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The epic recent history of the Stanford-USC rivalry

Heather Dinich explains what it'll take for No. 7 Stanford to beat No. 20 USC in the Pac-12 Championship Game and potentially sneak into the College Football Playoff field.

Six of the past nine meetings between Stanford and USC have hung in the balance until the last play of the game. These two programs have developed an epic history since Jim Harbaugh took over for the Cardinal in 2007 and shocked Pete Carroll's Trojans in his first season at the helm. That 24-23 upset has been well documented (proof: it has its own Wikipedia page), so let's look at some of the other recent iconic moments in this rivalry with the two teams set to square off for a Pac-12 championship Saturday:

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