Rules Analyst Explains Why USC’s QB-Punter Number Swap Fake Punt Was Actually Illegal

According to Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira, the play shouldn’t have counted. The NCAA rulebook states that “two ...

USC Legend Returning to Coliseum for Trojans' Matchup with Northwestern

USC fans are set for a wave of nostalgia under the Friday night lights. Nearly 30 years after torching Northwestern in one of ...

Rules Expert Explains Why USC's Fake Punt Should Not Have Counted

USC Trojans coach Lincoln Riley dialed up a succesful fake punt in USC's win over the Northwestern Wildcats that had the ...

TST Images: USC defeats Northwestern, 38-17, at Coliseum

The USC Trojans defeated the Northwestern Wildcats, 38-17, at the LA Memorial Coliseum on November 7, 2025 and The Sporting ...

Lincoln Riley addresses USC future as cryptic hot seat rumor lingers

The speculation about a departure emerged earlier this week when ESPN college football analyst Josh Pate suggested that Riley ...

Jayden Maiava changed the USC-Northwestern game -- but not by playing offense

One play became an inflection point for the USC-Northwestern game. Fortunately, it went in the Trojans' favor, and it's ...

USC football pulls off elaborate deception to fool Northwestern in fake punt play: 'Got to pay attention'

USC football executed a brilliant fake punt deception against Northwestern, with quarterback Sam Huard disguised as punter ...

No. 20 USC football thrives off ‘warrior’ Ja’Kobi Lane

The energetic receiver, whom one teammate calls the Trojans’ ‘heart and soul,’ had a season-high seven catches and an ...
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USC fools Northwestern with all-time trick play

In a masterstroke of deception that left Northwestern bewildered, No. 20 USC pulled off one of the most audacious fake punts ...

USC head coach Lincoln Riley shuts down college football coaching change

The USC Trojans still have an outside change of reaching the College Football Playoff this season after rattling off seven ...

Swanson: USC football is making it about the journey

The No. 20 Trojans didn’t start the season among the teams in consideration for the College Football Playoff, but this team’s ...

Mick Fleetwood Joins USC Marching Band At Halftime For Fleetwood Mac’s ‘Tusk’

More than four-decades after they first recorded it together, the Fleetwood Mac drummer joins the Trojan Marching Band at on the field at halftime to play the song.