The UCLA Bruins and the USC Trojans are facing off on Saturday night in a top 25 matchup of teams in a rivalry game in the Pac-12 conference for the Victory Bell and this season the game will be at the Los Angeles Coliseum and it starts up on ABC on TV at 8:00 PM and streaming live online from California.
The Bruins and Trojans are both ranked in the top 25 and the teams come in with pride on the line and placement for bowl games, as each are both out of the running for the South division at this point, as the Pac-12 championship game will be Stanford and Arizona State. USC has rebounded very nicely from starting off 3-2 and getting blown out by the Sun Devils, as Ed Orgeron took over after that game and the team is 6-1 since ditching Lane Kiffin and now they will try and end the season on a high note. The new coach has lobbied for the job and he feels he should get consideration and a win on Saturday would help with that and now he comes into the game looking to extend his 6-0 record against the Pac-12 conference and that would be a nice line to have on his resume. UCLA hasn't won on the road against USC at the Coliseum in quite some time and the team comes in after a tough loss against the Arizona State Sun Devils and before that they had won three in a row and they will try and improve against the top 25 after going 1-3 this season and UCLA comes in one spot ahead of USC at number 23.
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The Bruins have been one of the better offensive teams in the nation with Brett Hundley at quarterback and the team now has the chance to finish the regular season with a win to improve to 9-3 and they come in just 5-3 in the conference and they are scoring nearly 40 points per game while the defense is averaging 25 points allowed. The Bruins have been a streaky team all season and they opened up 5-0 before losing to Stanford on the road and then the team lost its second straight game away from home against a ranked team when they ost in Eugene to Oregon. The team has won three straight before losing to the Sun Devils last week and now the team has the chance to rebound and Hundley comes in having a very good season, leading the team in passing with 2,367 yards and 22 touchdowns and he also is second on the team in rushing with 507 yards and seven touchdowns.
Cody Kessler has nearly 2,500 yards this season for the Trojans and the defense has been playing much better since Kiffin was fired and now the team has won five games in a row and six of the last seven and this is a chance for the team to end the regular season on a high note after some early disappointment. The Trojans started the season with a win over Hawaii before losing to Washington State and after the middle struggles against Arizona State and then against Notre Dame, the team has bounced back big time and now they come in after a nice win over Colorado that saw the team score nearly 60 points. Marqise Lee is having a solid season but nothing like the one he had last year with Matt Barkley and the team comes in scoring nearly 30 points per game and the passing offense is putting up just under 230 yards per game. The Trojans and the Bruins are playing on Saturday night in a rivalry game at the Los Angeles Coliseum and the game is starting up at 8:00 PM on ABC.
