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An unexpected hero emerges for USC in punching its ticket to Pac-12 title game

UCLA defensive back Mo Osling delivers a big hit on USC running back Austin Jones in the first half at the Rose Bowl on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2022, in Pasadena, California.

PASADENA, Calif. — A calm settled over Caleb Williams, on a night when that could be said about few others.

Touchdowns had been traded back and forth. Turnovers too. Field goals were missed. Response after response after response was mounted, in the most dizzying night of the crosstown rivalry in recent memory, a roller coaster that USC rode to a 48-45 victory Saturday night and a berth in the Pac-12 title game.

The Trojans’ star quarterback had come to USC precisely for moments like these, with every chest in a sold-out Rose Bowl thumping and the

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