After two resounding wins over the Trojans last year, the injured ex-Newbury Park High star would be a major X-factor Saturday if his knee is deemed healthy
Utah quarterback Cameron Rising runs for a first down against Penn State in the first half of the Rose Bowl Game on Jan. 2, 2023, in Pasadena. He is Utah’s 24-year-old boogeyman looming over USC’s rapidly shrinking hopes for a College Football Playoff, clock ticking down on the quarterback’s recovery from a torn ACL in last year’s Rose Bowl – and meniscus, MPFL and MCL, as he revealed on an ESPN 700 show.
The fate of not only Utah’s season, but USC’s as well, may rest on Rising’s knee. If he magically suits up at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with a clean bill of health, he’ll instantly make Utah favorites against a Trojans secondary that held strong against Notre Dame but has been depleted by injuries. One more loss and USC’s preseason hopes for a College Football Playoff are washed away, along with a thin silver lining of an undefeated Pac-12 record.
“Any way you can manufacture production,” Whittingham said this week, “then you gotta take a look at it.”
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