LOS ANGELES-For the USC Trojans, they will fight on. A Pac-12 Conference Championship Game date and a high-profile bowl destination awaits them. For the UCLA Bruins, what started as a promising season have evaporated into rebuild mode for the football program. The Trojans are back in the national conversation as one of the top teams in college football. The Bruins are on the opposite end of that stick. UCLA must go back to the drawing board and figure out what steps forward it needs to take to be more competitive with the big boys of college football. Being mediocre won’t…
Author: Larry Freeman
LOS ANGELES, CA-Timing is everything. USC running back Ronald Jones II proved that in the Trojans’ 49-35 win at home Saturday. Just when things were getting a bit crazy for the Trojans at the end of the ballgame, just when Arizona star quarterback Khalil Tate was imposing his will on the contest by rallying his team from a double-digit deficit, Jones put on his hard hat and went to work. With the scored knotted at 35-35, Jones scored two late touchdowns in the fourth quarter to help USC wrap up its eight win of the season. Jones may not be in the…