The ultimate guide to this season's most important games—featuring the wildest parties, the comeliest coeds, and killer off-campus offerings. Don't forget your helmet!
Herbstreit’s hunch: “This is one of the marquee matchups and may decide who goes to the national championship game.” Party: Two things you need to know to fit in at a raucous USC tailgate party: When the band plays “Tusk,” yell “UCLA Sucks!”; and if you’re blessed enough to experience the USC Song Girls up close (the hottest cheerleaders in college ball), know you’ll never feel the same way about turtlenecks again. Fifth quarter: Ride Cali’s wildest waves at Topanga Beach. Pat Murphy, owner of Learn to Surf L.A., says the September swells there make it one of the juiciest surf spots on the mainland.
