Notre Dame’s biggest rival was in action Friday night as No. 8 USC played host to Colorado. Following a bizarre first quarter that ended with the 1-8 Buffaloes holding a 3-2 lead, USC had a second quarter they’d certainly like to forget.
Sure, the Trojans shook off the issues from the first quarter and came alive for 24 second-quarter points, but USC lost one of their offensive leaders to an apparent knee injury. Travis Dye, who entered the night leading USC in rushing yards by roughly 570, was lost in the second quarter.
Dye remained down after being tackled and was seen grabbing his left knee. Shortly after the cart was on its way out and the entire USC bench huddled around Dye. He was eventually carted off and acknowledged the crowd while exiting.
Dye was not only USC’s leading rusher but was responsible for half of their 18 rushing scores in 2022.
There is no word as of posting about the seriousness of Dye’s injury but from what we watched on TV, it certainly didn’t look good. We’ll keep an eye on this story as Trojans Wire will certainly have any and all details in regard to it. We’ll also send our prayers and well-wishes to Dye in hopes this ends up being a lot less serious than it looked.
As for the game, USC had opened things up to a 26-3 third-quarter lead and cruised to a 55-17 victory.
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