LOS ANGELES (AP) — No. 13 Southern California's reward for completing a perfect regular season last weekend was the opportunity to host the Pac-12 championship game.
Only the Pac-12 wasn't totally sure who the Trojans (5-0) would play in that game Friday night, so they would have to prepare for two — or maybe three — opponents.
Oh, and they would also have to do it on their second consecutive short week of short rest.
USC's opponent was Washington for about 36 hours, only to become Oregon on Monday when the Huskies determined they had too many COVID-19 cases in a critical position group.