USC has been to 13 championship games in a row but has lost the last four — a turn in luck that correlated with a rise in clean-shaven players. D’Sa, who began streaming USC games in 2005, made the connection and began growing his mustache two months ago.
Going into the 5 p.m. semifinal matchup against UCLA on Saturday, the majority of the Trojans have varying degrees of mustaches, depending on how well they can grow them.
UCLA’s four seniors were there for the team’s three national titles since 2014. Each redshirted and most received playing time sparingly as underclassmen, but they persisted.