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Whicker: USC-UCLA rivalry diminished by Pac-12's gains

We were poised to welcome a USC-UCLA game that would again bring us history, and here we are.

Today’s winner can become the first team to lose three conference games and still win a championship.

History is where you find it.

Granted, the Bruins or Trojans would have to topple Stanford in next week’s Pac-12 title game to do that.

And granted, even some Bruins and Trojans fans feel faintly ashamed their wounded teams can somehow find a path to the Rose Bowl, thanks to commissioner Larry Scott’s concepts of conference bloat and divisional play.