USC's defense came up big in the second half. "We were supposed to take advantage of our chances in the red zone," said Huntley, who took his first two sacks of the season. USC blocked a field goal attempt, and the Utes also fumbled near the USC goal line 16 seconds before halftime, when they trailed 14-10 despite racking up 284 yards and controlling the ball for more than 20 minutes. Utah's mistakes weren't limited to penalties. Pittman then scored on a brilliant 77-yard catch early in the third quarter, snatching a long pass away from defenders and fending them off on his run. Helton said Slovis "got dinged," and the USC medical staff held him out.įink jumped into USC's Air Raid offense and completed eight of his first nine throws during two game-opening touchdown drives in which he relied heavily on his receivers' playmaking abilities. Slovis had played two encouraging games as the starter after replacing Daniels, but he couldn't continue after 335-pound Utah defensive tackle Leki Fotu landed on him. With Bush and Urban Meyer watching at the Coliseum as part of Fox Sports' broadcast crew, USC's roller coaster season went on the upswing again after last week's embarrassing overtime loss at BYU. We've got to rethink some things coaching-wise." We just didn't do a good enough job on him. "Mostly we had no answer for their receiving corps," Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. Tyler Huntley passed for 210 yards and ran for 60 more, but the Utes committed 16 penalties for 120 yards and struggled to get key defensive stops against a green Trojans quarterback and his stellar receivers. Utah still has never won at the 96-year-old Coliseum. His remarkable 42-yard catch in the fourth quarter eventually led to a 4-yard TD run by Markese Stepp, who celebrated by handing the ball to Bush, the Trojans great attending the game as a broadcaster despite his NCAA-mandated disassociation from his school.ĭevontae Henry-Cole rushed for an early touchdown and Cole Fotheringham caught a TD pass for the Utes (3-1, 0-1), who struggled after star running back Zack Moss left in the first half with an apparent shoulder injury. Brown and Pittman all caught TD passes from Fink, while Pittman had the fifth-biggest receiving yardage game in USC history. When his number was called, he made the most of it tonight." "In a world where everybody goes different places, this one stayed for his family, waiting for his moment, waiting for his memory," USC coach Clay Helton said. The Los Angeles-area native instead decided to stay home and wait for a chance, however remote. After barely playing the past two seasons, Fink nearly went to Illinois as a graduate transfer last spring.
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