USC uses 9 lives to stop California
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Golden Bears&#39; offense plays well, but Trojans&#39; defense passes final exam with a goal-line stand to finish up big victory. By Phil Collin.
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UCLA held Heisman Trophy contender Matt Leinart in check, but Reggie Bush had two long touchdown runs, Ryan Killeen kicked five field goals and No. 1 USC held off UCLA 29-24 Saturday to virtually lock up a trip to the Orange Bowl for the Bowl Championship Series title game.
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Aaron Rodgers completes an NCAA-record 23 passes to open the game. Cal outgains USC 424 yards to 205. But Rodgers&#39; final three passes fall incomplete in the end zone, and the defending national champs pull out another victory.
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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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PULLMAN, Wash. Top-ranked Southern California routed Washington State 42-to-12 for the Trojans&#39; 17th straight victory dating back to last season.
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Bee Staff Writer. BERKELEY - Jeff Tedford said the lasting image from last year&#39;s Cal-USC game wasn&#39;t necessarily Tyler Fredrickson&#39;s field goal that gave the Golden Bears a triple-overtime triumph.
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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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USC has waited a year for this. The top-ranked Trojans get a chance to avenge their only defeat since October 2002 when they face No. 7 California today before a sellout crowd of 92,000.
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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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Los Angeles, CA -- Matt Leinart threw for a career-high 406 yards and five touchdowns, as the top-ranked Southern California Trojans thumped the Fighting Irish of Notre Dame, 41-10.
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Oregon can start seriously thinking about a national title run. As for Southern California, just winning the Pac-10 could be a long shot at this point. Jonathan Stewart ran for 103 yards and two touchdowns and the fifth-ranked Ducks knocked off No. 9 USC 24-17 on Saturday.
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Ryan Anderson scored 27 points and California hung on to hand No. 9 Washington State its first home loss of the season, 69-64 on Thursday night.
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Freshman tailback Joe McKnight finishes with 170 of USC's 633 yards in a record-setting rout Tuesday, as Southern California defeats Illinois, 49-17.
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Reggie Bush is the player who makes the difference for USC. Marshawn Lynch waits his turn at Cal. These two young athletes are linked by rare talent and Saturday&#39;s showdown at the Los Angeles Coliseum.
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LOS ANGELES (Sports Network) - Reggie Bush ran for 204  yards and a pair of long touchdowns as No. 1 Southern  California edged UCLA, 29-24, in a regular season-ending Pac-10  showdown between cross-town rivals at the Rose Bowl.
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The Los Angeles Dodgers scored six runs in the ninth inning to record a ninth straight win in San Francisco, a 9-1 victory over the Giants on Friday.
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Los Angeles -- When Aaron Rodgers&#39; 29th completion of the day gave Cal a first down at the USC 9-yard line with 1:47 left, he was on the verge of a legendary performance, one that would put him in the thick of the Heisman Trophy race and give Cal its