College Football Team News, Analysis, History, Schedule, Rumors
EDITOR’S NOTE; Caleb Williams won the 2022 Heisman Trophy as the player of the year in college football. He is USC’s 7th official Heisman winner, (with 2005 having been vacated). He is the Trojans’ first official Heisman winner since Matt Leinart in 2004. Lincoln Riley joins Tommy Prothro as the only head coaches to produce […] READ MORE
With a pair of preseason Top-Five matchups, it’s no secret the Notre Dame schedule is a gauntlet this year. Add in some seriously sneaky difficult road games, and some trap games at home, and it gets worse. So here’s a look at the Irish schedule in Year 1 of the Marcus Freeman era, from the […] READ MORE
In recent years, the Pac 12 has earned (rightfully or unrightfully) a reputation built more on flashy football than powerful, dominant offensive lines. Across the college football landscape, powerful and talented offensive linemen can be found in the ACC, the Big 12, the Big 10, and the SEC. But make no mistake: the best Pac […] READ MORE
The landscape of college football is changing before our eyes, almost overnight. The sport was originally partitioned by region, and built on tradition and rivalries. Recently, however, the mega-deals of television partnerships with football conferences are beginning to reshape the geography of the game. The most recent rendition of conference realignment is the blockbuster news […] READ MORE
It was a year ago this Summer that the ACC, the Big Ten, and the Pac-12 announced a three-conference alliance. The point of it was to create a unified voting block to fend off the SEC and ESPN shoving their playoff expansion plans down the throat of college football. Newly named Pac-12 commissioner George Kliavkoff […] READ MORE
UCLA gets its signature win of the season with a 62-33 blowout win over USC at the LA Coliseum. It was the most significant win of Chip Kelly’s four years at UCLA. And while he made have had bigger games statistically, it was one of the best performances of Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s career. He was the […] READ MORE
There have been UCLA versus USC games with Rose Bowl implications, national rankings, and conference championships on the line. And there have been rivalry games where just getting through to the end of the season was what was on the menu. And then we have this year’s UCLA vs USC match-up where a mix of […] READ MORE
Rivalry week in Los Angeles is inherently different than anywhere else. The schools are only a dozen miles apart from each other. One used to play in the stadium the other still calls home. They have an agreement to both wear their home uniforms. It harkens back to a tradition from when they both called […] READ MORE
The Notre Dame offense rolled out a new style on Saturday night, and the results were a sight for sore eyes for Irish fans. After six games of inconsistency and frustration, the Irish put together a complete performance, dismantling the USC Trojans 31-16. Notre Dame punted just once all game and racked up almost 200 […] READ MORE
Once again, the USC Trojans have decided that things were too bad to wait. They have fired yet another football coach in the midst of the season as Clay Helton is out at USC. The Search Begins Athletic Director Mike Bohn issued a statement around 2pm Pacific time today, announcing that Helton was being let […] READ MORE
Tony has been with Last Word on Sports for six years covering college football around the country. A native of Southern California, now living in North Carolina, he has been working in broadcast, print and digital media for nearly 30 years. He is a member of the Football Writers Association of America, and is a voting panelist for the Outland Trophy, the Nagurski Award, and the Biletnikoff Award. He can also be found on twitter @tonybruin