USC coach Clay Helton might have summed it up best Sunday evening: “I think you’re dealing with two of the hotter teams in the country right now.”
Neither the Trojans nor the Nittany Lions have lost since September. Penn State is riding a nine-game winning streak after rallying from a three-touchdown deficit to beat Wisconsin for the Big Ten championship. And the Trojans are on an eight-game win streak, with seven of those victories decided by double digits.