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GAME PREVIEW: USC the NFL and decided to play his senior season in Los Angeles, the table was set for USC to sprint back into the national title race. "The expectations were created because of what they did last year," said Scott Schrader, who covers the team for USC.247Sports. com. "It's not like this came out of thin air. If they lose the last two games [against UCLA and Notre Dame] and don't have a good sea- son next year, I think we'll be hav- ing that conversa- tion." Some of what Kif- there are certain circum- stances when he brings it upon himself. Other times it's just because he's in Los Angeles. … He deserves it some- times." Barkley didn't deserve Date Opponent (TV) Result/Time (ET) Sept. 1 Hawai'i (FOX) 2012 USC SCHEDULE Sept. 8 vs. Syracuse* (ABC) Sept. 15 at Stanford (FOX) Sept. 22 California Oct. 4 Oct. 13 at Washington (FOX) W, 24-14 Oct. 20 Colorado at Utah (ESPN) Oct. 27 at Arizona (ABC/ESPN2) Nov. 3 Oregon (FOX) Nov. 10 Arizona State Nov. 17 at UCLA (FOX) Nov. 24 Notre Dame (ABC) fin has been criticized for, including his injury policy, Schrader said has been overblown. "There are already six or seven coaches in the Pac-12 that have a policy about not talk- ing about injuries, yet it was a huge issue that Lane Kiffin had decided to no longer talk about injuries. But the way he walks out on a press conference, changing numbers of players … W, 49-10 W, 42-29 L, 21-14 W, 27-9 W, 38-28 W, 50-6 L, 39-36 L, 62-51 W, 38-17 L, 38-28 8 p.m. * at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. a year like this. He cer- tainly didn't come back to potentially lose five games. Th e 2 0 1 2 Un i - NCAA list) and rush- ing/passing TD (119), and is the only player in league history to have four years of 2,500 yards of total offense. In his fourth year as the starting QB, Bark- ley has thrown for 2,972 yards with 33 touchdowns and 13 interceptions on 226-of-349 passing, but the prize for which he returned has eluded him. "The look on tas Golden Arm and Wuerffel Trophy final- ist owns 20 USC ca- reer, season and game records — 10 of which are Pac-12 marks. He is the Pac-12 career re- cord holder for total of- fense (11,909), passing yards (12,026, 19th on the NCAA list), comple- tions (981), touchdown passes (113, ninth on the Alto. "It was complete devastation. I'd never seen him look like that in his entire time at USC. After the loss to Arizona [39-36 Oct. 27 in Tucson], there's no question, and this is only speculation, that there had to be moments where he has regretted coming back. "Even if USC wins the Matt's face — the reaction after they lost to Stanford — said a lot to me," Schrader said of USC's 21-14 loss Sept. 15 in Palo last two games, they still have to go up and play Oregon [in the Pac-12 title game]. USC has to play flawlessly to beat