LOS ANGELES (AP) — UCLA has a large number of transfer players and program newcomers who don't know much about the Bruins' near-century-old football rivalry with No. 19 Southern California, so interim head coach Tim Skipper decided to do something about it.

His staff put together a five-minute video distilling the essence of this annual crosstown showdown, and Skipper showed it to the Bruins for a shot of motivation late in a difficult season in Westwood.

“I wanted to make sure everybody knew how significant this game was, and how both teams wear their home colors for the game and you get to paint the Victory Bell,” said Skipper, who's in his first year at UCLA himself. “As a kid, I always watched the UCLA-SC game. It always mattered, no matter where we lived. Coming from a coaching fami

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