USC can&#39;t afford to relax in upcoming football contests
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Better come focused, not drift. Remember the last visit here and recognize exactly what could be at stake. It&#39;s the new USC theme -- win or else.
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Southern California's hold on No. 1 loosened after the Trojans struggled against Stanford. USC received 46 first-place votes in The Associated Press poll released Sunday, eight fewer than last week.
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&quot;We control our destiny, unlike last year where we didn&#39;t know,&quot; USC defensive tackle Shaun Cody said this week. &quot;We were hoping on a prayer things would fall into place.
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All of the above spin out of the termination of Henry Bibby as USC&#39;s basketball coach. The program was imploding. Practice and games had become torture.
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&quot;There are three teams deserving of playing in the national championship game. Someone&#39;s going to be left out of it, and it&#39;s not right.
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LOS ANGELES -- They were playing the role of spoilers, heavy underdogs to a Southern California team that wants to prove it is the best college football team in the country this season.
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The opinion widely held is that the USC Trojans are the top team in college football. To support that argument, USC heads into its toughest stretch of 2004 Saturday at Stanford.
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For players, any trip is a lesson in unintended consequences. Ivy League trips, with back-to-back games scheduled on Friday and Saturday so players donât miss as much class, are even more so.
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USC's loss and Florida's victory Saturday amplify the already deafening debate over which team should face top-ranked Ohio State for college football's national championship.
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LOS ANGELES - With 81 seconds to go Saturday afternoon, Southern California coach Pete Carroll summoned his dog-tired defenders to the sideline.
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Clemson&#39;s college football game with rival South Carolina was interrupted in the second half when a fight involving several players erupted, spreading nearly the entire length of the field at Clemson&#39;s Memorial Stadium and coming close to spilling into
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Teams with aspirations of winning a national championship can't afford to wilt in the final minutes of a close game.
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When the N.F.L. added a weekly Thursday night game to this yearâs late-season schedule, it added more midweek stress to the coaching profession.
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USC has forged its way to an 12-9 advantage over Arizona State all-time...It was only the second time in Trojan history that there was back-to-back sellouts at the Coliseum...The Trojans have won 18 in a row at home...USC has won 26 of its last 27 outings
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Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart is having trouble making up his mind. The USC junior quarterback is delaying an announcement whether he is going pro until Friday.
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So what now? USC and Oklahoma, having just survived their high-profile weekends, in the fast lanes to the Orange Bowl? Yes, USC has a relentless nature that wears opponents down -- outscoring
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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.