Bill Plaschke: Trojans find the Pac-12 championship is no consolation prize

SANTA CLARA, Calif. - This USC football team underachieved?

Try telling that to Uchenna Nwosu as he hurled his thick body across the Stanford backfield for a game-saving tackle.

"Hunker down, this is what Trojan football is!" he urged his teammates.

This USC football team didn't go anywhere?

Try telling that to Sam Darnold as he scooted through his own end zone before lofting the ball nearly half the length of the field for a game-saving pass.

"Something I'll never forget," he said.

This Pac-12 Championship victory is a consolation prize?

Not on this Friday night,