Don't Forget About the Trojans
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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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â¢ Keep up with all 28 bowl games crammed into three weeks of college football action and find out who comes out on top. Data: USC looks to go wire to wire as the nation&#39;s top-ranked team in the regular season.
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A year ago, Southern Cal was outside the gates, not part of the show, despite being the No. 1 team in both the writers' and coaches' polls. This year, coach Pete Carroll's Trojans are again No. 1 in both of those polls, but also No. 1 in the Bowl Championship Series computer rankings, which means they will play ...
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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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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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Top-ranked USC has the talent, the swagger, and a trio of linebackers that may be the most feared unit not simply on the TrojansÃÂ -- but in the country.
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Irish lore is full of a figurative parting of clouds. This sign from above was literal, tangible and wet. So did the Trojans start to crank up their awesome offense about the time the rain stopped Saturday night?
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Defending national champion USC begins the 2004 season right where it left off the year before - as the top ranked team in the AP Top 25 poll.
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It is not as though they need any more reminders. It is not as though they are not aware of the consequences. Boston College has Rutgers and Mississippi State and, to an extent, Pittsburgh as prime examples of what can happen to a Division 1-A team on any given day against a Division 1-AA opponent.
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Call them the &quot;almost ready for prime-time&quot; Bears. Or maybe you can call them more than that after tomorrow. For the University of California, the time is now. Or, more specifically, tomorrow afternoon, when they take on top-ranked Southern Cal.
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This has been one heck of a season thus far. Every week, there have been games that have been dynamite. I can understand the proponents of keeping the bowl system the way it is.
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Alfred Malone isn't just interested in letting people outside the state know Troy football exists or proving the Trojans can hang in there against a major conference team.
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The Southern California Trojans have a new starting quarterback and six new running backs. But they look like the same old USC &#151; with an even better defense than last year. If there was any doubt, No. 4 USC declared itself a national title contender for a fourth straight season with a 28-10 victory over 19th-ranked Nebraska on Saturday night.
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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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Instead of earning a trip to the B.C.S. title game, the Trojans were sent on a return trip to the Rose Bowl, leaving plenty of intrigue on Sunday as to who will hop into the No. 2 slot in the B.C.S. rankings.
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Matt Leinart found a comfort zone this season. No longer worried about losing his job, the easygoing Southern California quarterback became the unquestioned leader of the Trojans. He performed the job so well in his second year as a starter, he also became The Associated Press player of the year.
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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...