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USC went 8-5 in 2010, then charged back to 10-2 last season. And when star quarterback Matt Barkley decided to stick around for his senior season instead of entering the NFL draft, the Trojans were set to make a run at No. 1.

The Bowl Championship Series stripped Southern California of its 2004 title on Monday, leaving that season without a BCS champion....

The NCAA decision rejecting USC's appeal means penalties imposed against the school's football program, including a two-year bowl ban and the loss of 30 scholarships over three years, remain in place.

Via LATaco.com: An entire photo album of two students having sex on the roof of Waite Phillips Hall at USC has gone viral. The album (Warning: link to images that contains adult content. Reader discretion is advised. NSFW.), posted Saturday night, has received over 100,000 views and prompted the suspension of the man in the photos from his Kappa Sigma fraternity.

A judge handed down the maximum sentence Monday to a husband and wife convicted in a hit-and-run crash that killed one USC student and left another seriously injured as they walked home last year from a fraternity party. Judge Robert J. Perry issued a sentence of eight years in prison for Claudia Cabrera, the driver, and seven years for Josue Luna, who was riding in the front passenger seat. Their 7-month-old son was in the back.