Darnold keeps No. 12 USC on streak toward major bowl berth
PASADENA, Calif. — Sam Darnold was using his laptop at the team hotel to watch the game that would determine whether Southern California’s Pac-12 title hopes were still alive when he heard cheers indicating that Oregon had scored a last-second touchdown to upset Utah.
It turns out Darnold’s feed was delayed by a few seconds compared with what his teammates were viewing. It also was one of the few times Darnold was a step slower than everyone else on Saturday, when the redshirt freshman quarterback left rival UCLA utterly baffled.