Sporting News spent Tuesday looking at the USC vs. UCLA rivalry, where it’s been and where it’s going with Clay Helton and Chip Kelly pitted against each other.
Bill Bender makes the case that the rivalry needs some added weight and something to play for beyond just crosstown bragging rights.
And he’s right about that.
Neither team has been able to capture national relevance with much consistency of late. And inevitably when one has, the other has not been up to par.
In the Pac-12 North, Washington and Stanford have laid the groundwork for epic clashes, but the South has remained a free-for-all.