USC’s two Drakes – Jackson and London – too much for Colorado

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BOULDER, Colo. — After an uneven commencement to the season, USC stayed cleanable against the Colorado Buffaloes.

The Trojans overcame mistakes, including 12 penalties for 115 yards, to bushed the Buffaloes 37-14 connected Saturday and bounce backmost from an embarrassing location nonaccomplishment to Oregon State the week before.

The Trojans (3-2, 2-2 Pac-12) improved to 15-0 all-time against Colorado down a large crippled from linebacker Drake Jackson.

The inferior had 2 of the team’s 5 sacks and a fumble betterment and harassed Colorado backmost Brendon Lewis each afternoon.

The discourtesy wasn’t ever crisp but recovered ways to portion up the Buffaloes’ defense. Kedon Slovis was 19-for-29 passing for 276 yards and 2 scores, Drake London had 9 catches for 130 yards and a touchdown and freshman Michael Trigg had 2 receptions, including a 46-yard TD drawback successful the archetypal half.

London had 7 catches – 1 for a touchdown – successful the archetypal fractional and outgained Colorado connected his ain 109-88.

The Trojans got their crushed crippled going too. Keaontay Ingram had 14 carries for 124 yards rushing and Vavae Malepeai ran for a score.

USC committed mistakes to support the crippled wrong scope into the 3rd quarter. A fumble by Ingram precocious successful the archetypal fractional led to a Colorado touchdown. In the 3rd quarter, linebacker Ralen Goforth was ejected for targeting and linebacker Raymond Scott’s precocious deed kept a Buffaloes thrust alive.

Each clip the Trojans defence responded. Tuli Tuipulotu had a portion sack of Lewis aft the targeting call, Jackson recovered it successful the aerial and rumbled to the Colorado 31 to acceptable up a tract goal. Later the defence had a halt connected a fourth-and-one aft the precocious hit.

Ingram broke disconnected a 53-yard tally to acceptable up a Malepeai’s two-yard touchdown run, but Colorado threatened to marque it a crippled with a touchdown precocious successful the 3rd quarter.

The Buffaloes were driving again erstwhile Joshua Jackson Jr. intercepted Lewis’ tipped walk astatine the Colorado 35. USC overcame a holding punishment that wiped retired Ingram’s touchdown tally to marque it a 23-point crippled connected Slovis’ 15-yard TD walk to Gary Bryant Jr.

The Trojans went 3 and retired connected their archetypal thrust but overcame 2 penalties to get connected the committee first. London had the large play, catching a 31-yard walk betwixt 3 defenders to enactment the shot connected the Colorado 20.

The thrust stalled and Parker Lewis kicked a 30-yard tract extremity to enactment USC successful front, and London took implicit connected the adjacent drive. He caught passes of 29 and 28 yards, the second mounting up first-and-goal astatine the 1, and his one-handed drawback connected 2nd down gave the Trojans a 10-0 lead.

The defence continued to worldly Colorado’s struggling offense, forcing different punt. Ingram reeled disconnected runs of 10, 13 and 11 yards, Slovis connected with London to determination into Buffaloes territory and past went implicit the apical to deed Trigg down the close sideline for a 46-yard TD pass.

The freshman bushed the smaller defender, slipped retired of the tackle and trotted into the extremity portion for his archetypal vocation touchdown.

USC had a accidental to enactment it distant by halftime, but Ingram fumbled astatine the extremity of a 17-yard run. A rejuvenated Colorado discourtesy went 48 yards successful six plays to people and marque it 20-7.

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