In the locker room after the game, coaches and players said good-byes, uncertain who would be part of the new vision that Riley is bringing to USC. The Trojans actually out-gained the Bears 409-260 in the loss, USC’s eighth in a season for the first time since 1991. It was the fifth drive in a row in which USC reached Cal territory but failed to come up with points. After moving USC 47 yards to the Cal 8, Moss was strip-sacked and, after a delayed reaction and some batting of the ball, the Bears recovered at their own 32. Nixon from 16 yards out of the end zone when the game was already out of reach.īut he wasn’t immune from the madness of this performance. The freshman did as well as could be expected, completing 8 of 12 passes for 74 yards and leading an 87-yard touchdown drive, finding K.D. When he emerged, his helmet had been taken away, leaving what was left of the game in the hands of third-string QB Miller Moss. He looked unsteady on his feet before draping his arms around two trainers’ shoulders and being escorted to the medical tent. USC’s injured list got even longer toward the end of the third quarter, when promising freshman quarterback Jaxson Dart was leveled on scrambled, taking a shot to his head. “They all came out here and they played their heart out.”Ĭal, naturally, attacked Brown on fourth-and-two and converted to set up a field goal. A field goal that would have not happened, if not for a USC off-sides penalty that allowed Cal another chance after its first attempted ricocheted off the post. The sheer magnitude of USC’s injury woes left the Trojans with four cornerbacks warming up for the game, and USC only played one - freshman Prophet Brown - for much of the opening drive. TE Michael Trigg, TE Jude Wolfe, OL Courtland Ford, OLB Drake Jackson, LB Tuasivi Nomura, CB Chris Steele, CB Jayden Williams, CB Ceyair Wright, DB Jaylin Smith and OLB Hunter Echols all did not travel, while QB Kedon Slovis, WR Gary Bryant, RB Keaontay Ingram, TE Lake McRee and S Xavion Alford did not dress for the game.
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And it’s not like USC was a well-functioning machine when at full strength this season. Only 65 Trojans traveled for the game instead of 74, the maximum allowed. The USC team that arrived to California Memorial Stadium was decimated by injuries. There was a costly turnover, a fumble by running back Darwin Barlow on a third-down conversion that Cal scooped up and returned 55 yards for a touchdown.Īnd there was the purely inexplicable, like a late snap bouncing off pulling tight end Erik Krommenhoek on a fourth-down, goal-line play, one of two turnovers in red-zone trips for USC. There were special teams gaffes, like Parker Lewis’ two missed field goals in the first half. USC football season ends in fitting fashion with loss to Cal – Orange County Register
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