Mark Saxon, Orange County Register

It began on a clear, crisp day in Pasadena with an acrobatic catch by a linebacker. It ended on a clear, crisp day in Eugene, Ore., with a routine catch by a safety. One interception by UCLA’s Eric McNeal and another by Oregon’s Matthew Harper are the perfect bookends to a grinding stretch of conference games for USC. Want to understand why the Trojans have lost half of their past six Pac-10 games? continue