4:25 p.m.:

==Third quarter stat highlights:
USC has it for 26:08 (vs. UCLA's 18:52)
USC: 330 total yards (173 rushing); UCLA: 163 yards (141 of it passing)
UCLA leads in turnovers, 4-2.

==Time for Stephon Johnson to make his mark in the USC offense. He won't turn it over like McKnight and has more power than Washington. But third and goal from the 2, Johnson can only get back to the line of scrimmage.
Oh, and another flag.
Against USC of course. Holding. 10 yards back and third down.
Why would Dorrell accept the penalty when USC would have it fourth and goal at the 2 instead?
USC comes back, Booty to Davis, touchdown over the middle.
And a shot of a UCLA cheerleader emotionless.
USC leads 24-7.
Norrie questions the call not to take the penalty. "You gotta take the fourth-and-2 and take your chances," says Norrie.

==Dorrell Watch 2007 kicks into full gear as Norrie speculates more on Dorrell, and then they go to a taped piece bringing in Steve Lavin, the former embattled UCLA basketball coach (and current ESPN hoops analyst) to give his take... "The difficult aspect for someone like Karl Dorrell is how painful it is for his family, for his friends, for his loved ones, they're the ones I think it's more difficult on. The coach understands this what the business is about." Well, it takes a lame duck at UCLA to know one. Norrie responds: "I can't tell you how terrific Karl Dorrell is as a person ... the whole situation gets magnified when Pete Carroll takes the Trojan program on an unprecidented roll ... It's safe to say Dan Guerrero will sit down with him .. Dorrell has done a lot of great things in his five years at UCLA."

==With 8:46 left in the game, Dorrell is still coaching on the UCLA sidelines. This just in...

==With 7:25 left in the game, a shot of Carroll on the sidelines sharing a laugh with backup QB Mark Sanchez.

==Another shot of LeRoy Neiman doing some sketch on the sidelines with a big purple flamboyant scarf around his neck... Jeremy Hogue, working for the FSN pregame show, is right behind him looking on, raising his eyebrows....
What's LeRoy drawing, a courtroom sketch of O.J. or something?

==6:07 left: Cowan's left knee buckles, Ben Olson is asked to come in and put out the oil fire. He throws a pass about 20 yards over any nearby receiver to bring up fourth down. Norrie begins playing soft toss in the press box in case he has any eligibility left.

=="There is a very real aspect to USC making the claim to the No. 1 spot, but you know what, we're not playing it off," says Norrie. "So it's really a moot point."
What a perfect time for Norrie to go off with his rant about why there should be a national playoff.
Earlier this week, Norrie told the San Diego Union Tribune : "In American sports, championships are decided on the field of play. What if we voted two teams into the Super Bowl? People would be saying, 'You're crazy. You lost your mind.' ” that it was "un-American" not to have an eight-team playoff. "You don't vote on the two teams that go to the Super Bowl, do you?"
Well, do you?
Since ABC is locked into the Rose Bowl coverage and still in the BCS business, he probably felt it wasn't appropriate to say it. Then why say it to a newspaper reporter?

==3:12 left in the game: A shot of the USC cheerleaders wearing leis around their necks with roses in them. To that squad, the game's over. ... And it's just really rosy. And they look very cold.

==2:17 to play: Shot of a sign held up in the stands: "Trojans only play at the Rose Bowl on January 1"

==Graphic comparing Carroll's record in November (23-0) to Dorrell's (5-9). Interesting, but this game is in December.

==1:55 to play: Shot of Carroll hugging Steve Sarkisian on the sideline. Both are probably just trying to stay warm.

==Final: USC 24, UCLA 7 ....

==And the sixth Pac-10 title in a row. Now, the BCS pick 'em show to wait for on Fox Sunday at 5 p.m.

==Or does USC have some outside change of going to the BCS title game? Surely, Carroll has the angles figured out how it could happen.