![]() ![]() ![]() The defense also allowed Fifita to throw for five touchdowns. “And the defense is what won us this football game.” “The defense is what got us going,” Riley said postgame, referring to Jacobe Covington’s interception. And he picked apart USC’s secondary from start to finish. With 12:26 left to play in the second quarter, as Arizona had racked up a 17-0 lead, USC’s offense – gaining just one first down on a penalty – had gained exactly 0 total yards.Īrizona’s quarterback Noah Fifita – a name familiar to many in Southern California from his banner days at Servite High – was a freshman backup who had started exactly one game in his collegiate career. And a testament to the amount of weirdness that took place at the Coliseum on Saturday, a slew of strange moments revealing plenty about an unbeaten USC team (6-0 overall, 4-0 Pac-12) that has nonetheless made its last three games – against inferior teams – seem incredibly difficult.Ī breakdown, in descending order, of the eight most bizarre moments and facts from USC’s win Saturday night: 8. A testament to Caleb Williams and the Trojans’ fortitude, matching an Arizona team blow-for-blow. It seemed a final summation, a literal black-cat-crossing-path omen, of a truly unhinged final chapter of the Pac-12 After Dark saga, USC besting Arizona, 43-41, in three overtimes in a game that seemed destined to continue forever. No cats, explicitly, are permitted on the grounds of the Coliseum, so it was a mystery as to how this particular feline had made its way onto the premises. Sunday, behind a long-deserted Modelo stand, a black cat roamed the hemisphere of the Coliseum.
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