LOS ANGELES >> After two days off, USC players and coaches reconvened last Saturday.
Amid the daily schedule of practice and meetings was the chance to watch college football games.
The Trojans did not have a game that afternoon, but they were impacted nonetheless.
Colorado and Utah, whom they trail in the Pac-12 South Division standings, both had road trips to Stanford and UCLA. If they stumbled, the Trojans could pull even.
“It was intense for us,” junior safety Chris Hawkins said.
It even involved rooting for the Bruins, their crosstown rivals, who were playing Utah at the Rose Bowl.