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Take Two

Sports Roundup: USC’s and UCLA’s fall season

By Take Two Staff
Published Aug 30, 2017
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 01: General view as the UCLA Bruins kick off to the USC Trojans to start the college football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 1, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The Trojans defeated the Bruins 24-7. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
LOS ANGELES, CA - DECEMBER 01: General view as the UCLA Bruins kick off to the USC Trojans to start the college football game at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on December 1, 2007 in Los Angeles, California. The Trojans defeated the Bruins 24-7. (Photo by Christian Petersen/Getty Images)
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Sports Roundup: USC’s and UCLA’s fall season

It's THAT special time of the year in Los Angeles.

Over the next few months you'll be seeing the familiar colors of Cardinal, blue and gold all over the city. That because USC and UCLA football gets underway this weekend.

And while the Bruins are coming off the poor season and are unranked to start this one, across town expectations are soaring for a Trojans squad that is ranked fourth in the nation with one of the best QB's in college football.

But are championship dreams unrealistic for USC and is Westwood once again a football afterthought that is just waiting for basketball season to start? 

Brian and Andy Kamenestky joined A Martinez to discuss.

To hear the full segment, click the blue play button above.