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The Trojans received 13 of a possible 18 first-place votes and 444 points in the process.

LOS ANGELES — The NFL scouts will arrive at the Rose Bowl on Saturday with their binoculars and notepads at the ready. They will watch from the press box with great interest, not because they're pulling for USC or UCLA but because millions of dollars could be at stake.

It would have been thrilling to see Los Angeles as the beating heart of a college football Saturday, with UCLA and USC playing as top-10-ranked teams for the first time since Troy Aikman and Rodney Peete were quarterbacking their respective universities.

LOS ANGELES — The cool autumn evening became unnaturally still, the crisp air and happy anticipation of another USC victory suddenly sucked out of the Coliseum in the second quarter Friday when Trojans running back Travis Dye was tackled to the green grass and stayed there, clutching his left leg…

LOS ANGELES — The final dress rehearsal was dragging, the last kinks still being ironed out ahead of next week’s consequential crosstown showdown, when Tuli Tuipulotu burst around the edge and closed the curtains on Colorado himself.

The Trojans running back suffered the devastating injury in the second quarter of the game against Colorado.

This isn't a trap for USC. But it might be for bettors.

Previewing the Pac-12 men's basketball season.

LOS ANGELES — USC and UCLA will settle the debate on the field Nov. 19 in the Rose Bowl, but until that fateful Saturday in Pasadena, the weekly College Football Playoff rankings' unveiling will have to suffice fanning the flames between the crosstown rivals.