Category: College Sports

USC QB Caleb Williams Voted AP Player of the Year

LOS ANGELES—Southern California quarterback Caleb Williams is The Associated Press college football player of the year, becoming the school’s first winner of the award since 2005 with his stellar debut season for the Trojans. Williams received 32 of the 46 first-place votes and 117 total points from AP Top 25 poll voters to win the…


USC Scores Game’s First 14 Points, Tops Cal State Fullerton

Southern California scored the game’s first 14 points and led throughout in a 64–50 defeat of Cal State Fullerton on Wednesday night, Dec. 7, in Los Angeles. The Trojans (7–3) held the visiting Titans more than five minutes without a point to open the game, and built a lead of as many as 17 points…


Kobe Johnson Comes Through Late as USC Downs Oregon State

Kobe Johnson scored 17 points and made five steals, including a crucial takeaway late, as USC rallied to take down Pac-12 Conference counterpart Oregon State 63–62 Sunday in Los Angeles. USC (6–3, 2–0 Pac-12) gave up an 11-0 run late in the first half that put it behind the visiting Beavers for much of the…


No. 3 TCU Loses 31–28 in OT to K-State in Big 12 Title Game

ARLINGTON, Texas—TCU quarterback Max Duggan was battered and bloodied, physically exhausted and mentally drained. And still unsure if the third-ranked Horned Frogs had done enough to get into the four-team College Football Playoff. Duggan dropped to his knees in the end zone after his 8-yard TD run ended his gutsy game-tying drive late in regulation…


No. 2 Michigan Beats Purdue 43–22 for Big Ten Crown

INDIANAPOLIS—Donovan Edwards’ quick-hitting sprints changed everything for No. 2 Michigan. Again. Now they’re hoping it propels them toward another championship. Edwards ran for 185 yards and a touchdown, J.J. McCarthy threw for three scores and Michigan beat Purdue 43–22 on Saturday night in the Big Ten championship game for its second straight conference title and…


No. 4 USC Falls to Utah in Pac-12 , Damaging Playoff Hopes

LAS VEGAS—No. 12 Utah pounded a limping, bloodied Caleb Williams and roared past No. 4 Southern California 47-24 on Friday night to win the Pac-12 Championship and put USC’s College Football Playoff hopes in doubt. The loss by the Trojans (11-2) could open the way for Ohio State (11-1) to take their spot in the…


Florida Quarterback Kitna Leaves Jail as Child Porn Details Emerge

GAINESVILLE, Fla.—Florida backup quarterback Jalen Kitna was released from jail on $80,000 bond on Thursday, a day after he was arrested on five child pornography charges. Judge Meshon Rawls set the bond and as conditions for Kitna’s release ordered him not to have any unsupervised contact with minors and not to have any internet access….


USC’s 20 Point Run Buries Cal in Conference Opener

Joshua Morgan scored 14 points, grabbed seven rebounds and powered a stingy Southern California defensive effort with seven blocked shots as the Trojans used a 20–0 second-half run to roll past host Cal 66–51 in the Pac-12 opener for each team on Wednesday in Berkeley, California. USC (5–3, 1–0 Pac-12) raced out to a 13–2…


No. 24 SDSU Escapes With Late Win Over UC Irvine

Micah Parrish buried a corner 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left to lead No. 24 San Diego State to a 72–69 victory over visiting UC Irvine in non-conference play on Tuesday night, Nov. 29. Nathan Mensah scored a season-high 18 points for the Aztecs (5–2), who snapped a two-game losing streak. Matt Bradley scored 14 points…


No. 19 UCLA Routs Bellarmine

Jaime Jaquez Jr. shot 13–of–17 from the floor and led four Bruins scorers in double-figures with a season-high 27 points, as No. 19-ranked UCLA routed visiting Bellarmine, 81–60, Sunday, Nov. 27,  in Los Angeles. Jaquez’s best offensive performance of the season, which also included a game-high seven rebounds, powered an efficient Bruins attack. UCLA (5–2)…