November 23, 2017 Page 5 Trojans, Bruins Rivalry Could Have a New Look Next Season With the victory, the Trojans (10-2, 8-1) finished off the regular season in a strong fashion. They’ll take the momentum of the rivalry win into the Pac-12 championship game against either Washington State or Stanford and then hope for a miracle in order to move up a few spots in the end-of-year rankings. The Bruins, however, have now gone 0-6 on the road while remaining unbeaten in Pasadena. UCLA (5-6, 3-5) will welcome Cal to town this week, needing a victory in order to gain bowl eligibility. Neither Darnold nor Rosen are required to leave for the NFL after this year’s college season is done. Each player has at least one year left of college eligibility and may use it depending on the NFL teams that are sitting there at the top of the draft board attempting to snag the respective prospects. Another year of competition between the two quarterbacks in their college uniforms sure would be fun to see. Both, however, are destined to play on Sundays under the bright, primetime lights and will more likely than not be lured to do so once this year’s college football season officially comes to an end. • – Aserrao6@yahoo.com By Adam Serrao The matchup between the USC Trojans and the UCLA Bruins always carries along with it a certain mystique. This year, that mystique was inflated just a bit more by the two quarterbacks taking snaps from center for each respective team. Sure, the Trojans and the Bruins always play each other hard and bragging rights in the city of Los Angeles are constantly on the line when the two teams meet up. Outside of L.A., though, all eyes were on the Coliseum field with less of the intention to see which team would win the game and more with the purpose to see which quarterback would outperform the other. The Trojans won this year’s rivalry matchup played against the Bruins last Saturday night at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum--and even though the game was a lot closer than most originally thought it may have been, it wasn’t the final scoreboard that really mattered. Sophomore Sam Darnold was up against junior Josh Rosen in a matchup of two NFL Draft-worthy talents that had professional football scouts everywhere drooling. Sure, Darnold and USC may have won the night with a final score of 28-23 over their muchhated rivals from Westwood. It was Rosen, however, who may have won the box score. Darnold burst onto the scene two years ago when he entered the game for the Trojans in mop-up duty and well… mopped up. Since then, the NFL prospect has gone 19-3 as a starting quarterback for USC and has the team as a longshot candidate for a playoff spot this season. In last week’s game, Darnold completed 17 of 28 passes for 264 yards and ran for a score. He also threw an interception. Those numbers don’t necessarily tend to jump out of the box score and slap you in the face like one might expect of a potential number one overall draft pick, but Darnold once again did what was most important by leading his team to their 10th victory of the season. It was Rosen who had the better game of the night statistically, perhaps because he was forced to carry much more of the load on a team that is much more devoid of talent. The UCLA starter finished with 421 yards through the air, three passing touchdowns and one interception. “When you talk to Josh, he’ll probably talk about the missed opportunities,” Bruins ex-head coach Jim Mora explained after the game. “That’s what great performers do. He won’t talk about 32 completions for 421 yards, but the one interception. It’s all about team and winning for him.” Unfortunately for Rosen, his team has only managed to win five games in a college football season that may now even see UCLA out of bowl contention. There are an incredible number of questions abounding for a Bruins team that has not only fired its head coach, but may now be facing the harsh reality of losing their star quarterback to the draft. For as good as Rosen has been during his tenure at UCLA, the best that the team has finished in the standings has been with a record of 8-5. At that time, the 8-5 mark was the worst season the team had ever experienced under their now previous coach, Mora. Fast-forward to present day and it becomes more surprising that the Bruins only lost by five points than that the team lost at all. “Beating UCLA, keeping the Victory Bell here and just staying undefeated at home for the last two years, it’s a huge accomplishment,” Darnold said after the final seconds had ticked off of the Coliseum clock. Running back Ronald Jones II was just as big a reason for the Trojans’ success as Darnold, if not bigger. Jones rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns, keeping the UCLA defense honest all night long. 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