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During his freshman season at the University of Oklahoma, quarterback Caleb Williams showed flashes of superstardom. In a Lincoln Riley-led offense, Williams put up big numbers. He threw for 1,912 yards, 21 touchdowns, and just four interceptions. On the ground, he added 442 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns on just 79 total carries. With […]

USC football star Caleb Williams is in danger of missing out on the Cotton Bowl due to the hamstring injury he suffered in the Pac-12 championship game on Friday. Head coach Lincoln Riley confirmed the development on Sunday, revealing that Williams’ hamstring injury is deemed “significant.” With that said, the USC Trojans will have to […]

Losses by USC and TCU in their conference championship game have thrown the College Football Playoff rankings up for grabs. USC was hammered 47-24 by Utah in the Pac-12 title game, while TCU suffered a 31-28 defeat in overtime against Kansas State. Georgia and Michigan are the dominant teams in college football. The Bulldogs have […]

Ryan Day and Ohio State’s College Football Playoff hopes are still alive, thanks to the USC Trojans’ loss to Utah. And the moment is clearly not lost on Day, who knows what the Buckeyes need to do now. The Ohio State football head coach delivered this epic message to his team, per Bill Rabinowitz of […]

USC football entered Friday night’s Pac-12 Championship Game just needing to win to punch a ticket to the College Football Playoff. The Trojans were riding back-to-back wins over rivals UCLA and Notre Dame, and had won five straight games to finish the season 11-1. It seemed like fate that the Trojans would win and assert […]

Utah Utes football quarterback Cam Rising was clearly not a fan of USC Trojans star Caleb Williams’ painted nails. Williams, who painted ‘F*** Utah’ on his nails a week after doing the same to Notre Dame, clearly drew the ire of Rising, who led his Utes squad to their second straight Pac-12 title with their […]

Well, it happened again. The Pac-12, which has not had a team make the College Football Playoff since 2016, cannibalized itself once again and ended its playoff hopes. This might be the most heartbreaking instance of said trend, given how close the conference was to break it. No. 4 USC entered Friday night’s Pac-12 Championship […]

USC football star Caleb Williams had a painful night physically and emotionally after their tough loss to the Utah Utes in the Pac-12 championship game. Not only did the USC Trojans got blown out by the Utes 47-24, but Williams suffered multiple injuries in the contest. In the first quarter, he hurt the pinky finger […]

As if taking down the USC Trojans was not enough, Utah football quarterback Cam Rising piled more misery on their rivals with a savage take on Friday night. The Utah Utes made easy work of the Trojans in the Pac-12 Championship, dominating the rest of the game after falling behind 14-3 in the opening quarter. […]

News broke on Thursday that the Rose Bowl had cleared its grievances and the path is now wide open for the College Football Playoff to expand to 12 teams starting in 2024. Until then, however, we’re stuck with the four-team format first brought to light in 2014. However, what’s the fun in waiting two years […]

Welcome to championship weekend! We have some great games this weekend and multiple games with playoff implications. It’s time to continue our college football odds series with the best picks for Championship weekend! TCU and USC can both earn a spot in the fight for the national championship with a victory, while Ohio State is […]

After a long and exciting 2022 regular season, the conference championship week is finally here. The results from the key championship games could seriously affect the postseason, from the New Year’s Six bowls to the College Football Playoff, just like last week did. Teams such as the Michigan Wolverines had important wins, while others such […]

The Utah Utes and USC Trojans will match up in the Pac-12 college football Championship game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. The game is a matchup of an earlier Pac-12 game. It’s time to continue our college football odds series with a Utah-USC prediction and pick. Utah has gone 9-3 in the regular season, including […]

With the college football season winding down, the 2022 conference championship week is finally here. Some teams have more than a conference title at stake, so whatever happens, it can seriously affect the future of a program. With the No. 4 USC Trojans facing the No. 11 Utah Utes on Friday for the Pac-12 trophy, […]

USC football head coach Lincoln Riley addressed the ‘revenge game’ narrative ahead of their Pac-12 Championship clash with Utah, per Antonio Morales. “This is not a revenge game,” Riley said. “This is not what this is. We played a really good football game, as did Utah up in Salt Lake and it was an elite […]

Lincoln Riley and Caleb Williams have formed quite the coach-QB duo for USC football. Williams recently revealed that Riley used the Heisman Trophy during the USC recruiting process, per Antonio Morales. “Yeah. He’s had a couple of Heisman guys who have won and another guy who was there,” Williams said. “(Riley) believed I had traits […]

Although it seems like it started yesterday, the college football regular season is officially over. Conference championships are taking place this weekend, and the College Football Playoff selection committee will announce the playoff field on Sunday. Though many teams have looked like contenders over the course of the season, only a few remain alive heading […]

Caleb Williams is technically still a true sophomore. He began his college career playing as a true freshman for Lincoln Riley at Oklahoma, followed his coach to play some USC football, where he became a starter and tour-de-force Heisman favorite, and is already generating serious draft interest despite not being eligible to jump to the […]

With the 2022 college football regular season over, the conference championship games are getting closer and closer. Not only that but the conversations for big awards are heating up, especially the Heisman Trophy. In this piece, we’ll look at why Caleb Williams should win it. Differently from previous years, the race for the Heisman has […]

Caleb Williams had multiple Heisman moments in USC’s pivotal primetime victory over rival Notre Dame on Saturday night at Los Angeles Coliseum. The sophomore signal-caller went 18-of-22 for 232 yards and one touchdown threw the air, adding 35 yards and three more scores on the ground to cement his status as the frontrunner for college […]

Caleb Williams had his Heisman moment. The USC football star led the No. 6 Trojans to a big win over archrival Notre Dame, which helped not only the team’s chances of making it to the College Football Playoff Against the No.15 Fighting Irish, Williams completed 18 of his 22 pass attempts or 232 yards and […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams just boosted his chances to take home the Heisman trophy after another big performance on Saturday against the Notre Dame Fighting Irish. Williams’ display against the UCLA Bruins last week already provided him with a huge springboard to get in front of the race, and he only solidified that position […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish take on the USC Trojans. Check out our college football odds series for our Notre Dame USC prediction and pick. This is what makes college football special. Notre Dame versus USC is the greatest intersectional rivalry in college football. The vast majority of college football rivalries are in-state battles, local […]

The Notre Dame Fighting Irish will have quite a test coming up on Saturday, as it will meet Caleb Williams and the USC Trojans’ high-octane offense. No team has had any answer for Williams this season. The versatile passer comes into his first-ever meeting against Notre Dame ranking in the top 10 in all the […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams passed Ohio State’s CJ Stroud as the Heisman Trophy favorite, per FanDuel. Williams is now listed at -130 while Stroud is sitting at +110. Meanwhile, Michigan’s Blake Corum follows them at +2500. Caleb Williams has excelled under Lincoln Riley at USC. He’s tallied 3,480 passing yards to go along with […]

It’s rivalry week across college football, and trophies from an egg to a platypus will be handed out in some of this country’s most historic matchups. One of those games is the 90th all-time meeting between the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and USC Trojans. Marcus Freeman’s team has completely turned the tide from early-season struggles […]

This is the week of “The Game”, the longtime rivalry between the Ohio State Buckeyes and the Michigan Wolverines. One of the greatest rivalries in all of sports, this year’s edition of The Game stands out in particular with these two teams being ranked 2nd and 3rd nationally. Let’s continue our college football odds series […]

Whenever the new edition of the College Football Playoff Top 25 releases, controversy immediately follows. The latest rankings were no exception and immediately raised questions among college football fans after the release on Tuesday night. Many placements drew controversy, but none more than No. 5 LSU remaining above No. 6 USC in the College Football […]

The final week of the 2022 college football regular season is almost here, which means it is time for some USC football bold predictions for the showdown against Notre Dame. The No. 6 Trojans will face the No. 15 Fighting Irish on Saturday at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Although USC is already guaranteed to play […]

In a historic win for the NCAA, a Los Angeles jury agreed that the organization is not liable for the death of former USC football player Matthew Gee. When the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Gee’s widow reached jury–the first of its kind after many other similar lawsuits and allegations against the NCAA–it has become […]

The latest College Football Playoff rankings dropped on Tuesday night, and the USC Trojans currently sit at no. 6. Despite a huge 48-45 win over Pac-12 rival UCLA, the Trojans still haven’t done enough to crack the top-4 of the rankings, largely because of the strength of the LSU Tigers’- who sit at no. 5- […]

USC football quarterback Caleb Williams has been lighting it up of late, putting himself right in the heart of the Heisman conversation. Amid his recent strong run, Fox Sports talking head and USC Trojans superfan Colin Cowherd dropped a world of praise on the star QB, including a shocking NFL comparison that will certainly leave […]

The 2022 college football season is in its home stretch, with just one week remaining in the regular season. While the College Football Playoff race is getting all the attention, the race for the Heisman Trophy is just as, if not more intriguing. At this point in the college football season, though, it seems the […]

The USC football squad punched its ticket to the Pac-12 championship game in dramatic fashion. A win over rival UCLA has them riding high in head coach Lincoln Riley’s first year on the job. 48-45 was the final score of the back-and-forth contest that Caleb Williams the USC offense. Williams coming through in key moments […]

At this point last year, Lincoln Riley and No. 7 USC weren’t even thinking about contending for a spot in the national college football playoffs, never mind a championship. After surpassing last year’s win total (only four games), Riley and his team are right there pushing to be a part of the last four squads […]

The USC Trojans take on the UCLA Bruins. Check out our college football odds series for our USC UCLA prediction and pick. The UCLA football program faces its moment of truth in this game. UCLA has not won a conference championship since 1998. The Bruins are almost certain to make the Pac-12 Championship Game if […]

This weekend, we have several exciting college football matchups headlined by a west coast showdown as USC takes on UCLA in the Battle for Los Angeles. No matter where your loyalties lie, this weekend is also another opportunity to make money betting on CFB. Let’s check out our college football odds series with a look […]

The USC Trojans are in the middle of a renaissance season, as quarterback Caleb Williams and his teammates prepare for their annual confrontation with archrival UCLA. The Trojans bring a 9-1 record into the game, and after they face the Bruins, they will face another major rival in Notre Dame. Prior to Saturday’s game against […]

In one of the most anticipated games of the weekend, the No. 7 USC Trojans will be at the Rose Bowl to face the No. 16 UCLA Bruins on Saturday. With USC football vying for title at the conference and national level, the final result could certainly affect the Trojans’ fate for the remainder of […]