The University of Southern California on Thursday said that it had rejected the controversial education compact the Trump administration offered it and eight other schools. USC interim President Beong-Soo Kim said in a statement that he had sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education turning down the Trump offer, which would give priority research funding access to universities …
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Dan WetzelOct 14, 2025, 07:11 PM ET Close Dan Wetzel is a senior writer focused on investigative reporting, news analysis and feature storytelling. The Big Ten’s proposed $2 billion-plus private capital deal is facing headwinds after a joint meeting Tuesday afternoon between trustees at Michigan and USC led to unified questions about the plan, multiple sources who were on the …
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The Wolverines traveled out west and dropped their second game of the season, falling to the USC Trojans, 31-13. At the end of the day, a lot went wrong for Michigan and there’s a lot to pick apart in this one. Here are this week’s winners and losers. If you want to win games on the road, you need to …
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Read More »LOS ANGELES (AP) — Freshman walk-on King Miller rushed for 158 yards and a touchdown, and Jayden Maiava passed for 265 yards and two scores in Southern California’s emphatic 31-13 victory over No. 15 Michigan on Saturday night. Makai Lemon made a spectacular 12-yard TD catch right before halftime for the Trojans (5-1, 3-1 Big Ten), who rebounded sharply from …
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Sherrone Moore now owns merely a 1-5 record in road games as head coach at Michigan after the Wolverines fell to the USC Trojans in L.A. Memorial Coliseum by a 31-13 final score on Saturday night. BEAT THE WOLVERINES @WellsFargo pic.twitter.com/Zo7rhjPGsT — USC Football (@uscfb) October 12, 2025 Moore’s win against Ohio State last season remains the only regular season …
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The Michigan Wolverines have already faced two competent quarterbacks in Oklahoma’s John Mateer and Nebraska’s Dylan Raiola, and on Saturday night they’re set to face another talented QB1 in USC’s Jayden Maiava. Maiava ranks No. 1 in ESPN Total QBR (93.4) an No. 6 in the nation in passing yards (1,587). Maiava has been careful with the football, too, throwing …
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The Michigan Wolverines hit the road for the third time this season on Saturday night, as they travel to Los Angeles to take on the USC Trojans (7:30 p.m., NBC). Last year’s matchup at the Big House was an instant classic, with the Wolverines winning a tight one, 27-24. The oddsmakers expect this to be a close game as well, …
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The Michigan Wolverines are going back on the road this weekend, as a matchup with USC awaits. When the Big Ten expanded to include some teams from the Pac-12, these are the types of matchups people were excited about. The Wolverines beat the Trojans in Ann Arbor last year and are now hoping to do it again out in Los …
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During an impassioned USC Academic Senate meeting on Monday, faculty strongly denounced and rejected the Trump administration offer to give the university funding preference in exchange for abiding by conservative education goals. In forceful speeches, University of Southern California department chairs, professors, researchers and others who attended the virtual meeting called the compact “egregiously invalid,” “probably unconstitutional,” “antithetical to principles …
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