Jeff Byers News

Want some good news, Trojan football fans? Look no further than senior guard Jeff Byers.

Bowl season got a boost Tuesday night when BYU and Oregon State, both top 20 teams, clashed in Las Vegas.

Stafon Johnson is Most Inspirational. Damian Williams was named the Most Valuable Player of the USC football team on Sunday.

So, the team is back at it this week as they go into bowl prep. A couple of interesting story lines are taking shape as the season comes to a close.

Damian Williams, Jeff Byers, Charles Brown and Taylor Mays were all named to the All-Pac-10 first team.

When Taylor Mays elected to stay at USC for his final season, the All-America safety never thought he'd be hoping his senior day ended with a berth in the Holiday Bowl.

An emotional Mark Stoops struggled to maintain his composure on two occasions when talking about the Wildcats' victory Saturday.

Miller column: The Trojans weren't emotionally ready in an uneven game against Arizona.. LOS ANGELES In the end, after this most un-Troy of seasons, autumn for everyone else but a true Trojans' fall, they fittingly arrived less than USC-ready. And they did so just one week after we were told that football around here is all about competing and ...

USC wide receiver Damian Williams said after Saturday's loss to Arizona he did not know if he would return for his senior season.

No crummy season for USC should be complete without a loss to Arizona. Saturday the Trojans ended their labored autumn with a 21-17 loss to the Wildcats for the first time since 2000, picking up their hard-to-fathom fourth defeat on a late Arizona touchdown.

Passing through USC quarterback Matt Barkley's last pass was a controversial one, but it went 48 yards for a touchdown against UCLA so the freshman enters today with some confidence after struggling for much of the second half of the season.

USC quarterbacks coach Jeremy Bates offers little insight during the best situations, so it was not surprising he offered a vague response Wednesday when asked if he might return to the NFL next season should former Denver Broncos coach Mike Shanahan get another job.

USC's defense started the season as a figurative monster. Lately, it's been hard to figure.

Man, one bad season and they are all ready to write us off. Not really surprising though as this is all part of the narrative... Again, rational fans can accept a down year or even two.

After years of holding national significance, USC and UCLA will meet in a game that holds only regional consequence.

Kristofer O'Dowd is used to being in the middle of the action, so you can imagine how difficult the past several weeks have been for USC's junior center, who has been stuck watching from the sideline.

Patton: UCLA final indignity or needed tonic for USC? Submitted by SHNS on Wed, 11/25/2009 - 14:34 LOS ANGELES - Just what USC needs -- a UCLA game, a way to lift Trojans hearts in a dark hour and restore dignity to a bruised team.

At first glance, USC and UCLA might be heading in opposite directions going into Saturday's annual crosstown rivalry game.

He has been around this program longer than most, Jeff Byers officially becoming a USC Trojan in the summer of 2004, when Matt Barkley was 13 years old.

After seven straight Pac-10 titles, disappointment just doesn't stick to Pete Carroll.