USC had nothing to lose. At the L.A. Memorial Coliseum two years ago, in their last game officially under the lockdown of a two-year bowl ban, the Trojans treated their final home game against the Bruins as an all-in-one national championship and Pac-12 title game. Read more...

Photo: Two years ago, UCLA lost to USC 50-0, as quarterback Kevin Prince was unable to find the end zone all night for the Bruins. But with new coaches for both teams, this year’s matchup figures to be a more tightly contested one. UCLA heads into the game disappointed with its loss to Arizona State but determined to best its crosstown rivals.

Three days after UCLA defeated USC last year, a contagious energy and buzz filled the J.D. Morgan Center, the likes of which the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame hadn’t seen in almost six years. Read more...

Photo: Given to the winner of the annual UCLA-USC football game, the Victory Bell carries with it a long history and is a symbol of the crosstown rivalry between the two schools.