After failing to find the end zone on three prior trips inside the UCLA 5-yard line, USC cashed in when it mattered most halfway through the fourth quarter when quarterback Jayden Maiava scrambled right and then left, scanned the field and threw a dart to Ja’Kobi Lane in the corner of the back corner of the end zone for a 4-yard go-ahead touchdown pass.
That gave the Trojans the lead, Michael Lantz’s fourth field goal of the game would push that lead to 19-13 and the defense would do the rest to close out a dramatic come-from-behind win over rival UCLA at the Rose Bowl.
With the win, USC (6-5, 4-5 Big Ten) earned bowl-eligibility and its first consecutive wins since the first two weeks of the season.
Afterward, coach Lincoln Riley, Maiava and linebacker Easton Mascarenas-Arnold talked about the win in the postgame press conference, followed by subsequent interviews …