Every week*, The Times’ USC beat reporter, Zach Helfand, will answer your questions. And ideally if you’re a USC fan, you want USC to run the ball like it did last time against Stanford. Now for the question: Did USC spend the bye week taking the metaphorical serum that’ll turn their Dr. Jekyll into a permanent Mr. Hyde? Here’s the reason for the pick: One of the lasting images of USC’s season, for all of its inconsistency, came after that Week 2 USC win. But can’t qualify for “definitely.”Now, there are many coaches who probably would’ve gone at least 10-2 with USC this season.

Source: Los Angeles Times November 30, 2017 19:18 UTC