That was quite a night.
If you had been following USC and UCLA all season long, you knew this was going to be a shootout.
You might have predicted a 48-45 final score. I personally had 52-42 USC if Eric Gentry had been able to play effectively and with force. He briefly played, but clearly was not fit enough to play a lot of snaps. If Gentry wasn’t able to play, I labeled this game as a coin flip, with one team winning 50-49 on a 2-point conversion.
Yet, even though we all knew this would be a video game, it was still thrilling and very entertaining to see it all play out if you were a neutral party.
If you were a USC fan, it was a roller-coaster of stress, anxiety, and ultimately, elation.
Let’s grade the Trojans on their performance: