Closing a summer filled with endless speculation and bold predictions, the game that was almost forty years in the making concluded with the abject dismantling of the #20 Trojans as they fell 52-6 to the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide.
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– Alabama has the most wins in FBS since the start of the 2008 season with 99. “We had guys come in and fill big shoes”, Stewart said about the team’s opening performance.
The Trojans were also penalized six times, including a player ejection. “We did not do a terrific job assignment-wise”.
Barnett finished 5-of-6 for 100 yards.
Following the initial score to Stewart, the route was on as senior kicker Adam Griffith nailed a 29-yard field goal on the next offensive series and the Tide rolled up 38 unanswered points between the second and third quarters by scoring seven of its next eight offensive series.
UCLA: The Bruins meet UNLV for just the second time next Saturday in their home opener.
“All I’m thinking is: ‘Man, I’ve got to make a play”. He connected for field goals of 47 and 41 yards.USC started quarterback Max Browne, but pulled him in favor of Sam Arnold when the game got out of hand. He faced pressure on 14 of his 33 drop-backs, according to Pro Football Focus, and was sacked three times.
The announced attendance at AT&T Stadium was 81,359, the seventh-largest crowd for a college football game at the venue.
Stewart also broke out Saturday, finishing with a career-best 113 receiving yards on four catches and the two touchdowns, including a 71-yard strike early in the third quarter when Hurts saw the corner blitz and hit a wide-open Stewart on a quick out that he took into the end zone. That being said, because the perception of USC was relatively high going into this game (whether right or wrong), the magnitude of their loss does hurt how the Pac 12 is seen nationwide quite a bit. But it was the Jalen Hurts show on Saturday night as Lane Kiffin was smiling.
Their problems up front became exacerbated by injuries. USC struck first on its opening drive. It was the fewest points since a 10-6 loss to Utah in the 2001 Las Vegas Bowl.
“If you want to know the truth about it”, Saban said, “I wasn’t pleased about the way we played”. “I know we can be a better offense and a better offensive line”. Even with Hurts at quarterback, the offense was stagnant, and was threatening to squander good field position after a USC special-teams error.
Ruffin was tossed in the second quarter after he stomped on Alabama tight end Minkah Fitzpatrick’s groin.
OR overcame a rocky start to beat University of California Davis 53-28, as Dakota Prukop threw for 271 yards and three touchdowns in his Ducks debut. Ridley was held to just 2 receptions for 9 yards and used more in the jet sweep early in the game to try to spread the Trojan defense but they made good adjustments to that plan in the first quarter.
A Fox Sports analyst is reporting that former Southern Cal and Washington head coach Steve Sarkisian is on the verge of joining the coaching staff at Alabama.
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Helton called it a “learning lesson for Jabari and the rest of our team”.
