Coming in, USC thought it had put in the work the last eight months to avoid being humbled again. The Trojans thought outings like their 24-7 loss to Ohio State in the Cotton Bowl was behind them. On their way to the Pac-12 championship last season, they had beaten Stanford twice, but the Cardinal, who improved to 9-5 against USC since 2007, were back to their old ways.

Source: Los Angeles Times September 09, 2018 05:39 UTC