USC vs. UCLA: Live updates, kickoff time, how to watch and odds

USC 6, UCLA 3, 9:25 left in second quarter

USC started at its 43 after the fourth down stop.

Jayden Maiava threw an incomplete pass. On second-and-10, the Trojans called timeout to avoid a penalty. Woody Marks ran for one yard. On third-and-nine, Maiava passed to Kyron Hudson for six yards. On fourth-and-three, USC called timeout. Maiava rolled out of the pocket and threw the ball in traffic to Hudson for 13 yards and a first down.

Maiava passed to Marks for a loss of one yard. Maiava handed off to Lake McRee in a tight window for a gain of 10 yards.

Quinten Joyner ran for three yards. Joyner then ran for 21 yards.

On first-and-goal at the UCLA 4, Joyner carried the ball and was dropped for a two-yard loss. Maiava’s next pass sailed past the back left corner of the end zone. On third-and-goal at the UCLA 6, Maiava’s pass to the end zone was broken up by Devin Kirkwood and fell incomplete.

Lantz hit a 23-yard field goal.

UCLA 3, USC 3, 14:16 left in second quarter

UCLA faced third-and-four at the USC 44 to open the second quarter. The Garbers ran for two yards while avoiding pressure and stepped out of bounds two yards from the first down. On fourth-and-two, UCLA called timeout. Garbers threw an incomplete pass and the Bruins turned the ball over at the USC 43.

UCLA 3, USC 3, end of first quarter

UCLA started on the 25th.

Ethan Garbers passed to Logan Loya for nine yards. TJ Harden ran for no gain. Harden then ran for three yards and a first down.

Keegan Jones ran for three yards. Garbers handed off to Titus Mokiao-Atimalala for 10 yards.

Garbers ran for six yards. Garber’s option passed to Harden for no gain, with Easton Mascarenas-Arnold delivering the stop for USC.

Time ran out in the first quarter.

UCLA 3, USC 3, 4:15 left in first quarter

USC started at its 5 after the punt.

Woody Marks ran for seven yards. Jayden Maiava was well protected but had no open receivers and threw an incomplete pass. Marks ran for five yards.

Maiava hit Makai Lemon streaking across the middle of the field for 64 yards.

On first down at the UCLA 19, Marks ran 16 yards.

On first-and-goal at the UCLA 3, Maiaiva ran for a yard. Maiava then delivered to Lake McRee, but he couldn’t get it down as he ran into the ref. Maiava’s next throw was bobbled and dropped by Walker Lyons.

Michael Lantz hit a 19-yard field goal.

UCLA 3, USC 0, 7:23 left in first quarter

UCLA started at its seven-yard line after USC’s punt.

TJ Harden ran up the middle for 40 yards to the UCLA 47.

Harden ran for two yards. UCLA was called for a false start. On second and 12 at the USC 46, Keegan Jones ran for two yards. On third-and-10, Garbers rolled to his right under pressure and eventually threw the ball out of bounds.

UCLA punted to the USC 10-yard line. Bruins were called for illegal formation. USC accepted the five-yard penalty and the Bruins punted again. The ball bounced UCLA downed it at the Trojans’ 5.

UCLA 3, USC 0, 10:00 left in first quarter

USC started at its 25 after the touchback.

Jayden Maiava passed to Woody Marks for 16 yards.

Woody Marks ran unearned. Maiava passed deep and it fell incomplete. On third-and-10, Maiava’s pass was batted down by Jay Toia and fell incomplete.

Eddie Czaplicki punted and UCLA made a fair catch at its seven-yard line.

UCLA 3, USC 0, 11:32 left in first quarter

UCLA started at is 25-yard line.

TJ Harden ran for eight yards. Ethan Garbers passed to Titus Atimalala-Mokiao for 13 yards.

Garbers passed to Atimalala-Mokiao for another 17 yards.

Harden ran for three yards and Garbers passed to Atimalala-Mokiao for one yard. Garbers then tried to throw the ball away while avoiding a sack. Officials called it a fumble on the field, which was recovered by USC and returned for a short gain. The play was flagged and it was deemed an incomplete pass.

On fourth and seven at the USC 34, Mateen Bhaghani hit a 51-yard field goal.

UCLA 0, USC 0, start of first quarter

USC won the toss and postponed.

UCLA received the opening kickoff and took a touchback

The competition was close. Closer than anyone had expected it to be at the end of August anyway. Close enough that Jayden Maiava, the rebel transfer from Nevada Las Vegas, believed at the time that he had done enough to be named USC’s starting quarterback.

The job ultimately went to Miller Moss, the redshirt junior whose six-point scoring crown had come months earlier at the Holiday Bowl. Maiava, in that case, had understood the uphill battle he faced when he came to LA. But the decision, while no surprise to the public, was no less disappointing to Maiava.

There was something driving him besides the need to see if he could get out of bed.

DeShaun Foster had spent the previous afternoon at UCLA Medical Center, where his viral symptoms forced the freshman star into isolation at the team hotel in Pasadena the night before the 1998 crosstown rivalry football game.

Some chicken soup and about five hours of sleep did wonders for his sore throat. Perhaps the best high school running back to come out of Orange County woke up ready to devour the college that had only wanted him if he would play defensive back.

It’s a wild arm, a wonderful arm, a winning arm.

But is it powerful enough to restore a reputation?

It is a faithful presence, an overwhelming presence, a saving presence.

But is it powerful enough to save a trainer?

Bulletin boards inside USC’s McKay Center may fall to the floor with the weight of what the cross-town coach said this week.

When talking about the influence of the cross-town rivalry on Southern California homes, DeShaun Foster couldn’t help but take a jab at the school he wouldn’t name.

“A lot of families,” the UCLA coach said Monday night, “the smarter one usually comes over here and the other one goes to the other school, and then the family is broken, you know what I mean?”

His voice was hoarse, his exhaustion evident. The flu had wreaked havoc in the USC locker room since late last week. On Tuesday, four days before the Trojans’ cruise with UCLA, it had finally caught up with Lincoln Riley, whose third rivalry week at USC now promises to be a particularly viral week.

The coach even appeared to cough up when asked about the flu.

“It’s had a little bit of an impact,” Riley said. “That’s part of it, though. Like I told the guys today, Saturday at 7:30, nobody cares what you had or didn’t have. You’ve got to be ready to play the game. You’ve got different obstacles that come up and you have to face them. We’ll deal with it, adjust how we have to, but no excuses – have to be ready for Saturday.”

His arrival last December, amid the darkest defensive stretch in school history, was hailed as a potentially program-saving moment at USC. At UCLA, where he revived a struggling defense in a single season, his departure was seen as a disastrous setback, only exacerbated by the destination.

But nearly a full year after defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn traded one side of the crosstown rivalry for the other, reality seems to have settled in somewhere in the middle. USC, at 5-5, wasn’t suddenly playing one of college football’s best defenses with Lynn at the helm. The Bruins, at 4-6, haven’t gotten to the bottom of it without him either, as first-year coordinator Ikaika Malloe has kept UCLA’s defense afloat.

USC (5-5) looks to become bowl eligible and thwart UCLA’s hopes of playing in a bowl with a win over the rival Bruins (4-6) at the Rose Bowl on Saturday. The game is scheduled to start at 7:30 PM PST and will air on NBC and Peacock. The radio broadcast will be available at 710 and 570 in the Los Angeles area.

Here’s a look at the odds for the game: