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    Commentary: USC and UCLA won ugly when they defected to the Big Ten

    by Tom Christie, Los Angeles Times Jul 11, 2022 4 minutes
    Demetric Felton of the UCLA Bruins scores on a rushing touchdown during the first half of a game against the USC Trojans at the Rose Bowl on Dec. 12, 2020 in Pasadena, California.

    What with Russia’s onslaught on Ukraine, the Supreme Court’s onslaught on liberality, the GOP’s onslaught on truth and democracy and the never-ending onslaught of senseless gun violence, last month gave new meaning to the term June gloom. For many of us, sport remains a great escape from all that. A salve. And then on June 30 came the kicker: USC and UCLA would depart the Pac-12 Conference for the Big Ten in 2024.

    “That can’t be right, " I texted a friend and fellow UCLA fan. “No way.”

    Then the L.A. Times confirmed it. Way.

    Just like that, some 100

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