Stanford survived a 56 - 48, triple - overtime thriller
against USC last week, improving to 8 - 0 on the season and moving one - step closer to a possible shot at the National Championship.
(Stanley also filed an $ 8 million sex - discrimination lawsuit
against USC and its athletic director, which was dismissed by a federal judge in March 1995 and which Stanley is appealing.)
At Alabama's opener
against USC in Arlington this year, we had the pleasure to see Kiffin kidding with Trojan fans, too.
For the purposes of this breakdown I watched Phillips play
against USC, Washington, Cal, and Notre Dame.
Despite Alabama losing RB Derrick Henry to the NFL Draft, they're once again expected to be a juggernaut, and opened as double - digit favorites
against USC at a neutral venue.
The Cardinal had no business winning their Jan. 7 home game
against USC.
The Big 12 has not produced a national champion since Vince Young strode into the end zone
against USC in 2005.
Penn State started No. 12 and finished just outside the Playoff at No. 5, with a Rose Bowl berth
against USC.
Texas might actually have a home - field advantage
against USC!
This was bittersweet, as my lone regular season defeat was a late defensive collapse on the road in the Rose Bowl
against USC.
Arkansas, meanwhile, hasn't lost since the debacle
against USC.
Against the Oregon States and Arizona's of the world, nobody notices; but
against USC, Alabama, an PSU the inches add up.
He's now barely listed with a 50 % chance to start Week 1
against USC.
This is the likeliest strike
against USC.
In the season finale
against USC, Stokes had 192 receiving yards and two touchdown catches in the fourth quarter.
UCLA was clearly undermanned
against USC, and Rosen single - handedly kept them in that game, outplaying Darnold in the process.
And with Oregon's iffy defense, combined with Stanford's awesomeness
against USC, that's not completely ridiculous.
The public was
against USC last week against Utah but sharp money on the Trojans and an easy cover has completely changed the views of bettors.
Against USC, Barrett scored twice, on a one - yard keeper and a beautiful 28 - yard explosion up the left side of the defense.
For the purposes of this breakdown I watched Allen play
against USC, Tennessee, Auburn, Florida and Washington.
The winner will join the Oklahoma - Oklahoma State Bedlam winner (OU's the big winner of the week, vaulting all the way from No. 7 after beating TCU and maybe even putting itself in the top group) and possibly Baylor in the holding pen; the Bears and Cardinal would also have games during conference championship weekend (and Stanford would have a real chance to impress
against USC or UCLA), but the others in this group would be sitting and waiting.
But being the former has paid off for teams
against USC.
The Bruins have been making a habit of using defensive players on offense in recent weeks, and for their game
against USC, that habit would indeed continue, as Myles Jack and Eddie Vanderdoes, both primarily defenders, saw the end zone against the Trojans.
Barnett, the No. 21 recruit in 2015, was Alabama's week 1 starter
against USC.
I haven't studied Meyer's hit rate against Texas in Texas, in Florida against Florida St or in California
against USC.
I'm still so pissed at his gross underutilization this year, especially
against USC and even against Maryland.
The Huskies have to beat three ranked - ish teams and another.500 - ish team to finish 13 - 0, including this week
against USC.
I was invited by Hayes's wife, Anne, who, like her husband, has done many charitable deeds, to join the team in Pasadena, where it was preparing for the Rose Bowl game
against USC.
He had a monster career defining game
against USC in the 2006 Rose Bowl but I think that was an outlier for him.
Both girls love football days too and the three of them usually root for one team, while I am alone in rooting for the underdog, (or any team playing
against USC!).
Not exact matches
If you didn't know JuJu Smith - Schuster's name before
USC's game
against Utah, you know it now.
He led one of the West's two best basketball teams (
USC)
against the other (UCLA), with inconclusive results
Despite losing three of their first four games,
USC is listed as a double - digit favorite
against an undefeated divisional rival.
USC all but won the Pac - 12 North, Michigan State stole a shot to win the Big Ten East, and this week's trip to Miami is now
against the likely ACC Coastal champ.
He further decided
against a night workout, though
USC was working at night.
USC's best offensive player, Nelson Agholor, showed Saturday
against Fresno State why he's considered one of the nation's top receivers.
Wins
against Michigan and
USC could have easily gone the other way.
The
USC hype train hasn't left the station yet this year, but rest assured, that train will get rolling before likely coming to a grisly demise
against Alabama.
UCLA's offense is efficient and not very explosive (second and third quarters
against ASU aside);
USC's defense allows you to be efficient and not very explosive (final three minutes
against ASU aside).
The road is about to toughen significantly, as Notre Dame still has games
against currently ranked opponents like
USC, NC State and Miami, along with stronger teams like Navy and Stanford.
That's 29 more plays than the sluggish 2013
USC offense ran
against Fresno State in the Las Vegas Bowl.
USC's last - second (and, yes, illegal) touchdown
against Notre Dame cemented a partnership for the ages
Saturday
against Fresno State,
USC ran 105 offensive snaps, ranking behind only a MAC team nationally.
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against UCLA
The
USC Trojans are 7 - 1 straight up and
against the spread in their last eight games played in the month of January.
Wisconsin's smooth schedule and proven performance
against LSU when at full strength make it a better bet right now than Ohio State to reach 10 or 11 wins, and
USC looked something like unstoppable
against Fresno State, or at least like the opposite of however UCLA looked
against Virginia.
USC's Cody Kessler passed 10,000 career passing yards in the Pac - 12 title game
against Stanford, and he put together a solid career despite NCAA sanctions (and coaching issues) lingering around the Trojans program like a bad cough.
Former
USC coach Steve Sarkisian has filed a lawsuit
against the university, alleging that the school broke the law for firing him without allowing him to seek treatment for alcoholism, which is defined as a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act.
The Trojans followed a ho - hum win
against Western Michigan with a convincing victory
against Stanford that makes clear
USC is the team to beat in the Pac - 12.
After winning a grudge race
against Jimmy Hines at 200 meters, Tommie Smith led the Santa Clara Youth Village to victory over
USC's famed 440 - yard relay team to be named top athlete at Coliseum - Compton meet