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Outrage, frustration pour out from USC, UCLA fans after kickoff time news is released

USC-UCLA might be a late-night game, but if not, Utah-Oregon will be. A top-12 game won’t be seen by most of the USA. It’s so #Pac12 it hurts.

The Pac-12 and the entire college football world are waiting for November 19. On that day, Utah faces Oregon, and UCLA faces USC in a pair of conference-altering games that will decide the conference championship game matchup and a whole lot more.

The College Football Playoff race will be affected that day as well, especially after nine top-25 teams fell this past weekend, suddenly giving hope to USC and UCLA.

The kickoff times for the other games were announced, and everybody is waiting for the decision to be made on when USC-UCLA and Utah-Oregon will be played.

Be warned: They aren’t very good time slots, and hopefully that changes when the Trojans and Bruins move to the Big Ten.

Twitter had a field day reacting to these times, and Jon Wilner of The Mercury News dropped the official announcement.

It will either be 5 p.m. Pacific Standard Time on Fox or 7:30 Pacific — 10:30 in the East — on ESPN. You can see the problem here.

Reaction was swift and forceful:

Strong chance USC-UCLA could be a late-night game, which would be awful

#USC – #UCLA was put on a 6-day hold by the TV networks. The outcome is bad for the #Pac12 and could get much worse for us and @Ducks_Wire

It is not a surprise — or a problem — that the upcoming USC-UCLA football game was placed on a six-day hold, meaning that the scheduled kickoff time and the assigned television network will not be disclosed until Sunday, Nov. 13 (or at least no later than the 13th). It was and is unlikely that a start time would be disclosed before Nov. 12, when another Saturday of games unfolds.

The problem is that the Pac-12, which is trying to return to the College Football Playoff for the first time since the 2016 season, will have reduced exposure in the pursuit of that playoff bid.

We have full reaction to the announcement of the six-day hold for the USC-UCLA and Utah-Oregon games, with an explanation of why this is such an embarrassment for the Pac-12:

While USC survived Cal, UCLA escaped Arizona State in an eerily similar contest

#USC and #UCLA basically played the same game. #Pac12AfterDark created Los Angeles twins. We’ll give you the details of just how similar these games were.

USC versus Cal and UCLA versus Arizona State both showed us on Saturday night why the big Nov. 19 game between the Trojans and Bruins promises a lot of offensive fireworks and defensive ineptitude. Both teams contain the same basic identity: Their offenses are elite and will be extremely hard to stop. Their defenses are ordinary at best, terrible at worst, and have to find a way to make a few leverage-bearing plays each game. They don’t have to be amazing, but they do have to be remotely competent and handle key moments.

This leads us to the discovery of just how similar UCLA’s and USC’s Saturday games were in Week 10. Let’s go through the details:

USC vs UCLA Prediction, Game Preview

USC Trojans vs UCLA Bruins prediction and game preview.

USC vs UCLA prediction and game preview.

USC vs UCLA Broadcast

Date: Saturday, December 12
Game Time: 7:30 ET
Venue: Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Network: ABC

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USC (4-0) vs UCLA (3-2) Game Preview

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Why USC Will Win

Now there’s the USC we were all waiting for.

It took a few games to get there, and the win over Utah provided a glimpse of what the team could be, and then came the first half against Washington State in the 38-13 win.

Kedon Slovis finished up completing 78% of his throws for 287 yards and five scores, and it was over fast. Amon-Ra St. Brown caught seven passes and four scores, the defense held down the Cougar offense to under 300 yards, and it all worked. Okay, so there were a few missing parts, but more on that in a moment.

UCLA is playing well, it’s getting good line play, and it’s dangerous, but it has a problem with turnover margin. USC lit up Wazzu helped by three takeaways and is a +6 on the year, and UCLA is -7 in its two losses.

However …

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Why UCLA Will Win

The Bruins are +4 and didn’t lose the turnover battle in the three wins.

The secondary has been solid – only Oregon went off and had a big day – the lines are terrific with a great pass rush taking over, and the run defense has to own the Trojans.

For all of the good things USC did against Washington State, running wasn’t a part of it with five net yards on 20 carries, and that’s coming off a rough outing against Utah. If Slovis isn’t great, USC is in big, big trouble.

On the other side, the UCLA offense showed what it could do once it got its quarterback back.

Dorian Thompson-Robinson went through the contract tracing protocol and missed two games, and then he came back to hit 18-of-24 passes for 192 yards and a touchdown with 49 rushing yards and a score in the thrilling win over Arizona State.

UCLA might have lost last year, but DTR gave the Trojans a ton of problems with 367 passing yards and three touchdowns to go along with a good day on the ground. He’s the quarterback USC hasn’t faced so far – even though Arizona State’s Jayden Daniels is close – and this is his chance to make his mark on the rivalry.

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What’s Going To Happen

This is it. This is the big moment for USC head coach Clay Helton and his talented team to make a giant statement.

The Trojans moved up five spots to 15 in the latest College Football Playoff rankings, and while finishing in the final four is a big ask, a blowout win over the rival with everyone watching would make this interesting.

Everyone will show up for Slovis and the USC offense, but it’ll be the defense that takes over. UCLA’s running game won’t go anywhere, and as good as Thompson-Robinson will be, it won’t be enough to keep up as the Trojans get into a second half groove with two third quarter scoring drives to take control.

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USC vs UCLA Prediction, Line

USC 38, UCLA 30
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