His UCLA team had just lost to Arizona State, another misstep in a long, dismal season, when tight end Caleb Wilson was asked about facing USC next weekend. Did it mean anything special?
If that sounds like heresy — at least to college football fans in Southern California — Wilson has the numbers to justify his lack of reverence for the 88th edition of the crosstown rivalry.
Saturday marks only the seventh time since 1929 that neither the Bruins nor the Trojans have a winning record entering the annual showdown. Their 13 combined losses are the most ever.