Orlando Sentinel:

USC's shocking loss to Oregon State - a Beavers team missing star tailback Yvenson Bernard - merely rushed the inevitable this season: This Trojans team was going to lose. It was just a matter of when.

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10. California (7-1): The Golden Bears are the only team that controls its destiny in the Pac-10 race; they have UCLA, Arizona, USC and Stanford left on the schedule. The only team that will give them much of a BCS boost is the Trojans, so the Golden Bears also need to focus on winning the Pac-10 rather than worrying about getting to Glendale.

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