[BostonCard]

As far as the rivalry is concerned, yes we always looked at USC as rivals, but for many years, it was more of an aspirational rivalry than a true rivalry.  It's only in the last 10 years that it has become a really competitive, hard fought rivalry, where most games are close (especially a recent stretch through 2014).

Fox has a piece on the 7 most iconic games of the recent (Harbaugh/Shaw vs. Carroll/Kiffin/Orgeron/Sarkisian/Helton) era, which is when the rivalry has really flourished.  Darned, that's a lot of coaches since 2007.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footbal...fon-091616

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[BostonCard]

As far as the rivalry is concerned, yes we always looked at USC as rivals, but for many years, it was more of an aspirational rivalry than a true rivalry.  It's only in the last 10 years that it has become a really competitive, hard fought rivalry, where most games are close (especially a recent stretch through 2014).

Fox has a piece on the 7 most iconic games of the recent (Harbaugh/Shaw vs. Carroll/Kiffin/Orgeron/Sarkisian/Helton) era, which is when the rivalry has really flourished.  Darned, that's a lot of coaches since 2007.

http://www.foxsports.com/college-footbal...fon-091616

BC