Los angeles >> When the Pauley Pavilion video board showed the celebrities in attendance at Saturday night’s USC-UCLA game, actress Jessica Alba drew loud applause, until she appeared to flash the Fight On sign to the camera, which drew some immediate boos.
That about summed up the highlights for the Trojans during their 102-70 loss to the Bruins before 13,659. Oh, and the fact USC forward Chimezie Metu did not attempt to trip anyone like last week against Oregon.
With an easy-to-ignore nonconference schedule, USC’s only chance to make noise nationally comes against marquee teams in the Pacific-12 Conference.