LOS ANGELES — It’s an axiom accepted as fact throughout college football: No matter what else might happen in a season, if you beat your archrival, that makes everything feel a little bit better.

But does it, really?

Yes, USC retains the Victory Bell, painted cardinal and gold, after a second half rally for a 29-10 victory over UCLA Saturday night. Thus, any sense of panic in the stands when the Bruins led 10-7 for most of the third quarter was wiped away, thanks to Jayden Maiava’s touchdown passes to Makai Lemon at the end of the third quarter and to Lake McCree early in the fourth.

Still … how many of the announced 69,614 who filed out of the Coliseum – very few wearing Bruins blue, incidentally – were still thinking of the Trojans’ missed opportunity the previous week in Oregon?

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