USC football: Rick Neuheisel could not beat the Trojans

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Nov. 28, 2011 12:22 PM PT

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UCLA fired Rick Neuheisel on Monday, two days after the Trojans defeated the Bruins, 50-0.

Neuheisel was 0-4 against the Trojans.

‘When you’re the UCLA coach, you’d like to play better against USC,’ Neuheisel said Monday during a teleconference for the Pac-12 championship game. ‘We had our chances but when you lose in the fashion that we did, that’s a difficult pill to swallow.’

USC won, 28-7, at the Rose Bowl in 2008, the year the teams restored the tradition of each wearing home jerseys.

The Trojans won, 28-7, in 2009 and, 28-14, in 2010.

Then came last weekend’s rout, in which the Bruins debuted an alternate all-white uniform.

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Gary Klein

Gary Klein covers the Los Angeles Rams for the Los Angeles Times. Before that, he covered USC’s football program and athletic department. He began working for The Times in the San Fernando Valley edition and has reported on high school, college and pro sports. He grew up in Southern California and graduated from Cal State Northridge.