A deeper look at Utah's 43-42 win over USC on Saturday night: Whether or not this Utah season ends in another trip to the Rose Bowl remains to be seen, but if it does, Saturday night vs. USC is going to be one of those things you recall instantly.
, Britain Covey’s 78-yard punt return touchdown vs. Oregon, Devin Lloyd’s pick-six at the Pac-12 championship game.
The night unquestionably belonged to Rising, the engine that is keeping this Utah team on the path back to Las Vegas and the Pac-12 championship game. When Rising has it cranked up, anything feels possible, and on Saturday, he had it cranked up.Fourth-and-goal from the 1 and the two-point conversion for the win will get most of the attention, but given what was on the line, and given how the rest of the night went, that final drive might have been Utah’s best of the season.
That was a championship drive, 15 plays, 75 yards, 5:27. USC’s last-gasp effort got to its own 40, but no further. Frankly, Utah did anything it wanted in the second half. It had four drives, three ended in touchdowns. On the fourth, Micah Bernard fumbled inside the 5, but even that one was going right in.
Utah fans complained about the refs, USC fans complained about the refs. It was bad both ways, some of it was egregious, but none of it decided the game. I don’t think that should be in dispute, but the overarching point stands. The officiating was bad, bad enough where someone in charge should feel compelled to act on it.
In fairness, some of that was simply Williams being special, which he is. He spun out of trouble and made throws once or twice, he was aware enough to know when to take off with the ball, and it helped that Utah didn’t have much of a pass rush, nor has it had one for much of the season.
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