We aren’t predicting a USC-UCLA Pac-12 Championship Game. Too many games have to be played — and won — before we get to that point. But: We certainly are looking at the possibility of this clash. It’s out there as one of several possibilities for the Pac-12 Championship Game.
It could be UCLA-Oregon. It could be USC-Oregon. It could be USC-Utah. It could be Oregon-Utah.
It also could be USC-UCLA.
It’s really very simple: Utah loses one more game, Oregon loses two games. The USC-UCLA loser wins its other remaining Pac-12 games. George Kliavkoff would have to present the Pac-12 championship trophy to one of the two Los Angeles schools in Las Vegas this December.
Can you imagine?
Let’s discuss various aspects of the joint ascendancies of USC and UCLA, with quotes and insights from Pac-12 insider Jon Wilner, among others: