For the third time in three games, Utah beat USC, which dropped its second game in a row, leading head coach Lincoln Riley to say this year's Trojans might have been affected by expectations following last year's success.
players jeered the home crowd as they ran off the field in victory. And Lincoln Riley sat alone at the podium trying to explain how, for the third time in three games, Utah had once again beaten USC -- this time on a field goal in the final seconds that gave the Utes a 36-34 win.
USC, on the other hand, fell into some familiar traps once again. Even after making some changes to the offensive line following the six-sack loss to Notre Dame -- shiftingWilliams threw for only 256 yards and didn't have a touchdown throw after starting off the season with 23 touchdowns in seven games. While Utah'scollected 217 all-purpose yards on his own, USC produced just 145 rushing yards on the night.
"Everybody expects you to be good. Everybody expects that you can have a championship-caliber team," Riley said."And when you're constantly trying to live up to those expectations, you can kind of fall away from maybe what puts you there in that position in the first place." As he has done after both close victories and losses, Riley reiterated that USC still has plenty to play for. Though its College Football Playoff chances might have evaporated after Saturday, the Trojans still have only one conference loss, making a trip back to the Pac-12 title game possible.
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