Falah said he hoped Rodgers would be back for the Pac-12 championship game against Stanford. They’ve kept the Trojans in the Pac-12 South race when they had every reason for their season to slide.
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Jason Negro, Bellflower St. John Bosco; UCLA 35, USC 34; “We have three starters at UCLA and one starter at USC”.
During that 18-year period, UCLA and USC met 11 times when both were ranked in the Associated Press Top 25 poll.
There’s something to be said for what UCLA has done this season. We will put stuff in the locker rooms. It’s purely coincidental. I don’t think that’s been paralleled. Mora has never lost to USC, a school he rarely deigns to address by name. Otherwise, USC ran the ball 18 times in the quarter.
Though there could be some improvements made going forward, but right now, from what we saw in Maui, the Bruins are in a heap of trouble, especially with Gonzaga, Kentucky and North Carolna on the non-conference schedule.
“I’m not sure any coach understands a rivalry until he is there and has experienced it firsthand”, Bellotti said.
Cravens is not expected to return for his senior season, which means Saturday would be his final home game.
Casey Clausen, Calabasas; USC 31, UCLA 28; “I think USC will make plays on offense and slow UCLA down just enough to win”.
The Trojans allowed 140 yards and two scores on the ground, a respectable showing considering Paul Perkins and Nate Starks are both elite backs. “Everybody is so hyped up about the game it just brings that energy to the team that we need to go out with a bang”, Young said. “I want a complete game, that’s great, but I think you want a team that finishes and I think that’s what we’ve been able to do”.
But the infectious nature of the coaches does seem to have had an effect.
Much like the roller-coaster ride they’ve endured this year, the victory over the Bruins was neither easy or smooth.
It could play out in the Rose Bowl.
When he was hired in 2012, Mora sought to end the Trojans’ stranglehold on the city. In the first half, the Bruins (8-4, 5-4) had two touchdown drives that went for a combined 128 yards.
All five staff members were in agreement on the bottom four teams as Washington, Arizona, Colorado and Oregon State all were votes 9-12, respectively. The latest wave included the split into a two-division format.
From there, it was back and forth between the two, with USC claiming the lead, and then UCLA recapturing. If they can accomplish that they have an opportunity to win the game.
“It was a long time coming”, Falah said.
“I’m too old to hate anybody”, he says.
It’s been even longer since UCLA lost in football to USC.
“USC’s always a coach away, one drop of the right chemistry away”, Papadakis said.
The victor in the rivalry match will face Stanford in next week’s conference title game.
Las Vegas Bowl: USC. Now the betting odds for the game have the Trojans favored by a slim margin to pick up the victory. “He does not look like a freshman”, USC defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox said of Rosen.
USC celebrates a TD in the first half.
After UCLA defeated Utah last Saturday, Mora omitted mentioning the rivalry when asked of it would be easy to get his players focused this week.
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