“He keeps plays alive”, Trojans linebacker Su’a Cravens said. It has been rare in recent years for these crosstown rivals to play with both having something on the line.
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But Trojans lineman Claude Pelon sacked Rosen and forced a fumble that Green picked up and ran with for a 31-yard touchdown that started a run of 20 unanswered points.
“That has been his best quality”.
“The guys really came together and made a decision”, Kessler said of the Trojans’ preparation. “He is an athletic kid”.
“I’m not sure any coach understands a rivalry until he is there and has experienced it firsthand”, Bellotti said. Helton’s supporters tout his character and stability after the tumultuous tenures of Lane Kiffin and Sarkisian – and they point to the example of unheralded Dabo Swinney, who shed his interim tag at Clemson in 2008 and eventually built the nation’s No. 1 team.
The first time these two schools met this season, they gave the scoreboard operator arthritis.
Once again, the USC Trojans will headline the Dodger Stadium College Baseball Classic this season at Chavez Ravine, the Dodgers announced today. In 1941, it was taken by a group of USC students.
California 48, Arizona State 46: BERKELEY, Calif. – Jared Goff threw five touchdown passes and Matt Anderson kicked a 26-yard field goal as time expired to lift California (7-5, 4-5). It was not just the inability to move the ball forward, but the predictability of each play that aided USC’s defensive pressure. “They all (need to) play the same”. “It’s not even in my mind anymore”.
The Trojans rushed for 235 yards, with 103 of those yards coming in the fourth quarter and they committed zero turnovers.
The victory ended the Bruins’ three-game winning streak over USC and marked the first time UCLA coach Jim Mora has lost to the Trojans.
“We’ve got no one to blame but ourselves”.
In that sense, the stakes for USC may be even higher than those of the Cardinal, who have an outside chance of sneaking into the College Football Playoff with a win. “Coach Helton has all the confidence in me. We could not have done it without Coach Helton”.
“I think about the seniors and the roller-coaster ride that they’ve had”, Helton said, “and for them to be able to call themselves Pac-12 South champions is about as happy as I can possibly be for that group”.
USC RBs Justin Davis and Ronald Jones II vs. UCLA defense.
Clay Helton has been hired by Pat Haden as the USC Trojans’ new head coach.
UCLA: WR Jordan Payton. With the touchdown, Green became the sixth true freshman USC player to record a touchdown this season. It’s rare to have marquee non-conference games so late in the regular season and this is a big one. The three-year starter has never beaten the Bruins. The Trojans walked up that same steep Coliseum tunnel Saturday, to their dorms and their families and friends.
The event dates to 2010, when Vanderbilt edged Oklahoma State, 7-6, and UCLA defeated USC, 6-1.
Coach Steve Sarkisian was placed on indefinite leave on October 11 amid rumors of continuing troubles with alcohol and fired a day later, with offensive coordinator Clay Helton appointed as interim coach. Neither is in play this year as OR has three losses for the first time since 2009, Kelly’s first season.
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UCLA only snapped the ball four times in the last 13:04.
