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A home game on Thanksgiving weekend is nothing unusual for USC, except the main topic is something usually esoteric like whether Notre Dame will fire Charlie Weis before the Trojans cruise into another Rose Bowl.

Reggie Carter said it's about time for Westwood to celebrate again. In 2006, after UCLA defeated USC, 13-9, the Bruins' first win over their crosstown rival since 1998, fires sparked throughout the town and rowdy fans celebrated an unexpected victory.

Very few college football programs have been as dominant as the USC Trojans this decade.

Offense Backfield: There are four USC quarterbacks in the NFL, and Cincinnati's Carson Palmer , Arizona's Matt Leinart and the New York Jets' Mark Sanchez were top-10 draft picks.

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By Gary Montgomery, BVN Sports Editor - As I watched a very quiet crowd of disheartened Trojan fans shuffle out of the coliseum after witnessing a thorough beat down of their team, I couldn't help but ponder the previous years' events and how USC slipped to this very painful point.

The Post's Steve Serby chatted with the Jets center about the Mark Sanchez hot dog incident, the good and bad traits of his linemates, and much more.

This is not a week Steve Sarkisian wants to be resting and getting his younger players some experience in practice.

USC isn't finishing this season well because it isn't finishing games well. The Trojans have lost two of their past three, against Oregon and Stanford, by an astounding total of 61 points.

It had to end sometime, but few would have guessed USC's reign over the Pac-10 would end with such a thud.

The obvious struggles of this years team has made a few people take a closer look at the make up of this team.

Mark Sanchez balanced his duties last week as the scout team quarterback for his old high school and the starter for the Jets.

Pete Carroll always strives for balance on offense. But with USC's season hanging in the balance, it's time to toss that concept in the recycling bin.

Matt Barkley is 7-1 as USC's starting quarterback, a heady accomplishment for any player, especially a freshman.

For the first time in the Pete Carroll era at USC, the Trojans were humiliated and Caroll isna t afraid to take the blame for the disaster that occurred at Autzen Stadium.

Shaun Cody watched helplessly from a hotel room in Buffalo, N.Y. Kyle Moore tried to make sense of it from Los Angeles.

This is the one just about everyone's been waiting for. The eyes of the nation will be on Oregon and USC Saturday, and ESPN's College Gameday guys will be there to see what could wind up being the unofficial Pac-10 championship game.

With a couple of days to analyze the Oregon game, USC coach Pete Carroll found someone else to blame Monday for the worst loss in his career: himself.

Here's a scary scenario for USC fans: It's Halloween night and the USC football team is up in Eugene, Ore., trick-or-treating. But instead of terrorizing the homeowners with intimidation and trepidation, the Trojans fall victim to the spell of the Ducks and leave empty-handed. This isn't your far-fetched Halloween horror movie movie.