At the beginning of the season, many assumed that USC would be spending this week off getting healthy for the Pac-12 Conference championship game, fresh off a win over UCLA in the Coliseum.
The Bruins would be trying to salvage the end of their season, then, against California at the Rose Bowl.
Instead, UCLA sent the Trojans hobbling into a long offseason with a 38-20 humbling. It was the kind of dominant rivalry performance that deserved to be the Bruins’ ending note to the 2023 regular season.
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UCLA rightfully celebrated over the weekend as the toast of the town.