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Damn good win for UCLA. (Damn embarrassing loss for Penn State.)

That's the sort of game that USC has found a way to blow NEARLY every opportunity they've had, so credit to the Bruins.

By my count, USC has a minimum of 2 wins left on the schedule, but a maximum of 4. #FightOn

Say what you will, but last season, USC would have found a way to make that game exciting, only to lose in the end thanks to questionable clock management and being unable to make critical stops.

Oh.

#FightOn

Too. Much. Time. Left. #FightOn

Makai Lemon is ridiculous and prognosticators need to stop pretending he isn't a first round pick. The Patriots, for example, do not have a single receiver close to his talent. #FightOn

The rush to coronate D'Anton Lynn was WAY premature. #FightOn

Two VERY questionable calls in USC's favor toward the end made it a 4-point game instead of a 14-point game. Absolutely.

A stupid fumble and an even stupider TD-negating penalty can torpedo a half, but mostly, USC was completely unable to stop Illinois on defense and yet... Only 14-10. Could be worse. Could be better.

Last year, the USC defense was improved, but they still got absolutely manhandled at the line by quality Big 12 teams. That Illinois drive very much reminded me of last year. #FightOn

Too. Early.

The Fox crew is WILDLY underestimating how flat USC is going to come out because of the time change.

Or may that's just me. This is way too early for a Saturday football game. #FightOn

Look, given the schedule, USC *had* to start 4-0.

And... they did.

There was nothing to learn from the first two games and nearly nothing to learn from beating Purdue, but I think the fact that USC regained momentum after tonight's 3rd quarter blip MIGHT be a sign of more spine than last year?

I hate the Michigan State decision to go on 4th and 7 last drive. They had just scored 14 in 5:30 last quarter. Why run the risk of giving USC *that* kind of field position in the 4th quarter. #FightOn

Astonishing how efficiently USC just handed Michigan State those 14 points, first with penalties and then with an ugly turnover. Blech. #FightOn

Canelo doesn't have a thing to feel bad about. He fought with a ton of heart and took a lot of punches and kept coming. Total respect for Alvarez. #AlvarezvsCrawford

And total credit to Canelo, too, honestly. He's taken a lot of punches.

8-3 Crawford? 7-4 at worst? #AlvarezvsCrawford

This is 100% the fight that Crawford wants. If Alvarez can't bully him and impose the strength advantage we assume he has, he can't possibly win this fight. Three rounds and we have no clue what Crawford will do when Alvarez HITS him. #AlvarezvsCrawford

Hilarious, but inevitable, how cautious that first round was after the undercards, which were mostly brawls. #AlvarezvsCrawford

NOBODY likes a draw. But that fight was ABSOLUTELY a draw.

ALL-TIME GREAT BIG MAN TOUCHDOWN! #FightOn

Not hugely impressed by how USC is looking against its first semi-legitimate (barely) competition. Lots of lackluster offensive playcalling and getting lucky on defense. Not awful, but if this is the week we learned something about USC, it's more of a shrug than a cheer. #FightOn

Two USC games.

Two USC routs.

And anybody claiming that they know anything at all about this team is lying.

#FightOn

Yeah. I've got nothin'. And my fear is that Dave Roberts doesn't have anything left either. I don't think this is his fault, per se. But... gotta blame SOMEBODY?

I'm mostly sad for Yoshi. But some mad, too.

I need two different Bluesky feeds just so I can vomit about that Dodgers' lost in multiple places. Holy crap.

USC is going to be comically unprepared the first time they play a team that plays defense. Not "good defense." Not "better defense." ANY defense.

USC is having a Lemon Party!

What? Did I say something?

#FightOn

You will see that Jacobi Lane catch in highlight reels for a while. [I'm in no way convinced that wasn't offensive pass interference, TOO. Lane pushed off. The defender held his arm. I guess the ref had to call something on somebody and this was the same result as a no-call?] #FightOn

Pathetic start for the Trojans. #FireClayHelton Wait. Sorry. Muscle memory.