It was 62-51 for OR at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 2012, with Marcus Mariota going 20 of 23 for 304 yards and Kenyon Barner rushing for a school-record 321 yards and five TDs, as the Ducks shot down the Trojans with QB Matt Barkley and receiver Marqise Lee.
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Today’s Oregon Ducks vs USC Trojans college football game has a start time schedule of 3:30pm eastern time and airs on TV channel ESPN. It doesn’t change it much if at all in that it seems highly likely the victor of the Big Ten championship game, whether it’s one-loss MI State or unbeaten Iowa, will still be a decided favorite to claim one of the spots in the two semifinals. USC also got the win in last week’s performance, picking up a close victory against Colorado 27-24.
The Trojans committed a season-high 12 penalties for 124 yards in their 48-28 loss at Oregon. Cody Kessler also had a big day, contributing 204 yards and three TDs through the air. The Over/Under (O/U) is now at 70 points for this matchup.
USC has intercepted seven passes in the last four games. The Ducks haven’t allowed a kickoff return for a touchdown for a string of 126 games…. But the Bruins had been playing well offensively, averaging 36 points per game in their previous three-game winning streak. UCLA is 41st in points per game, and they were held to 17 points in their last game. Redshirt freshman defensive end Jalen Jelks sacked Kessler in the second quarter and again in the fourth. Oregon’s special teams are one of its strengths.
“Right now, they’re hitting where they play their I-AA opponent”, Leach said of the SEC. This season OR is 4-0 to begin the season.
OR pulled back ahead on Adams’ 37-yard scoring pass to Darren Carrington, then padded the lead with a 30-yard TD pass to Kani Benoit. They are trending in the right direction from their 134 season average. The USC defense really disappointed in this game giving up 578 yards to the Ducks. This could be the final Big Game for Cal junior quarterback Jared Goff, who will decide after the season whether to enter the National Football League draft.
Starting at the same time on FOX Sports 1 and FOX Deportes will be the “clash of the cacti” (trademark pending) between Arizona (6-5, 3-5) and Arizona State (5-5, 3-5) in Tempe.
This post-game Carcast is hosted by Michael Castillo and features Reign of Troy editor Alicia de Artola as they run down the happenings from Saturday.
California (6-4, 3-4) will travel to #15 Stanford (8-2, 7-1) to take on the freshly beaten Cardinal.
With a defense that’s still conceding more than five touchdowns per game, it’s silly to argue that OR could have won the Playoff.
I’m not a coach or player in the Pac-12 Conference, therefore based on the expertise of Oregon Offensive Coordinator Scott Frost, I’m truly incapable of an opinion regarding anything on or around the football field. OR hasn’t gone winless in conference since 1997. Washington State is the North’s success story, with a 7-3 record and the opportunity for two more wins this month. OR is 7-1 SU when leading after three quarters. The Utes blew a chance to take a stranglehold on the South Division with last week’s road loss to unranked Arizona.
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POLYNESIAN PRIDE: OR defensive lineman DeForest Buckner as well as USC linebacker Su’a Cravens and Smith-Schuster were all announced as finalists for the Polynesian Hall of Fame’s College Player of the Year Award.
