11-30-2015, 12:58 PM
I got curious about the battle of LA, so I'm looking at the box score right now, and it's pretty interesting. Kessler actually had a mediocre game, going 15/26 for 175 yards (6.7 ypa) and 2 TDs. The run game didn't look great either, while they piled up 235 yards they did it on 54 carries (taking out 5 Kessler runs that I presume are mostly sacks), for 4.35 ypc. This against a UCLA defense we utterly thrashed.
UCLA actually ran for 5.8 ypc and Rosen averaged 6.2 ypa (not great but not horrible), but he threw 2 INTs and UCLA had a couple fumbles, plus gave up the punt return TD. It seems like USC didn't so much play well as UCLA made a bunch of key mistakes. If we play a mistake-free game I really like our odds.
UCLA actually ran for 5.8 ypc and Rosen averaged 6.2 ypa (not great but not horrible), but he threw 2 INTs and UCLA had a couple fumbles, plus gave up the punt return TD. It seems like USC didn't so much play well as UCLA made a bunch of key mistakes. If we play a mistake-free game I really like our odds.