LOS ANGELES — Modern-day problems require modern-day solutions. College football is comfortably in its transfer-portal era, and UCLA is a prime example of what that may look like in rivalry week.

Much like installing an offense or a defense – which interim coach Tim Skipper did during the 2025 season, as coaching changes introduced new schemes on both sides of the ball – the Bruins had to install a rivalry into their roster ahead of Saturday’s Victory Bell battle with No. 19 USC (8-3, 6-2 Big Ten).

Skipper played an Anthony Barr voiceover video on Sunday for the full roster, which includes at least 57 new players to the rivalry, to help explain the nuts and bolts of UCLA-USC for a crowd that may be primarily filled with Southern California natives, but may not have experienced the intens

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