Josh Rosen (left) and Sam Darnold will face off for the first time Saturday when UCLA and USC renew their rivalry at the L.A. Coliseum. (Photos by Keith Birmingham/SCNG)
The second UCLA officially wrapped up its win against Arizona State last week, the focus shifted to Saturday’s rivalry game.
“Beat ‘SC! Beat ‘SC!” the crowd chanted at the Rose Bowl as the Bruins walked off the field.
UCLA will try to break a two-game losing skid against USC on Saturday at 5 p.m. and has it first chance of the year to secure bowl eligibility.
The game is on ABC with radio on AM 1150 or AM 570.
Links to all your necessary pregame reading:
- UCLA trying to focus on the result, not the rivalry against USC
- Scouting report with my prediction
- Pregame graph: How much has the UCLA defense improved?
- From columnist Jeff Miller: UCLA, Josh Rosen try to work in silence
- From columnist Mark Whicker: How UCLA lost its way
- A trip down memory lane with a list of notable rivalry games
- Can Rosen and Sam Darnold revive the rivalry?
- The story behind Saturday’s big prize, the Victory Bell
- From earlier this week:
- UCLA trying to keep its emotions in check
- The offensive line is coming off its best game of the year but needs to be even better Saturday
- Jedd Fisch‘s bag of tricks is nothing special to him
- DeShaun Foster wants to “make things right” at his alma mater
- Jim Mora roots for Darnold, but not on Saturday
- Video: Can UCLA pull off the upset?
- Answers to your questions in the weekly Q&A
- Getting amped for 2018 already? Here’s the 2018 schedule.
- On USC
- Already Pac-12 South champions, USC is trying to avoid a letdown against UCLA
- A look at O.J. Simpson‘s famous run in 1967 and its tangled legacy today
- Darnold keeps the memory of UCLA walk-on Nick Pasquale alive
- The USC secondary faces a big test in Rosen
- USC’s running game eyes a big week against UCLA’s struggling defense
- Video: Will USC take UCLA lightly?