LOS ANGELES (AP) – A top-ranked national power will run into the storied Coliseum on Saturday looking to preserve its unbeaten record. Their opponents will be young and undermanned, simply hoping to trip up the Pac-10’s most powerful program.
Southern California has been that big dog for most of the past decade. Nobody knows how the Trojans will act now that they’re the underdog.
No. 1 Oregon is a seven-point favorite, which means USC won’t be favored at home for the first time in 51 games since 2001.
The Trojans’ glorious decade ended with a thud in the past calendar year, yet they always were expected to win at the Coliseum. That’s far from a sure thing now, after three losses in their last six home games.
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