Trojans players took the one-point defeat hard, but a bye week will allow them to analyze defensive failures and revive their championship hopes.
SALT LAKE CITY — USC’s players had all the tell-tale signs in their press conferences inside a jubilant Rice-Eccles Stadium. Quiet, raspy voices devoid of emotion. To-the-point answers. Red eyes.
These aren’t the days of the recent past, when USC played down to an opponent and was beaten by a team that was penciled in as a win. The Utes are the defending Pac-12 champions, and the first ranked opponent USC has faced. And the USC defense had several opportunities to get off the field on the Utes’ game-winning drive. But the Trojans allowed three third-down conversions and then quarterback Cam Rising’s fourth-and-goal scramble into the end zone.“You gotta keep going,” running back Travis Dye said. “Everything, all of our needs are right in front of us. College football is always a coin toss in the air. Always will be. So we just gotta keep chugging.
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