Or maybe it was the fact that he was playing against the team he rooted for as a kid, a team that included many of his close friends. Jared Goff had 463 yards and six touchdowns and the run game collected more than 300.
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“I woke up this morning and I was like, ‘Man, this is senior week, this is insane, ‘ ” Adams said.
Adams, who grew up in Pasadena, California, as a Trojans fan, was utterly dominant in the first half, throwing for 313 yards and four touchdowns. “I think that he scrambled one time and ran and then the rest of the time he threw explosive routes down field”. The Bruins will likely be riding the momentum of their most recent win over Utah, as well as looking to prey on USC’s vulnerability, which includes the team’s questionable leadership and chaotic season. Stanford came back after dropping a big game last weekend against OR and looks to continue their hopes of reaching the College Football Playoff. Helton got a free pass for the Notre Dame defeat “cause in that was the week he took over a Jerry Springer episode after Steve Sarkisian’s four-alarm firing.It was understood from in that time, to those in that disability these guesses, in that his exclusively path to everlasting USC citizenship was profitable the remaining of his games”. When it cut to Mariota standing on the sideline, the crowd unleashed a deafening roar.
Said UCLA’s Olson: “I’m disappointed and embarrassed”.
Adams has played in eight games, completing 62.9 percent of his passes for 2,080 yards with 22 touchdowns and six interceptions. “We always respond the right way”, Helfrich said. “He’s a great deep-ball passer”. You’re frequently a contender for the BCS Championships; you’re nearly never unranked (almost); you’ve got a pretty objectively lame mascot that has somehow been converted into something pretty cool; and you’ve got just about an endless supply of jerseys to choose from.
A lot was made of USC missing two inside linebackers in Cameron Smith and Lamar Dawson.
Adams tied the school record with the six TD passes and became the eighth quarterback in school history with a 400-yard passing performance.
USC was on NCAA probation and ineligible for postseason play when the teams met at the Coliseum a few days after UCLA coach Rick Neuheisel said the Bruins had “closed the gap more” with the Trojans. Take away a pair of 61-point deluges against FCS Eastern Washington and fledgling program Georgia State, and Oregon’s average through the first half of the season was 31.8 points per game. The Ducks should be near 35-point favorites but they need to keep the intensity high as they look to make the best bowl game possible.
Said Buckner on his recovery: “Right after the ball was snapped I saw Cody Kessler drop the ball, pick it back up and I was trying to get off my block”. “I’m so happy and thankful that we’re on this winning streak and that God blessed me with this opportunity”. “I’m just very thankful for it”. He also extended his consecutive games with a touchdown pass to 34 games.
Sure, OR has three losses, but this is a different team with Adams at full speed, full confidence, and fully able to distribute the ball to his numerous playmakers.
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Kessler has sophomore JuJu Smith-Schuster in his corner, though he has battled various injuries all season Smith-Schuster has 68 receptions this season for 1,217 yards and 10 touchdowns. Then again, as we’ve learned before, the only judgment that actually counts is the one coming out of the John McKay Center.
