Here’s how to get a rise out of USC

Pete Carroll may have been mockingly "lost for words" in response to USC’s opening at No. 5 in the first Bowl Championship Series standings, but there are still 26 letters on my computer keyboard — not counting the exclamation point!

The question USC fans should be asking today is not how the Trojans got to

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" The question now is: How can USC get from No. 5 to No. 2, or No. 1, which would earn the Trojans a trip to this year's BCS national championship game in South Florida?

No. 6 USC doesn’t need early BCS poll

Pete Carroll has no use for BCS standings in October, no matter where Southern California is in them.

"I couldn’t care less," USC’s coach said after his Trojans (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) destroyed woeful Washington State 69-0 on Saturday for their biggest shutout victory since 1931.

"It doesn’t matte

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" "I couldn't care less," USC's coach said after his Trojans (5-1, 3-1 Pac-10) destroyed woeful Washington State 69-0 on Saturday for their biggest shutout victory since 1931.

USC’s Joe McKnight probably won’t play Saturday


Tailback Joe McKnight overcame several injuries and ailments during nearly 1 1/2 seasons at USC to play in 18 consecutive games.

But the sophomore from Louisiana, who had a career-best rushing performance last week against Arizona State, said Wednesday that he probably would not play Saturday against struggling Washing

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" "I can play with pain, but they just want me to rest up this week and come back next week for Arizona."

Southern Cal-Washington St. Preview

Southern California coach Pete Carroll vowed that his team wouldn’t take any game for granted after the Trojans fell out of the No. 1 spot in the country following a loss to an unranked opponent. He hopes to live up to his word during this week’s meeting with woeful Washington State.

In their first game away from home sinc

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" "When you have it, you have it. When you don't, you don't, and we've seen that. And we have to ensure the steps that we take that everybody is tuned in, everybody is ready to play with the right intensity and the iron and the commitment and all the things that it takes to perform at your best."

USC’s Mark Sanchez prefers to look ahead


Mark Sanchez’s long weekend finally ended Monday when the USC quarterback got back onto the practice field to prepare for Saturday’s game at Washington State.

Sanchez said he had put behind his four-turnover performance against Arizona State, a game that included a fumble and three interceptions on consec

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" USC quarterback says he has put his four-turnover performance against Arizona State behind him and is focusing on this week's game at Washington State.