.UCLAFootball will beat USCfb, BillPlaschke wrote earlier this week. Here's what he says now after the Trojans' 'powerful' victory over the Bruins at the Rose Bowl.
“To win the championship,” he said.Unbelievably, after 11 games, Riley’s USC football team is in a position to fulfill the wildest of expectations in the most extravagant of ways.
Finally, the Bruins were predicted to have an obvious home-field advantage, but USC fans filled up an end zone and howled through the night as their team made one inspirational play after another. So, yeah, in avenging a 62-33 drubbing by the Bruins last season, the Trojans are still playing for a championship.Chip Kelly was on the verge of finally making UCLA a nationally relevant team. With the Bruins stunning loss to USC, he might never get another chance.
UCLA countered with fifth-year senior Thompson-Robinson doing just the opposite, actually stoking the rivalry. After the Trojans defense held the Bruins, the offense took control again and drove 41 yards in five plays to set up Denis Lynch for a 32-yard field goal attempt. But he missed wide left, ruining the second of two great early Trojan opportunities before UCLA had scored a point.
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