bye

USC is returning from its bye week with a bitter taste still in its mouth from a loss to Illinois.

After the Rams, there’s a bye, then the schedule turns pleasant.

He planned to spend the bye week studying film with microscopic focus in hopes of understanding exactly what had gone wrong.

That meant, unlike the last three years, the Dodgers did not have a bye to the division series.

This year will be the Dodgers’ first time playing in the new wild card round, after they secured byes to the division series in each of the past three seasons.