When Colorado flew into Los Angeles to play USC, a win wasn’t really expected.
Nonetheless, Colorado — coming into Friday sitting at 1-8 and taking on the Pac-12 title-contending Trojans — was leading USC at the end of the first quarter, albeit by the less-than-pretty score of 3-2.
Could the Buffs come into the LA Coliseum and actually knock off the Trojans, playing spoiler and laying waste to their conference title hopes?
That did not happen.
By halftime, it was clear that USC had taken the momentum, and Colorado couldn’t regain it.
After a 55-17 loss in Los Angeles, here are five takeaways from the Buffs defeat at the hands of the Trojans.