The social media mischief started Sunday with a picture of USC quarterback JT Daniels in a UCLA football T-shirt.
It was tweeted out by Chris Ward, a former Bruins offensive lineman who coached at Mater Dei High in Santa Ana when Daniels starred there. At one point before becoming a Trojan, Daniels slipped on a shirt featuring his future rival.
The four Mater Dei alumni participating in the rivalry game Saturday at the Rose Bowl figure to exchange enough smack talk to fill a message board.
“It’s big-time,” Lake said Monday. “You kind of want that ‘We run L.