USC Knocks Off Arizona in Tucson

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Lane Kiffin's tenure at USC thus far had been good, but not great. USC had beaten six teams it was supposed to beat. Two of the Trojans' three losses were games they were favored to lose -- to Stanford and Oregon. And the Trojans were upset at home by Washington. So there was no real big win for Kiffin in his thus-far short stint.

No more.

Saturday night, USC went into Arizona and beat the No. 18 Wildcats, 24-21.

Even better, the Trojans showed they could win over a good team without having Matt Barkley carry the offense. The sophomore quarterback did throw for 169 yards and a touchdown, but it was his lowest yardage output of the season. Instead, USC did it the old-fashioned way: running the ball.

Junior running back Marc Tyler paced the Trojans offense, carrying the ball 31 times for 161 yards and a touchdown.

USC (7-3, 4-3 Pac-10) has three winnable games remaining, too. The Trojans have road games against Oregon State and UCLA and will host Notre Dame in between.

Arizona (7-3, 4-3) will look to rebound against No 1 Oregon the day after Thanksgiving before closing against rival Arizona State.

 

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