USC-UCLA live blog: Second quarter
2:30 p.m.: A leg injury for USC's McKnight, meaning he and Washington (hip) could be out...
=UCLA about to force USC to kick a field goal, but Bosworth is hit with a facemask on Booty after the incompletion. "You can't have those kind of mistakes when you play USC in their house," says Norrie as USC has the ball first down at the 10.
==Guess Washington is healthy enough to return -- he runs it in from just beyond the 10 here for a 14-0 lead with 10:26 left in the half.
==By the numbers with 10:26 left in the half:
USC -- 37 plays, 14:26 time of possession, 193 total yards, 2 TDs
UCLA - 13 plays, 5:08 time of possession, 17 yards, 0 scores.....
==47 yard field goal gives USC a 17-0 lead with :46 left before the half as UCLA's defense is the only thing preventing this from becoming a nasty blowout. That and John David Booty's footwork in the pocket. He'll never win "Dancing With the Stars."
==With 4:15 to play in the half, unsportsmanlike on UCLA pushes the Bruins back after a punt return down to their own 10 after a fair catch is, er, ignored by some USC players. And there's a sideline warning, too. It's getting chippy out there. Finally.
=UCLA has a reason for hope: A fade route by Cowan to freshman Dominique Johnson, one-handed, hauls it in the back of the endzone with 7 seconds left.
"That's as a good a catch as you're gonna see," says Gannon.
"This thing has just changed on a dime."
=UCLA: Before its final score: Six first-half positions: Five punts, one fumble away.
It had only 27 yards total before that 65-yard drive in only 38 seconds ends in the TD and cuts the lead to 10 points and gives the Bruins a bunch of confidence.
=A facemask call for 5 yards against UCLA along with a personal foul against USC for 15 yards on the same kickoff return. Now there's what makes it real.
=Halftime score: USC 17, UCLA 7