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New York is not the first city one associates with the University of Southern California, much less Pullman, Wash. Yet that’s where the Pac-10 unveiled its new logo and decided to insist it really is a beefed-up, brand-savvy mega-conference. Sports Illustrated’s Andy Staples puts into context how shocking the 3,000-mile publicity push seems for any [...]

Maurice Clarett re-enrolls at Ohio State Maurice Clarett is a student again at Ohio State. The running back who led the Buckeyes to the 2002 National title has re-enrolled at Ohio State University the school announced Monday. Clarett wrote in a statement, “This is a surreal feeling to be back at Ohio State in such [...]

Titans sue Lane Kiffin, USC for poaching assistant! The Tennessee Titans are suing Southern California and coach Lane Kiffin for “maliciously” luring away assistant running backs coach Kennedy Pola a week before training camp opens. Tennessee Football Inc., the company that owns the Titans, filed the lawsuit Monday in Davidson County Chancery Court against both [...]

Lane Kiffin ARCHIVES: A little context on Hostess-Gate Hostesses traveled nearly 200 miles to attend a high school game in South Carolina in which at least three Tennessee recruits were playing…The hostesses are considered representatives of the university, which would mean they could not recruit players off campus. Therefore, the visits may be considered violations [...]

Pete Carroll responds to USC Sanctions:  VIDEO Pete Carroll, the steward of the USC football program during the Reggie Bush Years — and who conveniently and suddenly took a shining to the NFL months before the program was slammed by the NCAA — has released a statement regarding the sanctions levied on his former school [...]

In America these days, no game is over. No season is finished. No career is complete. The NCAA announced Thursday that Reggie Bush couldn’t have been more guilty of NCAA violations during his spare-no-superlative career at USC. The finding could lead to the BCS’ taking back the 2004 BCS Championship won by the Trojans. The [...]

USC’s football program has been banned from postseason play for two years and will lose more than 20 scholarships, the Los Angeles Times reports. ESPN’s Bruce Feldman first tweeted about the sanctions Wednesday night. School sources were “surprised at the severity and length of penalties,” according to Bryan Fischer of USCFootball.com and Rivals. He also [...]