USC-UCLA opener likely to be moved to later in season, Mike Bohn says
4 years, 4 months ago

USC-UCLA opener likely to be moved to later in season, Mike Bohn says

LA Times  

Just a few hours after the Pac-12 announced its new football schedule, with the crosstown rivalry between USC and UCLA set for opening weekend, USC athletic director Mike Bohn wrote Friday night to donors that the game was “likely” to be moved to a later date. But with open dates built into both rivals’ new schedules and neither team cleared for contact by Los Angeles County, the game could be moved to Oct. 31 or Dec. 12. “Additionally, we have not received any indication about if fans will be permitted to attend home games at the Coliseum this year should the season go forward, and we do not have any timeline for when this decision would be made by public health officials.” Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott acknowledged the possibility earlier in the day that some member schools might not receive approval to play by the Sept. 26 date. With its rivalry game kicked to either October or December, USC is likely to open the season hosting California on Oct. 3 — if there is a season.

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The Times of Troy: USC has finally learned how to deal with the NCAA
1 month ago

The Times of Troy: USC has finally learned how to deal with the NCAA

LA Times  

There are just two games, maybe three, remaining in USC’s football season, but we’re just finding our stride here at the Times of Troy newsletter. But as I read through the NCAA’s negotiated resolution with USC, it did strike me just how much USC’s approach had changed since the program’s last run-in with the NCAA. When I spoke last year …

USC, UCLA set to open women’s NCAA soccer tournament at home
1 month, 1 week ago

USC, UCLA set to open women’s NCAA soccer tournament at home

LA Times  

USC’s Maria Alagoa tries to steal the ball from UCLA’s Nicki Fraser during the Trojans’ Big Ten win. 9 UCLA will open the NCAA women’s soccer tournament at home, with the Trojans meeting Sacramento State on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park and the Bruins hosting Western Athletic Conference champion Cal Baptist on Friday. Both Southern California teams claimed championships …

How does UCLA feel about its late Big Ten After Dark start time against Oregon?
3 months ago

How does UCLA feel about its late Big Ten After Dark start time against Oregon?

LA Times  

UCLA coach DeShaun Foster stands on the sideline during a loss to Indiana at the Rose Bowl on Sept. 14. “That’s what it is, but you know, it’s two West Coast teams, so the time shouldn’t be too bad for either one of us, but we might — I mean, we’ll play any time, really, so I’m not worried about …

UCLA drops Georgia, Auburn from future football schedules in favor of Utah and Cal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

UCLA drops Georgia, Auburn from future football schedules in favor of Utah and Cal

LA Times  

UCLA coach DeShaun Foster looks on during the team’s spring showcase at the Rose Bowl in April. Arriving will be Utah and California, former Pac-12 Conference rivals who joined the Big 12 and Atlantic Coast conferences, respectively, in the wake of UCLA’s departure for the Big Ten. Those games replace UCLA’s previously scheduled nonconference games against Georgia in 2025 and …

UCLA is putting students directly behind opposing teams at the Rose Bowl
10 months, 1 week ago

UCLA is putting students directly behind opposing teams at the Rose Bowl

LA Times  

UCLA quarterback Ethan Garbers signals a first down after scrambling against Colorado at the Rose Bowl on Oct. 28. At least 1,000 Bruins students will be placed in the front rows of four sections directly behind the visiting team at the Rose Bowl next season as part of a seating reconfiguration designed to enhance the team’s home-field advantage, UCLA announced …

No. 2 UCLA at No. 9 USC: Will JuJu Watkins and the Trojans strike back?
11 months, 1 week ago

No. 2 UCLA at No. 9 USC: Will JuJu Watkins and the Trojans strike back?

LA Times  

It has been almost four years since it happened, but Camryn Brown doesn’t forget. The UCLA guard can’t forget that two-point, double-overtime loss to USC at Galen Center during which the Bruins scored just two points in the second quarter and played without All-American Michaela Onyenwere. “That game is tied in there,” Brown said, pointing to her temple, “deep.” It’s …

No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 6 USC women’s basketball: Three things to watch in Pac-12 showdown
11 months, 3 weeks ago

No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 6 USC women’s basketball: Three things to watch in Pac-12 showdown

LA Times  

Pauley Pavilion is quiet for now. The UCLA guard knows this scene won’t last long with crosstown rival USC coming in 30 hours. “To play a game where it’s going to be packed in here, it’s going to be sold out, the noise, the environment, I’m really excited,” Rice said Friday. USC coach Lindsay Gottlieb was monitoring the rumors of …

USC football to finish disappointing season in Holiday Bowl with eye toward future
11 months, 4 weeks ago

USC football to finish disappointing season in Holiday Bowl with eye toward future

LA Times  

Coach Lincoln Riley and the Trojans enter the Holiday Bowl on Wednesday with several starters missing on both sides of the ball because of NFL draft preparations and transfers. “It’s unique now,” USC coach Lincoln Riley said last week, “because part of you feels like, it’s almost like you’re halfway into this year and halfway into next year.” The Trojans …

Big Ten needs to make sure UCLA ends regular season against USC
1 year, 1 month ago

Big Ten needs to make sure UCLA ends regular season against USC

LA Times  

UCLA running back TJ Harden celebrates his touchdown with receivers Logan Loya and Kyle Ford against USC on Saturday at the Coliseum. UCLA athletic director Martin Jarmond, left, and offensive lineman Yutaka Mahe roll the Victory Bell off the Coliseum field after the Bruins’ win over USC on Saturday. “Our intention is to play our rival the last game of …

UCLA football faces a colder introduction to the Big Ten than USC
1 year, 1 month ago

UCLA football faces a colder introduction to the Big Ten than USC

LA Times  

USC quarterback Caleb Williams avoids a sack by UCLA linebacker Lalatu Latu on Nov. 19, 2022, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. The UCLA football team will have a colder introduction to Big Ten play in 2024 than crosstown rival USC. The Bruins also face a Penn State trip on Oct. 5, although the New Jersey and Nebraska trips are …

USC and UCLA’s Big Ten schedules won’t feature Oregon or Washington every season
1 year, 2 months ago

USC and UCLA’s Big Ten schedules won’t feature Oregon or Washington every season

LA Times  

Big Ten officials had already completed the complex work of piecing together a new conference schedule including two new members when the conference added two more schools in early August. Adding Oregon and Washington a few months after USC and UCLA meant reconsidering how to handle scheduling within the Big Ten’s new West Coast enclave. But the four new Big …

In this Pac-12, a USC playoff run would require true greatness
1 year, 3 months ago

In this Pac-12, a USC playoff run would require true greatness

LA Times  

Up 49-3 with his Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback not needed for the entire second half, Lincoln Riley rampaged up and down the USC sideline, red in the face. Quite to the contrary, I think Riley had it just right, revealing a healthy understanding of just how little USC’s romp of Stanford proved — and how daunting the rest of the season …

12 things UCLA must do to win the Pac-12 in its farewell season
1 year, 4 months ago

12 things UCLA must do to win the Pac-12 in its farewell season

LA Times  

Coastal Carolina Chanticleers quarterback Grayson McCall passes the ball during a college football game against the Appalachian State Mountaineers on Oct. 20, 2021 at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, North Carolina. ) But … Name recognition issues aside, Coastal Carolina is bringing back fifth-year quarterback Grayson McCall — not to mention his top three receivers — and has gone 31-7 …

USC football picked to win the Pac-12 Conference in preseason poll
1 year, 5 months ago

USC football picked to win the Pac-12 Conference in preseason poll

LA Times  

USC coach Lincoln Riley speaks with his players after the Trojans’ spring game at the Coliseum on April 15. Ahead of its final tour through the Pac-12, USC has been picked as the preseason favorite to ride off into the sunset with a conference title in 2023. Conference media voted USC as the overwhelming favorite to win the Pac-12, with …

USC, UCLA will face Michigan during their first season in Big Ten
1 year, 6 months ago

USC, UCLA will face Michigan during their first season in Big Ten

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Southern California and UCLA will both face Michigan during their first season as members of the Big Ten Conference in 2024. USC and UCLA both announced last year that they were leaving the Pac-12 Conference to join the Big Ten. For its first two seasons in the Big Ten, USC will have home-and-home series against Penn State …

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season
1 year, 6 months ago

Big Ten football won’t come with scheduled success for USC, UCLA in debut season

LA Times  

USC coach Lincoln Riley directs pregame warmups before a win over Fresno State on Sept. 17. UCLA’s first Big Ten schedule will include Ohio State, Northwestern, Nebraska, Minnesota and USC at the Rose Bowl in addition to road games against Michigan, Indiana, Iowa and Rutgers. “That said, it’s exciting to see the future conference matchups fans will get to experience …

USC’s late rally not enough in Pac-12 tournament loss to Arizona State
1 year, 9 months ago

USC’s late rally not enough in Pac-12 tournament loss to Arizona State

LA Times  

USC guard Boogie Ellis drives against Arizona State forward Jamiya Neal during the first half in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 men’s tournament on Thursday in Las Vegas. Ironically enough, while the loss might’ve put USC in some degree of danger, it likely earned Arizona State a place in the field. USC’s most recent loss in the first round of …

USC switches strategies to deal with daunting 2023 football schedule
1 year, 11 months ago

USC switches strategies to deal with daunting 2023 football schedule

LA Times  

Caleb Williams scores a touchdown in USC’s 48-45 win over UCLA on Nov. 19, 2022 at the Rose Bowl. Instead of scheduling another nonconference opponent for its Week 3 opening, USC will begin its 2023 campaign with a Week Zero matchup against San Jose State on Aug. 26 at the Coliseum. By taking on an earlier season opener, USC was …

‘Look at where we are’: No. 10 UCLA opens Pac-12 play against untested USC
2 years ago

‘Look at where we are’: No. 10 UCLA opens Pac-12 play against untested USC

LA Times  

UCLA’s Charisma Osborne drives into USC’s Tera Reed during the first half of the first round of the Pac-12 women’s tournament last March in Las Vegas. The coach looked at her team’s schedule that included a three-game tournament in the Bahamas and a road contest against the defending national champions and knew UCLA’s time to prove itself would come soon …

Plaschke: You read it here first: UCLA football will beat USC
2 years, 1 month ago

Plaschke: You read it here first: UCLA football will beat USC

LA Times  

UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson rushes for a touchdown against USC on Nov. 20, 2021, at the Coliseum. The Bruins have been deflated, they’re embarrassed, they blew their chance at the national playoffs with an unthinkable loss Saturday night to Arizona and … And here comes USC, rolling along, three wins from possibly its own playoff spot, no trap losses here, …

USC vs. Stanford: Three things to watch for in the Pac-12 opener
2 years, 3 months ago

USC vs. Stanford: Three things to watch for in the Pac-12 opener

LA Times  

The bed, still rolled out in Lincoln Riley’s office as of Thursday late morning, spoke volumes. As he enters Pac-12 play for the first time, there’s still a lot of unfamiliar territory for USC’s new coach to cover within his new conference. “So we’ve tried to do as much work on the front end to expedite some of this and …

College football roundtable: How many wins do USC and UCLA need this season?
2 years, 3 months ago

College football roundtable: How many wins do USC and UCLA need this season?

LA Times  

During the opening week of the college football season, staff writers Ben Bolch, Ryan Kartje, J. Brady McCollough and Thuc Nhi Nguyen addressed the most pressing questions facing the UCLA and USC football programs. This season’s College Football Playoff national championship game will be played at SoFi Stadium, so they also tackled which team they believe will clinch the title …

USC will open 2023 football season during Week Zero after BYU cancellation
2 years, 7 months ago

USC will open 2023 football season during Week Zero after BYU cancellation

LA Times  

USC will open its 2023 season a week earlier than the rest of college football after BYU backed out of a deal to play in November amid its transition to the Big 12. USC will now fill out its schedule with San Jose State instead, opening the second season of the Lincoln Riley era on Aug. 26, 2023, in a …

UCLA and USC women’s basketball games against Utah postponed
2 years, 11 months ago

UCLA and USC women’s basketball games against Utah postponed

LA Times  

USC is scheduled to open its conference season Friday at Colorado. Just as UCLA and USC prepared to get their seasons back on track after extended COVID-19 pauses, an outbreak in a conference foe‘s program will cost the teams another game. UCLA‘s and USC’s Pac-12 games at Utah will be postponed because of COVID-19 issues within the Utes program, the …

USC closes indoor athletic home events to public until Jan. 14
2 years, 11 months ago

USC closes indoor athletic home events to public until Jan. 14

LA Times  

USC logo on a basketball during a game between the Trojans and UC Irvine on Dec. 15, 2021, at Galen Center. Amid a tidal wave of COVID-19 cases that’s surging through campuses and upending college athletics, USC will close its indoor home athletic events to the general public through Jan. 14, leaving the Trojans to play, for a brief time, …

COVID-19 forces UCLA women’s basketball team to cancel final nonconference games
3 years ago

COVID-19 forces UCLA women’s basketball team to cancel final nonconference games

LA Times  

After canceling one nonconference game on Thursday because of COVID-19 protocols, the UCLA women’s basketball team added two more to the chopping block Saturday by calling off its final two nonconference games against Ohio State and Cal State Bakersfield. Without facing the Buckeyes and Roadrunners on Sunday and Tuesday, respectively, UCLA’s next scheduled game is its Pac-12 opener against USC …

USC 2022 football schedule includes favorable cushion for new coach Lincoln Riley
3 years ago

USC 2022 football schedule includes favorable cushion for new coach Lincoln Riley

LA Times  

The Lincoln Riley era will officially open on Sept. 3 against Rice, a team USC hasn’t faced since 1971. The slate is officially set for Lincoln Riley’s first season at USC, and it appears to set up the new coach for a smooth debut in 2022. Although an Oct. 15 road trip to face the defending Pac-12 champion Utes looms …

UCLA a slight favorite against ranked Oregon despite struggling at the Rose Bowl
3 years, 2 months ago

UCLA a slight favorite against ranked Oregon despite struggling at the Rose Bowl

LA Times  

A victory over his former Oregon team Saturday would be coach Chip Kelly’s biggest win in four years at UCLA. Here’s a look at the game’s matchups and story lines: Seeking home improvement The Bruins need to make the Rose Bowl less hospitable to visitors. “We know we’ve gotta improve and we know we’ve gotta be better come Saturday,” UCLA …

Roundtable: Will UCLA win the Pac-12? Is USC better? Can either reach the playoffs?
3 years, 3 months ago

Roundtable: Will UCLA win the Pac-12? Is USC better? Can either reach the playoffs?

LA Times  

UCLA earned a statement win over Louisiana State, while USC eventually pulled away from San Jose State in its season opener. But I’m not going to overreact here: UCLA still must face both Oregon and Arizona State at the Rose Bowl, as well as Washington, Utah and USC on the road, where Kelly only has four wins away from L.A. …

UCLA, USC to welcome back full-capacity football crowds for 2021 season
3 years, 6 months ago

UCLA, USC to welcome back full-capacity football crowds for 2021 season

LA Times  

UCLA Bruins tight end Devin Asiasi runs past USC Trojans safety Isaiah Pola-Mao in a 2019 game. On the day California hailed its full-scale reopening amid a pandemic on the wane, UCLA and USC football fans could celebrate the renewal of a treasured fall tradition: their home stadiums teeming with activity. Athletic officials from both schools announced Tuesday that the …

March Madness 2021: USC, UCLA could march deep in tournament
3 years, 9 months ago

March Madness 2021: USC, UCLA could march deep in tournament

LA Times  

As madness descends on Indianapolis, the NCAA tournament schedule could give USC and UCLA a soft landing. Both teams can, starting Thursday night when UCLA faces Michigan State in a play-in game disguised by the NCAA as something called “The First Four.” USC coach Andy Enfield, right, instructs guard Tahj Eaddy during a win over UCLA on March 6. “That’s …

USC’s Pac-12 title hopes end with Oregon’s victory at Oregon State
3 years, 9 months ago

USC’s Pac-12 title hopes end with Oregon’s victory at Oregon State

LA Times  

USC’s wait for a conference championship in men’s basketball continues. The Trojans, who finished the regular season Saturday with a dramatic 64-63 victory over UCLA at Pauley Pavilion, needed Oregon State to defeat Oregon on Sunday to claim the Pac-12 title. But the Ducks defeated the Beavers 80-67 in Corvallis and won the Pac-12 with a 14-4 record, besting the …

Favorable 2021 football schedule could help Trojans contend for Pac-12 title and more
3 years, 9 months ago

Favorable 2021 football schedule could help Trojans contend for Pac-12 title and more

LA Times  

After a chaotic year of pandemic postponements and scheduling uncertainty that ended in a hastily thrown together title game defeat, USC’s slate for the upcoming 2021 season has officially been set. Then, there’s Notre Dame, which went to the College Football Playoff last season and marks the toughest matchup on USC’s schedule again in 2021. The Trojans’ only back-to-back road …

UCLA, USC soccer teams endure one more delay before starting again
3 years, 10 months ago

UCLA, USC soccer teams endure one more delay before starting again

LA Times  

Amanda Cromwell has been on World Cup and Olympic teams, played in the first women’s professional league in the U.S. and, in her inaugural season at UCLA, coached the Bruins to their only NCAA title. “It’s like purgatory,” Viviana Villacorta, a senior midfielder on UCLA’s women’s team, said of the repeated delays. “Just very tough mentally.” The UCLA women haven’t …

UCLA to play California on Sunday after Utah game is canceled
4 years, 1 month ago

UCLA to play California on Sunday after Utah game is canceled

LA Times  

UCLA tight end Greg Dulcich and the Bruins are scheduled to play Cal on Sunday after their game against Utah was called off Friday. UCLA revealed only minutes later that it would play its home opener against California on Sunday at 9 a.m. at the Rose Bowl after the Bruins’ scheduled game against Utah on Saturday was called off because …

Loaded No. 21 USC grateful to be in Pac-12 title chase
4 years, 1 month ago

Loaded No. 21 USC grateful to be in Pac-12 title chase

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Southern California and the Pac-12 appeared to be on the way to spending 2020 without football until the Trojans got involved. “It’s just been exciting being back in the locker room with the guys,” said quarterback Kedon Slovis, who threw 30 touchdown passes last season as a freshman. You’ve got to have some special strength and arm …

USC football schedule: Trojans to kick off season vs. Arizona State
4 years, 2 months ago

USC football schedule: Trojans to kick off season vs. Arizona State

LA Times  

USC coach Clay Helton prepares to lead the Trojans onto the field before a game against Oregon at the Coliseum in November 2019. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to play a game, a great game … at a time that I think the whole nation will be watching across the board,” USC coach Clay Helton said on Fox’s Big Noon …

UCLA football schedule: Bruins open season against Karl Dorrell and Colorado
4 years, 2 months ago

UCLA football schedule: Bruins open season against Karl Dorrell and Colorado

LA Times  

UCLA coach Chip Kelly walks the sideline during a game against Utah at the Rose Bowl in October 2018. UCLA’s schedule that was released Saturday also included some oddities: The Bruins won’t face Stanford for the first time since 1945, when the game was called off because of World War II, or California for the first time since 1932, the …

USC, UCLA team up to revive hopes for fall college football season
4 years, 3 months ago

USC, UCLA team up to revive hopes for fall college football season

LA Times  

The day began with the Pac-12 sitting alone, the only Power Five conference still sticking with its decision to postpone the fall football season. In response, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott released a statement that summed up his league’s pandemic plight: “At this time, our universities in California and Oregon do not have approval from state or local public health officials …

USC and UCLA, for now, will open college football season against each other
4 years, 4 months ago

USC and UCLA, for now, will open college football season against each other

LA Times  

USC quarterback Kedon Slovis drops back to pass against UCLA during their game at the Coliseum on Nov. 23. Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott said Friday he expects all of the conference’s programs to be able to open the season by Sept. 26; though, he acknowledged several member schools still needed approval to go forward. In a joint statement, USC athletic …

UCLA’s tentative football schedule includes game against USC in Week 2
4 years, 4 months ago

UCLA’s tentative football schedule includes game against USC in Week 2

LA Times  

UCLA quarterback Dorian Thompson-Robinson looks to pass against Colorado on Nov. 2 at the Rose Bowl. UCLA’s tentative new football schedule might sound like an old vinyl record played backward. USC, the archrival who traditionally plays UCLA around Thanksgiving, now could face the Bruins on Sept. 26 at the Rose Bowl in what would be the teams’ first meeting in …

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