USC quarterback Matt Barkley said Tuesday he is glad his head coach publicly critiqued his play from Saturday's surprising loss to Stanford.Trojans coach Lane Kiffin said over the weekend that Barkley made some "really poor decisions" in USC's 21-14 loss to the Cardinal at Stanford Stadium."Yeah, I made some poor decisions," Barkley said after the Trojans practiced on Tuesday.... [Read More]

USC Trojans coach Lane Kiffin was puzzled by two "really poor decisions" made by Trojans quarterback Matt Barkley in the second quarter of USC's 21-14 road loss to Stanford on Saturday.And Kiffin went as far to call them some of the worst decisions he's ever seen Barkley make.On a third down with less than two minutes to play in the first half of Saturday's game, Barkley threw into... [Read More]

Utah quarterback Jordan Wynn has decided to end his football career after yet another shoulder injury -- and possibly a fourth operation. Coach Kyle Whittingham made the announcement Monday after he talked to Wynn and Wynn talked to his father.

Whittingham says Wynn decided it was "time to move on"... [Read More]

Oregon free safety John Boyett will have surgery on both knees and miss the rest of the season, he told the Napa Valley Register on Sunday.Boyett returned to his hometown of Napa, Calif., on Sunday and will have surgery to repair partial tears of both patellar tendons Wednesday in Los Angeles, the newspaper reported. Dr. Neal ElAttrache, the Los Angeles Dodgers' team physician, will perform the... [Read More]

So much for Southern California hospitality.

Just in time for Norm Chow's return to the Coliseum as Hawaii's head coach, USC Coach Lane Kiffin confirmed Thursday that USC would no longer make the stadium available to visiting teams for walk-throughs the day before games.

"It shouldn't be a big... [Read More]

Linebacker Simione Vehikite has returned to the USC Trojans after a jail stint and is back on scholarship, coach Lane Kiffin announced Thursday.Vehikite was recently released from jail after being ordered in May to serve a year following a 2011 car accident. He pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of an accident and driving at or above the legal blood-alcohol content and was ordered to pay... [Read More]

Hurricane Isaac has forced Oregon State and Nicholls State to postpone their season opener set for Saturday at Reser Stadium in Corvallis.Oregon State officials said Wednesday night the game will be rescheduled.The Nicholls State campus in Thibodaux, La., is closed because of Isaac, and classes Friday already have been canceled. The team was scheduled to take a charter flight to Oregon on Friday... [Read More]

Southern California football coach Lane Kiffin has decided not to continue as a member of this year's voting panel for the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll. The decision comes days after Kiffin told news reporters he would not vote his team No. 1 in the poll, when in fact, he did. In a letter to USA TODAY Sports and to Grant Teaff, executive director of the American Football... [Read More]

In an announcement that carried little surprise other than the timing of it, UCLA coach Jim Mora on Friday selected Brett Hundley as the Bruins' starting quarterback.Hundley, a redshirt freshman, long ago appeared to have taken the lead over Kevin Prince, Richard Brehaut and Jerry Neuheisel, but Mora said he wanted to see the quarterbacks in training camp at Cal State San Bernardino before he... [Read More]

Cal linebacker Cecil Whiteside has been reinstated to the team, coach Jeff Tedford told CBSSports.com Monday. Whiteside was dismissed from the program on May 24 for violating unspecified team rules. Tedford didn't elaborate on which rules Whiteside violated, but he did say, "I think that he understands what he needs to do to be a good teammate and comply with everything... [Read More]

USC defensive end Devon Kennard has suffered a tear of his pectoral muscle and is slated to undergo surgery next week, a source close to the player said Thursday night. Kennard, a senior slated to be a starter, is expected to be out at least 2-3 months and could miss the entire 2012 season, depending on the severity of the tear, which will be determined next week. If the tear... [Read More]

CSU football recruit Zack Golditch was among the 38 injured in this morning shooting at the Century 16 Theater in Aurora. Him and members of the Gateway High School football team were in a theater room adjacent to the one where 24-year-old James Holmes opened fire. The bullet traveled through the wall, striking Golditch, an offensive lineman, in the left side, entering just below the ear, exiting... [Read More]

Another day, another massive coup for USC recruiting. And if it's beginning to sound monotonous, it's because it is. The Trojans landed their remaining top priority Wednesday when four-star safety Max Redfield of Mission Viejo (Calif.) committed to USC, he confirmed to ESPN.com. Redfield, the nation's second-ranked athlete and the third-ranked player in California, according to the ESPN 150,... [Read More]

The top prospect in Tennessee is heading west to play college football."I'll be attending the University of Southern California," cornerback Jalen Ramsey said before a round of applause at a news conference Monday.While there are plenty of story lines around Ramsey's decision to commit to USC, one stands out: the ties between the Trojans and the University of Tennessee. Ramsey, No. 57... [Read More]

UCLA incoming freshman offensive lineman Lacy Westbrook underwent surgery to repair a brain aneurysm and was in stable condition Thursday evening, according to a spokesperson at UC Irvine Medical Center in Orange, Calif. The 6-foot-4, 300-pound Westbrook was admitted to the hospital after he collapsed while jogging earlier this week. He is expected to make a full recovery, the... [Read More]

Arizona State linebacker Brandon Magee has signed a contract to play for the Boston Red Sox, but will play for the Sun Devils during the 2012 football season. Magee is entering his fifth season with the football team and was a three-year letterman as on outfielder with the baseball team. He was drafted in the 23rd round of this year's baseball draft by the Red Sox. Magee twice went to the... [Read More]

Stanford running back Tyler Gaffney will give up his final year of eligibility in football to pursue a professional baseball career.Gaffney ran for 449 yards and scored seven touchdowns as a junior last season for the Cardinal.He played outfield for three seasons at Stanford and batted .301 with eight homers. He was a 24th round selection by the Pittsburgh Pirates in June's draft and batted .245... [Read More]

Kevin Ellison, once one of the top defensive backs in the nation for the USC Trojans before being sidelined by a knee injury as a senior, has been arrested on federal arson charges after he reportedly told investigators he set his bed ablaze with a marijuana-filled cigar because "God" told him to.According to local media, Ellison confessed to starting a fire that engulfed an apartment... [Read More]

USC announced Monday that it has reached a multiyear deal with ESPN Radio to broadcast all of the Trojans' home games nationally. This is only the second national radio deal in college football -- Notre Dame and IMG have a similar relationship -- and the first of its kind for ESPN Radio. The multiyear deal also provides Spanish-language rights for ESPN Deportes Radio in the Los Angeles market.... [Read More]

Lane Kiffin and the USC program added a prize ESPNU 150 Watch List prospect to its class of 2013 on Wednesday when Sammamish (Wash.) Skyline quarterback Max Browne chose the Trojans over Alabama, Oklahoma and Washington at a news conference at his high school.Browne is considered one of the nation's top prep passers after completing 70 percent of his passes for 4,034 yards and 45 touchdowns as a... [Read More]