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USC can’t keep up with Washington in scoring spree, dashing its Pac-12 title hopes

LOS ANGELES — All they needed was one little spark, Lincoln Riley assured his USC Trojans, one measly twist of fate from the football gods for things to go their way. What No. 20 USC got instead against No. 5 Washington was a whirling inferno, with enough twists and turns to leave a sold-out Coliseum crowd’s heads spinning. Thrust into an extravaganza of explosive plays, on a night when ...
USC quarterback Caleb Williams fumbles the ball as he's tackled by Washington's Zion Tupuola-Fetui in the second quarter at United Airlines Field at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on Saturday, Nov. 4, 2023, in Los Angeles.

LOS ANGELES — All they needed was one little spark, Lincoln Riley assured his USC Trojans, one measly twist of fate from the football gods for things to go their way.

What No. 20 USC got instead against No. 5 Washington was a whirling inferno, with enough twists and turns to leave a sold-out Coliseum crowd’s heads spinning. Thrust into an extravaganza of explosive plays, on a night when defense was largely optional, the, their Pac-12 title hopes largely reduced to ash.

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