It is on. It is on like Donkey Kong.
This is Rivalry Week for a significant portion of the college football world, including USC and UCLA, who will meet this coming Saturday in Pasadena in a very large ballgame.
USC is in the Pac-12 Championship Game with a win here. The Trojans can stay alive in the College Football Playoff race. They would take a huge step toward a New Year’s Six bowl. Caleb Williams is trying to make his Heisman Trophy closing argument. Everything is on the table for USC.
UCLA can’t make the playoff now, but it can still play for a Pac-12 title and a Rose Bowl berth. It’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson’s last game against the Trojans.
This is huge.
The week is already off to a flying start with remarks made by UCLA safety Mo Osling III. Osling’s comments force us to bring up last year’s USC-UCLA game, which should motivate every Trojan on last year’s roster to bounce back this week against the Bruins.
We start with Osling’s direct quote, and then we recall the gruesome details of last year’s game, which USC hopes to avenge this Saturday: