Football

• Vegas still favors Trojans to win BCS, while Bruins are hard to peg. [LA Times]
• In addition to their "Face of the Program" series, ESPN also has a "Face of the Decade." USC was honored for the 2000s, though based on the way the other decades were done I’m surprised  Pete Carroll wasn’t chosen. At the same time, it seems as if they wanted to name Matt Leinart. [ESPN]
• Here’s a tribute video in honor of Pete Carroll‘s volunteer work. [Summa Children’s Foundation]
• Another Trojan/coach, Jack Del Rio, is up to some serious do-gooding for the kids. [Times-Union]

Hoops

• More of Brian Scalabrine fooling around with the press corps. [TrojanWire]
• Evan Smith is USC’s first commit from the class of 2009. [WeAreSC]

Elsewhere

• Did somebody say Song Girls? [Prep Ticket]
• Questions are cropping up about OJ’s car. No, not that one. The other one. [Gutty Little Bruins]
• What were they thinking? NBC extended its contract with the Fighting Irish. [Notre Dame]
• According to a court of law, Duke sucks. [Da Wiz]