UCLA Football vs. USC: The Crosstown Rivalry Gets a Late Kickoff

It has just been announced that the final game for the UCLA Football team at the Rose Bowl this season will have a 7:30 p.m. PT kickoff. Oh yeah, it is against USC.

The Crosstown Showdown has lost a little bit of luster this season. It seems #20 USC is holding up their end of the bargain but the UCLA Football team has not.

The Trojans just won their sixth straight game with a huge victory against #4 Washington, in Seattle. USC is at the top of the Pac-12 South with Colorado and Utah and have a lot of momentum going into this rivalry game. The Trojans are 7-3, 6-2.

UCLA just broke a four-game losing streak in with a difficult win over Oregon State. Boom. They are now 4-6, 2-5.

Like I stated above, the luster has been taken out of this game which is probably why this Crosstown Showdown will kickoff at 7:30 p.m. PT and will be broadcasted on ESPN.

UCLA won their first three against USC in the Jim Mora era. That streak was broken last season when the Trojans ran over UCLA, 40-21. That could be the case again this year as USC is on a roll and UCLA is still trying to find their groove.