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USC and UCLA prove why home and away jerseys are a thing of the past

USC and UCLA haven’t been relevant, in terms of a national championship status, in years. I can’t even remember when, but mostly because my brain turned to muck long ago. They tell me that USC has a prime QB prospect in Caleb Williams, and yet every time he shows up in a big game he appears to do no...

'Vacating' wins is the dumbest punishment of all time — do better, NCAA

The kids might not realize it, but in 1997 the movie of the summer was Men In Black. In the ‘90s, Will Smith was the king of summer blockbusters, especially if they opened July 4th weekend — or included aliens. One of the best parts of the MiB franchise was the Neuralyzers, a device that was used to...

USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten

Here’s the end of regional conferences as we know it. USC and UCLA, two staples of the West Coast-heavy Pac-12 Conference, are reportedly leaving for the Big Ten Conference. The move was first reported Thursday afternoon, signaling an even-greater power shift from the Power Five Conference model, wh...

Actress Lori Loughlin & Husband Plead Guilty to Charges They Paid $500K To Get Daughters Into USC As Bogus Rowers

Lori Loughlin, best known for playing Aunt Becky on the popular sitcom Full House, and her husband, designer Mossimo Giannulli, pled guilty to charges they paid $500,000 to get their two daughters accepted to the University of Southern California as fake crew recruits in a college admissions scam....

Steve Sarkisian Files Lawsuit Against USC

Former USC head coach Steve Sarkisian, who was fired by USC after his continued struggles with alcoholism led him to be placed on leave, is now suing the university for at least $12.6 million in damages....

The SEC Really Does Benefit From Media Bias In Polls

This past week, four of the top five teams in the Associated Press College Football Poll hailed from the SEC West Division. Nebraska coach Bo Pelini, among others, wondered aloud whether ESPN's ownership of the brand-new SEC network, which launched this year, might be responsible for such a coinci...

Josh Shaw's Sister Says He Did Save Her Son

While the rest of the world tries to figure out just what the hell is going on with this Josh Shaw story, his sister and the mother of the seven-year-old he reportedly saved, confirmed his story. Asia Shaw apparently spoke with KABC, but the station only aired a brief audio recording and she did not...

For Fuck's Sake

Which Rapper Had The Best Athletic Career?

This list is ranked in order of athletic proficiency, not skills on the mic....

Fresno State Cuts Into USC Lead With Flying TD On Interception Return

Fresno State now trails by only 18 early in the fourth quarter of the Royal Purple Las Vegas Is This Enough Words In The Name Of A Bowl? Bowl. ...

Police Arrest Prankster Who Offered Tony Dungy The USC Job

When last we met Ken Tarr, he was riding high off the Dungy-to-USC prank and planned on offering Will Muschamp a middling position at a middling program just to "see if he gets insulted or not." Now he's in a Los Angeles jail, on suspicion of felony eavesdropping. ...

Deep Cover

That's what J.R. Moehringer went when he wrote this story for the L.A. Times magazine on Pete Carroll, who was still coaching college football at the time. It's a self-aware piece but still intriguing: ...

Workers Are Picketing The Pac-12 Network Broadcasts Today, So Be Sure To Tune In For Some Technical Difficulties [Update]

The Los Angeles Times reports that technical workers for the Pac-12 network—all members of the IATSE— have walked out, and will be on site picketing all Pac-12 networks broadcasts today:...

Judge: The NCAA Went "Over The Top" In Its Investigation Of USC's Todd McNair Because Of "Ill Will Or Hatred"

The NCAA's "University of Southern California Public Infractions Report," released in 2010, declared not only that Reggie Bush had received improper benefits from a pair of marketing agents during his time at USC, but that there was one man on the USC staff who knew about it: USC assistant coach and...

USC's Marqise Lee Has Shattered The PAC-12 Single-Game Receiving Record [UPDATE]

There have been some great quarterbacks, great receivers and great passing offenses in the history of the Pac-12. Until today, no one had racked up more single-game receiving yards than Oregon State's Mike Hass, who careened for 293 on 12 catches against Boise State in 2004....

Arizona's Three Losses Are The Worst Three Losses In College Football

Candidate for most crud-awful season in football this year: the Arizona Wildcats. Started 3-0, including handsome win over Oklahoma State team to get expectations buzzing. The Associated Press ranked the Cats for the first time since 2010. Next came a 56-0 paste job of South Carolina State. Oats wer...

Bristolmetrics: Everybody Hates Lane Kiffin

This is a regular feature breaking down, minute-by-minute, the content that appears on ESPN's 11 p.m. edition of SportsCenter throughout the week....

Arkansas' Season-Long Nightmare Is In Full Swing

Against Arkansas today, Alabama covered the over (51 points) without allowing Arkansas to score. This is a difficult thing to accomplish. Vegas didn't see it coming - the last line I saw was Arkansas +20.5 - but at least two Razorbacks fans knew this one was going to be the college football equivale...

In Shocking Revelation, Some USC Trojans May Have Received Freebies

The Los Angeles Times appears to have stumbled into your USC athlete graft scandal du jour when it plumbed the records of a former county appraiser and found that he'd been shoveling money at a couple of Trojans....

Salty Notre Dame Fan Is Auctioning Off Unused Timeouts From USC Game

Get your bids in quick—this auction ends at about 8:45 pm. Following the October 22 game against USC, Brian Kelly came under a bit of fire for not using the timeouts, currently valued at $53.50, especially after USC players insinuated that the failure to call the timeouts at the end of game meant N...