The Good
USC pulls it out - Week three was not a good week for the conference, but it would have been a disaster had USC lost at home to a Texas team that lost at home to Maryland two weeks prior. The Trojans made the plays they needed to play to get a marque, though not particularly impressive win.
Sam Darnold in the clutch - Darnold makes some interesting passes and choices at time, but the guy is deadly on third downs and when it really counts. Like he did against Washington last year and in the Rose Bowl, Darnold killed Texas by hanging in the pocket, targeting receivers before they get open and dropping in passes that don’t seem possible again and again.