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LOS ANGELES — A UCLA football program that was long a national force in high school recruiting, often edging rival USC for the best young players in Southern California, momentarily ceded those designations earlier this week.

Texas is the only one-loss team still with a top-10 chance to make the College Football Playoff.

Statesboro, a place known for gnats and football, is on the rise in the latter after reeling in the ex-USC coach last year.

Win or lose — and, in recent years, it's mostly been the latter — Brett Neilon never wavered. The offensive lineman dutifully and consistently met with reporters after each game, absorbing questions about the latest blowout and trying to make sense of the inexplicable fall of Trojan football.

Stetson Bennett is the favorite no one is talking about enough

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The former Trojans coach also shouted out Lincoln Riley during his Monday press conference.

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Interim coach Mickey Joseph will garner serious consideration, but AD Trev Alberts has plenty of options given the early dismissal of Scott Frost.

On a rainy night, Rodrick Pleasant scored a punt return touchdown in the first quarter and intercepted Nico Iamaleava twice in the fourth quarter.