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Bill Plaschke: It’s a fact: The Trojans are back and might be the nation’s best team

USC's Jordan Addison beats the Stanford defense for one of his two first-half touchdown receptions at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022, in Stanford, California.

PALO ALTO, Calif. — Caleb Williams heaved a ball high through the thick air and into the arms of Jordan Addison, who spun out of a Stanford defender’s grasp and sprinted to the end zone and...

Yeah, it’s real.

Mekhi Blackmon leaped and stole a Stanford pass in the back of the end zone, then dove and pounced on a fumble in front of the end zone and ...

Yeah, it’s on.

USC showed up at The Farm and in front of a national television audience Saturday in the first real test of the Lincoln Riley era, a battle against stubborn old rival Stanford, a game that would separate fact from

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