USC-Cal was matchup of nation&#39;s best
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Sometimes, you just have to throw out the numbers. Theyâre for statisticians, mathematicians, accountants. Theyâre for people toiling in cubicles, eating at their desks, and breaking for the occasional unhealthy snack.
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Southern California, Oklahoma and Auburn - the top three teams in The Associated Press Top 25 - all won easily Saturday. No. 4 Wisconsin had its national title hopes
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When Southern Californians go to bed each night, at least those not affiliated with UCLA, they do so secure in the knowledge that USC is the best team in college football, and truly has been since October 2002.
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If you&#39;re a romantic who thinks about sports the way Grantland Rice wrote about the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame, this exhausting, wrenching battle between Oregon State and Louisiana State represented everything that makes college football a supreme
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Southern California and Auburn finished perfect regular seasons in very different ways.
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After playing in hail, fog and chill, top-ranked Southern California finishes its season in familiar comfort. The Trojans (9-0, 6-0 Pacific-10) have two games at home &#151; against Arizona on Saturday and Notre Dame on Nov. 27 &#151; before their rivalry game at UCLA.
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Southern California could only stop Aaron Rodgers and California when it counted most. The top-ranked Trojans held the seventh-ranked Golden Bears out of the end zone after a first-and-goal with less than two minutes left and held on for a 23-17 victory Saturday.
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Top-ranked Southern California ran through, around and all over Nebraska. Stafon Johnson ran for 144 yards and one of USC's five rushing touchdowns and John David Booty threw two short TD passes in a 49-31 victory Saturday night.
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LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Once Matt Leinart and No. 1 Southern California got used to the rain, it was all over for Notre Dame. Leinart threw for a career-high 400 yards and matched a personal best with five
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A strong finish is a big deal at Southern California. The coaching staff talks about it, the players, too.
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LOS ANGELES -- Picked apart all afternoon by uncannily accurate California quarterback Aaron Rodgers, the USC defense chose the game&#39;s biggest moment to make the game&#39;s biggest stand.
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LOS ANGELES Top-ranked Southern California remains unbeaten after whipping 15th-rated Arizona State 45-to-7. Trojan quarterback Matt Leinart completed 13 of 24 passes for 224 yards with no interceptions before sitting out the fourth quarter.
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Asked earlier in the week about taking on the No. 1 team in the country this weekend, Isaiah Stanback sounded nonplussed. &quot;USC is a tough team, just like Oregon State was a tough team,&quot; he said.
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No. 1 USC Pummels Notre Dame 41-10; Matt Leinart Makes Heisman Case With 400 Yards, Five TD Passes. Southern California&#39;s quarterback Matt Leinart throws during their 41-10 win over Notre Dame during the first half in Los Angeles, on Saturday, Nov.
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PULLMAN - The last time anything was cut down this easily on the Palouse was during the wheat harvest. Top-ranked USC had its way with binge scoring and disruptive defense and leveled Washington State 42-12 yesterday.
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It happens to nearly every team in its quest for a national title. In happened to USC on Saturday when the Trojans had to come from behind to beat Stanford 31-28.
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Both. Cal&#39;s only claims to fame this year were a near-miss against USC and a win over Arizona State. Much will be made about Cal&#39;s injured receivers for the Holiday Bowl, but Geoff McArthur, Burl Toler and