by Matt Storey
No. 1 USC (9-0, 6-0) returns to the site where it last lost a game when it travels to California (6-3, 3-3) Saturday afternoon. The Trojans have won 31 straight since their overtime loss to the Golden Bears more than two years ago, and this game could be their biggest roadblock toward getting to the Rose Bowl and playing for a third straight national championship. USC's offense comes in firing on all cylinders, as it scored on each of its seven first-half possessions in a 51-21 win over Stanford last week. The young defense also forced five turnovers by a Cardinal team that had not turned the ball over at all in their previous four games. "It has been a work in progress all year with the defense," coach Pete Carroll told the Los Angeles Times. "We're holding our own." California comes in having lost three of four, including a 27-20 overtime defeat at Oregon last week, but the Bears have played USC tough the last three years, losing by two in 2002, beating them in 2003 and losing by six last season.
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