No. 3 USC makes statement with 44-24 win
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Southern California's youthful Trojans didn't need any last-second heroics to beat Notre Dame this year. They had too much speed, too much defense, and too much Dwayne Jarrett. John David Booty passed for 265 yards and three touchdowns to Jarrett, USC did an exceptional job containing Notre Dame's Brady Quinn, and the Trojans topped the Fighting Irish 44-24 Saturday night.
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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 -- Once USC shed its &quot;Christmas Blues&quot;, the Trojans handled short-handed Southern with ease last night. USC overcame a sluggish opening 10 minutes to beat Southern 91-58 for its fifth victory in its past six games.
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Blake Mitchell threw three touchdowns and No. 17 South Carolina defeated South Carolina State 38-3 Saturday to make the Gamecocks 3-0 for the first time in six years.
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USC didn&#39;t beat the Cal Bears so much as it survived them. Kinda like a baseball team that gets no-hit by a flawless pitcher and yet still claws out the win anyway.
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The loose balls? Southern California came up with them. Those crazy plays? They all went USC's way, too. The Trojans were every bit as good as advertised and the Rose Bowl was even more lopsided than expected. Freshman tailback Joe McKnight finished with 170 of USC's 633 yards in a record-setting romp Tuesday, 49-17 over outmatched Illinois.
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Southern California is the new No. 2. The Trojans advanced one spot to overtake Michigan in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday, a day after their 44-24 victory over Notre Dame. USC, the sixth team to be ranked No. 2 this season behind No. 1 Ohio State, leads the Wolverines by 36 points in the poll.
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Step aside, Trojans. Your chase for the national championship is over. UCLA knocked No. 2 USC out of the Bowl Championship Series title game with a stunning 13-9 victory over its crosstown rival Saturday.
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Southern California has reached all its goals to this point. Although they were pushed by crosstown rival UCLA, the Trojans made sure they&#39;ll get a shot at the one that remains.
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Forget about No. 1 rankings. Another number will be tested this week when USC plays Colorado State. It&#39;s a triple digit that bothered USC coach Pete Carroll each time he heard it last season.
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USC quarterback Matt Leinart scrambles out of the pocket against UCLA during the game at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, Dec. 4, 2004.
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A three-touchdown point spread and a recent history of late-season collapses had many thinking the UCLA football team would provide little opposition to rival USC&#39;s march to the BCS-championship game at the Orange Bowl.
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Bee Staff Writer. Translation: Let the debates begin, and break out your thinking helmets to sort it all out. It comes as no surprise USC took the top spot in the initial Bowl Championship Series standings that were released Monday.
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W-L RESULT NEXT WEEK 1. Southern Cal 3-0 beat BYU, 42-10 at Stanford
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Bolstered by a smothering defense, No. 3 Southern California shook off a poor first half and defeated Arizona, 20-3, last night in Tucson, extending the Trojans' Pac-10-record winning streak to 24 games.
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Running back Reggie Bush came out of the backfield to give Southern California a new big-play receiver. Bush caught three touchdown passes to help the top-ranked Trojans beat
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Amid the emotion of coach Pete Carroll, the electricity of USC tailback Reggie Bush and the intensity of USC&#39;s halftime stood the calm of quarterback Matt Leinart.