Members of UCLA football walk on the field during their annual crosstown showdown against USC. (Megan Cai/Daily Bruin senior staff)
This post was updated Nov. 24 at 11:40 p.m.
UCLA football (4-7, 3-6 Big Ten) fell 19-13 to USC (6-5, 4-5) in a heated rivalry matchup Saturday night at the Rose Bowl.
This post was updated Nov. 25 at 12:23 a.m.
A well-kept secret eerily trots around Westwood – a whisper in the wind.
J.Michael Sturdivant often seems positioned in the spaces between plays, where defenders count their blessings he wasn’t called upon, and his potential roams untapped.
But the secret spilled Saturday night.
Pride for Los Angeles schools bubbles up when ownership of the Victory Bell sways in the balance and the Crosstown Cup lies on the horizon.
And it will bubble until it boils over Saturday night.
The only two Big Ten schools in Los Angeles – UCLA football (4-6, 3-4 Big Ten) and USC (5-5, 3-4) – will engage in a landmark crosstown showdown Saturday in a Battle for LA.
This post was updated Nov. 22 at 12:35 a.m.
DeShaun Foster is the wrong man for the job, they scoffed.
He’s just a running backs coach who knows nothing about leading a program, they argued.
This post was updated Nov. 21 at 11:54 p.m.
Neither of the previous two Bruin head coaches played in Westwood.
DeShaun Foster did.
And with the Trojans up next on the docket, the head honcho knows how much Saturday’s game means.
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