Column: USC showed breathtaking resilience during its best — and ugliest — win of the season

Oregon State fans howled struggling USC was overrated, but coach Lincoln Riley and his Trojans showed their grit during a big comeback road win.

Reggie Bush won, but it was Matt Leinart who pumped his left fist.

“I said, ‘We’ve been there before, you just got to go play,’” said Riley. “Some days you’re not going to be at your best … how you respond to those moments is what separates you.” The students cursed USC in signs on their dorm windows. They painted their bellies with B-E-A-V-S. Their orange shirts turned the cheering section into a giant, blinding sunset.

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