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Sept. 7, 2012 12 AM PT

&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;Join us at noon today for a live Google+ Hangout chat with national college football columnist Chris Dufresne, &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000001132”&amp;gt;USC&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; football writer Gary Klein, &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”ORSPT000000294”&amp;gt;UCLA&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; football writer Chris Foster and Deputy Sports Editor John Cherwa as they discuss the college football season.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;USC and UCLA both opened the season with easy victories, but the road will get much tougher for the Bruins this week when they take on Nebraska.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;USC dropped to No. 2 in the AP rankings despite their victory, though they rose to No. 2 in the coaches’ poll.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;If things remain as they are now, it looks like USC vs. Alabama in the &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”EVSPR000091”&amp;gt;BCS&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; title game, with Trojans quarterback &amp;lt;runtime:topic id=”PESPT0014795”&amp;gt;Matt Barkley&amp;lt;/runtime:topic&amp;gt; winning the Heisman Trophy.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;You will be able to watch the video chat live right here on this post. The video will be embedded above. If you miss it, you can watch a replay of it on this post whenever you want.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;You can also take part in the conversation by emailing your questions to sportshangout@latimes.com.&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;strong&amp;gt;ALSO:&amp;lt;/strong&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-purdue-neil-armstrong-20120907,0,4100109.story?track=rss”&amp;gt;Purdue to honor Neil Armstrong with helmet decal&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-barkley-usc-syracuse-20120907,0,3127493.story?track=rss”&amp;gt;Matt Barkley, USC take on Syracuse in “classic” matchup &amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;a href=”https://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ucla-nebraska-20120907,0,7920760.story?page=2&amp;amp;track=rss”&amp;gt;Nebraska’s previous visits to play UCLA have had mixed returns&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;&amp;lt;p&amp;gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;lt;/p&amp;gt;

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