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No. 5 Notre Dame 7, USC 7, 5:13 remaining in the second quarter

Notre Dame started on the 25th.

Jadarian Price ran unsuccessfully. Riley Leonard ran for one yard. Leonard threw an incomplete pass. On fourth-and-9 at the Notre Dame 26, Leonard passed to Mitchell Evans for 18 yards.

Leonard passed to Price for four yards. The price was per yard. Leonard passed to Evans for nine yards. On fourth-and-1 at the USC 42, Leonard passed to Jordan Faison for eight yards.

Jeremiyah Love ran for 19 yards.

Leonard threw an incomplete pass. Love ran for three yards. Leonard ran for three yards. Mitch Jeter missed a 27-yard field goal.

No. 5 Notre Dame 7, USC 7, 12:07 left in second quarter

Riley Leonard passed to Jayden Thomas for 14 yards. Jacobe Covington forced a fumble and Easton Mascarenas-Arnold recovered the ball at the Notre Dame 37.

Jayden Maiava passed to Duce Robinson for 11 yards.

Maiava ran for six yards. Maiava passed to Quinten Joyner for 13 yards.

Quinten Joyner ran six yards to the Notre Dame 1. Maiava ran for a one-yard touchdown. The piece has been checked and confirmed. Michael Lantz scored the extra point.

No. 5 Notre Dame 7, USC 0, late first quarter

Notre Dame started at its 15 after the USC punt.

Riley Leonard passed to Jayden Thomas for eight yards as time expired at the end of the first quarter.

No. 5 Notre Dame 7, USC 0, with 19 seconds left in the first quarter

Makai Lemon returned the Notre Dame kickoff 20 yards to the Trojans’ 20 yards.

Woody Marks ran for nine yards and was injured. USC was called for a fumble start on the next snap. Quinten Joyner ran for 12 yards.

Jayden Maiava threw an incomplete pass under pressure. Joyner ran for three yards. Maiava threw another incomplete pass.

Eddie Czaplicki hit a punt 46 yards to the Notre Dame 15.

No. 5 Notre Dame 7, USC 0, 2:28 remaining in the first quarter

Notre Dame started on the 28th line. Jeremiyah Love ran for 19 yards.

Riley Leonard passed to Love for one yard. Leonard ran for five yards. Riley passed to Kris Mitchell for six yards.

Leonard passed to Jaden Greathouse for six yards. Leonard ran for six yards.

Love ran for nine yards. Leonard passed to Mitchell Evans at the USC 17 for three yards.

Leonard passed to Mitchell Evans for a yard. Love ran for seven yards. Leonard ran for five yards.

On first-and-goal at the USC 4, Leonard ran for three yards. Love then ran for the one-yard touchdown. Notre Dame scored the extra point.

USC 0, No. 5 Notre Dame 0, 9:41 remaining in the first quarter

USC started on the Trojans’ 14th line. Jayden Maiava passed to Makai Lemon for 10 yards.

Maiava passed to Lemon for a loss of three yards. Woody Marks ran for 14 yards.

Marks ran away without success. Maiava passed to Zacharia Brnach for 26 yards.

Marks ran for one yard to the Notre Dame 36. Maiava threw an incomplete pass. Marks ran for seven yards. On fourth-and-2, Maiava passed to Branch for a yard and USC turned the ball over at the Notre Dame 28.

USC 0, No. 5 Notre Dame 0, 14:57 left in the first quarter

USC won the toss and received the opening kickoff.

Makai Leon returned the ball to the USC 14 from 14 yards.

When D’Anton Lynn inherited one of the worst defenses in college football, it was assumed that even a mediocre performance would make a big difference at USC. Especially in combination with one of the most electrifying offenses.

A year later, Lynn’s defense has made significant progress. USC jumped from 121st to 32nd in point defense, from 119th to 43rd in rush defense, and from 119th to 65th in total defense, while its third-down conversion rate, The defense’s red zone conversion rate, missed tackles, and explosive plays given up all dropped significantly. But the Trojans (6-5, 4-5 Big Ten) still struggled, barely qualifying for the bowl.

It was the lowest moment of the season for USC’s young offense, a low point in September that would surely linger long after the Trojans returned from their first Big Ten game. But when Lincoln Riley looks back two months later at where the tide began to turn for his Trojans’ front office, the coach somewhat surprisingly points to that nightmarish afternoon in Ann Arbor.

“Since then,” Riley said Tuesday, “I feel like we’ve been going pretty steadily uphill the whole way.”

The needles never bothered Woody Marks. Especially because he never looks at her. All USC’s star running back knows is that every Wednesday his acupuncturist inserts them into the muscle that’s sore that week.

“I just close my eyes,” says Marks, “and let him do it.”

Some you win, some you lose. At USC, this is a recipe for a terrible football season.

The 5-5 Trojans, who play UCLA in the Rose Bowl on Saturday night, have blown fourth-quarter leads in all five of their losses. It’s a dramatic departure from the promise of two years ago, when head coach Lincoln Riley went 11-3 in his debut season.

The competition was tight. Closer than anyone expected, at least at the end of August. Close enough that at the time Jayden Maiava, the rebel transfer from Nevada Las Vegas, believed he had done enough to be named USC’s starting quarterback.

The job ultimately went to Miller Moss, the redshirt junior whose six-point crowning achievement had come months earlier in the Holiday Bowl. In this case, Maiava understood the uphill battle he faced when he came to LA. But while the decision was no surprise to the public, it was no less disappointing to Maiava.

Hello everyone! I’m Ryan Kartje, your USC beat writer at the LA Times, coming to you caffeinated and fuming after a very late, rainy night at the Rose Bowl. This wasn’t the type of triumphant rivalry victories that will go down in the annals of major crosstown showdowns, but by escaping UCLA, the Trojans managed to earn their sixth win of the season and officially secure a bowl game.

As the clock ticked down on a long, cold night in Pasadena, a small but loud cheer rose from the shivering Rose Bowl crowds.

“We are…SC!”

USC (6-5) is looking for a massive upset when it hosts No. 5 Notre Dame (10-1) at the Coliseum on Saturday. The game is scheduled to begin at 7:30 p.m. PST and will be shown on CBS. The radio show will be available at 7:10 a.m. in the Los Angeles area.

Here’s a look at the betting odds for the game: