OU, USC Strive to Overcome Weakest Links
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Oklahoma's secondary was so shaky that coaches turned to a freshman they planned to redshirt. Even now, Southern California's offensive line is a "work in progress," coordinator Norm Chow says.
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Ohio State and Auburn are national title frontrunners now, but USC is quietly lurking near the top yet again.
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The two most recent Heisman winners, USC quarterback Matt Leinart and Oklahoma signal caller Jason White, match wits in the Orange Bowl for the national title.
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The average score of games involving Southern California, Louisiana State and Oklahoma this season is 50-11.
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USC&#39;s football team may be in the hunt for one of the two coveted spots in the national championship game, but that doesn&#39;t mean the Trojans aren&#39;t trying to enjoy the ride to a possible Orange Bowl berth.
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It&#39;s still a USC/Oklahoma one two punch in the latest Bowl Championship Series poll. In fact, Oklahoma strengthened its lead over third place Auburn in this week&#39;s BCS poll; the Tigers were idle last week and have a huge game this week with Georgia.
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Southern California and Miami are 1-2 in the initial BCS Standings with Oklahoma -- despite being ranked second in both the ESPN/USA Today and AP polls -- third.
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No. 1-ranked Southern California can&#39;t claim perfection yet, needing to win two more games to finish 13-0 and as national champion.
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PULLMAN -â Last week, in studying USC game film, Cougar coaches thought they found a chink in the national championsâ armor. And not just any chink -â one with the potential, right from the get go, to
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Southern California and Oklahoma finished atop the final Bowl Championship Series standings Sunday and will meet in the Orange Bowl on Jan. 4 in a title game that might not produce a unanimous national champion.
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Oklahoma moves past Miami into the number two spot in this week&#39;s BCS poll; last week, Miami was second and Oklahoma third. USC continues to lead the poll.
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It&#39;s UCLA v. USC, one of the biggest rivalries in sports, and that means it&#39;s time to start talking. But what do you say when you&#39;ve lost five straight years?
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But at times, this desperate push to move into the top two in the BCS standings and earn a place in the national championship game starts to sound more like politics than football.
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With college football&#39;s annual national-title enigma distilled to three contenders, and with the Orange Bowl fixing to invite only two, No.
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Oklahoma-USC. The two best programs of this century. Two national powers in the past, now revived in the present. No. 1 USC with nation&#39;s second-longest winning streak.
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Auburn caught Oklahoma in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, creating a tie for second place behind No. 1 Southern California. It's the just the second tie for No. 2 in the history of the AP media poll. The other was Nov. 3, 1991, when Miami and Washington were tied behind No. 1 Florida State.
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The Bowl Championship Series standings underwent a shakeup yesterday, but the top two teams -- Southern California and Oklahoma -- remained the same.