Notre Dame, with the offensive line having its worst performance of the season, and head coach Lincoln Riley did not rule out making changes on that unit ahead of Saturday’s game against Utah. “We do have […]

The USC football team is currently enjoying Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams’ presence on campus, even after a frustrating loss to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish on the road this past weekend. Williams uncharacteristically gave the game away to the opponents, throwing three interceptions while Sam Hartman and the Irish capitalized with a sound ball […]

USC football suffered their first loss of the season last weekend against Notre Dame, and they now have another difficult test this Saturday against Utah football. Last year, the Utes were a major bugaboo for the Trojans as they kept them from winning the Pac-12 championship and making the College Football Playoff. Utah and USC […]

Though the USC Trojans were undefeated entering their annual showdown with Notre Dame, their wins weren’t always the cleanest. They let an Arizona State team that is not on their level hang around for the entirety of that matchup back in Week 4. The next week on the road against Colorado, the Trojans allowed the […]