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LAst Night's Action: USC Beats Pac-12 South Champion
The site of the UCLA's demolition. (LAist/Jimmy Bramlett)
USC Trojans defeat UCLA Bruins 50-0. So there you saw the Pac-12 South Champions get their asses handed to them by the team that ends the season in first place in the Pac-12 South. Thanks to the NCAA, that sentence is not only factual but completely logical. Go figure.
Instead of wearing their home blues at the Coliseum, UCLA wanted to make a statement with the fancy schmancy Adidas all-white uniforms. Thankfully for John Waters’ sake, USC collectively acted like Kathleen Turner avenging that fashion crime - you NEVER wear white after Labor Day.
Trojans’ quarterback Matt Barkley ended the game going 35-of-42 for 423 yards and six touchdowns. Of course Heisman Trophy voters will most likely ignore Barkley’s output for the last month since they can’t bother to watch a West Coast game and have a bias against USC and their sanctions. Curtis McNeal rushed for 124 yards on 12 carries including a 73-yard touchdown run. Marquise Lee and Robert Woods each caught two touchdown passes while Randall Telfer and Rhett Ellison caught a touchdown pass each.
I guess that gap hasn’t really closed, eh?
Chicago Blackhawks defeat LA Kings 2-1. Read my column here.
USC Trojans defeat South Carolina Gamecocks 63-60.
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Drake Bulldogs defeat Cal State Northridge Matadors 73-49.
Montana Grizzlies defeat Long Beach State 49ers 73-71.
Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners defeat Cal State Fullerton Titans 73-66.
Loyola Marymount Lions defeat Northern Arizona Lumberjacks 81-61.
TONIGHT’S ACTION
Toronto Maple Leafs at Anaheim Ducks. 6:00 p.m. FS Prime Ticket, AM 830 KLAA.
Oklahoma City Thunder at LA Clippers. 6:00 p.m.
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NFL Schedule
10:00 a.m.
Buffalo Bills at New York Jets. CBS, AM 710 KSPN.
1:00 p.m.
Denver Broncos at San Diego Chargers. CBS, AM 570 KLAC.
Chicago Bears at Oakland Raiders. Fox, AM 830 KLAA.
5:30 p.m.
Pittsburgh Steelers at Kansas City Chiefs. NBC, AM 570 KLAC.
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