
The desperation for relevancy - to feel the way USC fans get to feel now every Saturday - has only increased. 11 Michigan State 39-28 on Saturday night.įrost, a native son, was the home-run hire and he whiffed. threw for 397 yards and four touchdowns, and Washington raced to a big lead and held off No. Sports Michael Penix Jr.’s four TD passes lead Washington to upset of No. 1 but was so desperate to move on, it agreed to pay him $15 million early last week. Nebraska could have bought out Frost for $7.5 million on Oct. Ironically, a year after the Trojans canned Clay Helton because of an embarrassing Week 2 loss, the Huskers waved goodbye to Frost because he lost to Helton, now the coach at Georgia Southern. As of June, they also left their conference to join the Big Ten, albeit a decade apart. Sure, Nebraska and USC share a trait as traditional blue bloods that fell on hard times in the 2010s. Riley’s turnaround of the Trojans, as tantalizing as it probably looks from afar, could be a toxin disguised as an elixir for a program in Nebraska’s situation. That’s how quickly the game was over against a respectable Fresno State team that beat UCLA at the Rose Bowl last season.

It should be noted that his tweet came in the first quarter. UCLA Sports UCLA kicks aside South Alabama’s upset bid on Nicholas Barr-Mira’s dream field goalįormer walk-on Nicholas Barr-Mira drilled a 24-yard field goal as time expired, and UCLA escaped with a 32-31 victory over South Alabama on Saturday. “My Saturday nights are so much better now,” tweeted Fox radio host Colin Cowherd, an ardent follower of the Trojans. No such fear has entered the atmosphere among USC fans just yet. That moment will come, but it has arrived much faster at Louisiana State, which lost its debut under Brian Kelly to Florida State, and at Florida, where Billy Napier’s Gators were a South Florida field goal away from a terrifying trip to overtime Saturday.

“It’s hard to win football games,” a relieved Freeman said afterward.

That’s how Freeman won his first game as the program’s head coach after three losses to begin his tenure, including one a week earlier at home to Marshall, which lost Saturday to Bowling Green. If not for a dropped Hail Mary pass from California quarterback Jack Plummer in the Notre Dame end zone, the Fighting Irish would have been headed to overtime against the Golden Bears. Once again, Notre Dame struggled under first-year coach Marcus Freeman. Saturday, there were many examples to the contrary. USC’s defense stood tall when it mattered most against Fresno State and Caleb Williams accounted for four touchdowns in a 45-17 win Saturday night. USC Sports USC’s defense bites back in win over Fresno State that moves No.
