ANN ARBOR, Mich. —
USC played a team that passed for 32 yards.
Not on one play.
In the entire game.
Coach Lincoln Riley described the 27-24 loss to Michigan on Saturday as a game his team could have won, saying, “We came up one play short.”
In truth, this was a game the Trojans should have won.
This was a game in which the defending national champion Wolverines were booed in their own stadium. This was a game in which USC had the ball and a four-point lead in the last five minutes against an opponent that hadn’t scored in any of its last six drives.