When USC played its first game as a member of the Big Ten against Michigan last season, the Trojans got a not-so-friendly welcome to the "big boy" brand of football that teams from the conference played.

After USC took a 24-20 lead in the fourth quarter against the reigning national champions on the road, the Trojans allowed Michigan to go on a 10-play, 89-yard drive that was capped with a 1-yard touchdown run on fourth-and-goal by Kalel Mullings with 37 seconds left in an eventual 27-24 loss.

That loss wasn't backbreaking at the time, but it was the start of a trend of games that got away from USC. The Trojans led at some point in the fourth quarter in 11 of their 12 regular-season games, with the lone exception coming against Notre Dame in the season finale. Even then, USC had a

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