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    Bill Plaschke: Bold title dream for Lincoln Riley and USC remains alive after powerful win over UCLA

    by Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times Nov 20, 2022 4 minutes
    USC quarterback Caleb Williams picks his way into the end zone for a touchdown against UCLA in the first half at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Pasadena, California.

    PASADENA, Calif. — Late last summer, this columnist asked Lincoln Riley for his expectations for this season.

    “To win the championship,” he said.

    He was crazy. He was cocky. He was right.

    Unbelievably, after 11 games, Riley’s USC football team is in a position to fulfill the wildest of expectations in the most extravagant of ways.

    Incredibly, less than a year after a 4-8 debacle, the Trojans are riding a 10-1 dream after an unexpectedly powerful 48-45 defeat of UCLA Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

    Unexpectedly, at least in this space, because the pick was the Bruins.

    Powerful, because, boy, was I wrong.

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