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USC edges UCLA 48-45; Trojans heads into the PAC-12 Championship Game

No. 7 USC clinched its spot in the Pac-12 Championship Game and kept its College Football Playoff aspirations alive with an epic offensive showing in a 48-45 win over No. 16 UCLA. The Trojans only punted once while racking up 649 yards and rallying from a 14-0 deficit against their crosstown rival in a massive game for both programs.

A win would have kept UCLA’s hopes of reaching the Pac-12 title game intact, but the Bruins had no answer for USC’s prolific offense on senior night at the Rose Bowl. USC quarterback Caleb Williams threw for 470 yards and scored both through the air and on the ground while out-dueling UCLA’s Dorian Thompson-Robinson.

In the final home game of his five-year career, Thompson-Robinson accounted for all six UCLA touchdowns — throwing four and running for two — and had the Bruins ahead 21-10 late in the first half. But he also committed turnovers on three of UCLA’s next four possessions right as USC settled into an offensive rhythm.

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