Lemon makai came by shouting through the center of the field, sliding in front of a defender of the state of Michigan, then another, moving as if the world around him was idling.
USCThe best receiver had probably been a high -end goal of the Spartans game plan – and even more after his Large colleague Ja’kobi Lane was excluded on Saturday with an injury. But here is the lemon which was making its way through the secondary of the state of Michigan as if no one had bother to tell him as much, sprinting freely as a deep pass has climbed in its direction and struck it in a perfect stride.
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Most Saturday evenings 45-31 victory Above the Michigan State, estimated that without seam for the USC, which moved the ball with ease in attack, accumulating 517 yards in the process. But in a whirlwind of sanctions and bad discipline of its defense, the USC inexplicably found itself clinging to an advance to a score in the fourth quarter.
It was the kind of triple that may have aroused flashbacks from the previous conference of Trojans, when # PAC12AFTERDARK derailed more than a few seasons while the rest of America was sleeping. Although, until Saturday’s match, with its conclusion which arrives just before 3 am, is – there would not be such a return from the state of Michigan.
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This is because the USC set up a trip in 13 games with its back against the wall in the fourth quarter, at some point, even converting a fourth criminal near the midfielder. He also needed a Michigan State mask mask penalty on a third key to keeping the journey alive.
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During the next game, Lemon went to sprint on a jet movement, took the transfer and flew to the goal area. His second night score would catch up with Spartans for good.
With Lane Out, Lemon would represent more than half of the exit from Trojans, because he finished with eight receptions for 127 yards and a touchdown, the vast majority of which came in the first half. The next USC’s most productive passwriter was the Waymond Jordan ball carrier, who had 25 reception yards.
The quarter-Arrière Jayden Maiava did not need to do much more in the air after half-time. He finished with a 234 yards, but finished 20 of the 26 passes and added three touchdown, to go with another on the ground.
The hasty attack of the USC has done most of the damage, Jordan and Eli Sanders combining 241 out of 31 races.
The USC ball carrier Eli Sanders runs with the ball during a victory over Michigan State on Saturday evening. (CARLIN STIEHL / LOS Angeles Times)
Again, the USC would pay a serious price for its propensity for penalties. Trojan horses were called to 10 penalties for 88 yards, making three consecutive games in which they have lost at least as many yards due to penalties. During these three weeks, the USC was called for 27 penalties.
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The Rush of Trojans continued to appear well improved, but their secondary did not exactly appease concerns on Saturday. The quarter -Arrière Spartan Aidan Chiles launched only 212 yards, but 169 of these yards – almost 80% – occurred only four passes.
The road no longer becomes difficult from here for the USC (4-0). The next three games of the Trojans (n ° 9 Illinois, n ° 21 Michigan and n ° 24 Notre Dame) come against classified opponents, and two of these matches (Illinois and Notre Dame) are on the road. And while the Irish are 1-2, and the illini has just vaporized by Indiana on Saturday, the two should provide much more difficult tests than Trojan horses have not been confronted so far.
The USC should also have its other high -end for this section. Lane, who was listed as questionable, was released with the team for the first stretching. But when the team reappeared in complete pads for heating, the Haras receiver of Trojan horses wore tracksuit pants.
Without one of their best targets, the USC tried to rely on the back early. Twelve of the first 16 games of the Trojans went into the two years of Waymond Jordan or Eli Sanders. But it was Maiava who struck the first USC score after simulating a transfer and sprouting 15 yards for Paydirt.
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The Michigan State (3-1), on the other hand, took the air to challenge the secondary in difficulty of the Trojans. During the first possession of the Spartans, Chiles found Chrishon McCray Grand Open for a touch of 42 yards, and the Michigan State took an early advance.
Chiles finished each of its first seven passes. But with their completely anchored racing game, the Spartans offensive stopped. Their three following journeys accumulated 66 combined yards.
The USC began to hum in the meantime, earning at least as many yards out of four of its five journeys in the first half. The precipitated attack found a rhythm, with seven rushes of more than 15 yards in the first half, while Maiava moved the ball with ease in the air.
The USC quarter-rear, Jayden Maiava, marks a touch in the first quarter against the state of Michigan. (CARLIN STIEHL / LOS Angeles Times)
However, despite being exceeded by almost 200 meters before half -time, the state of Michigan was in a single score – and should receive the kick in the second half – while the USC made 88 yards on the field before half. With 37 seconds to do, Maiava launched a pass by the goal area for Freshman Tanook Hines, which won the seven yards at the right time.
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The USC seemed ready to pass the Michigan State in the second half because it only took four games and less than two minutes to drive the ground. Maiava struck the Bout tight Walker Lyons for a touchdown, his second in two weeks, to do it 31-10.
But Michigan State set up an 11 -game record, and the USC defense participated in four exhausting penalties to make it move. Finally, Chiles himself struck a touchdown, reducing the advance to two scores.
The momentum suddenly swung after that. During the first game of possession which followed from the USC, the DJ Wideout Jordan lost an escape in the depths of the Trojans territory. The turnover opened the door to Michigan State, who needs eight rooms to reach Paydirt and reduces the advance to a single score.
But the USC would slam this closed door on its very next training, closing the first quarter of its season with a fourth consecutive victory.
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This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
