The final score was much closer than anyone thought. Both teams played a very sloppy game that was filled with penalties and dumb mistakes. In the end, UCLA could not overcome their penalties and stupid mistakes or the Trojans.
The bottom line is that UCLA could have won this football game. Whether it was the shanked punt where the Southern Cal return team faked out everyone wearing blue and gold or the ineligible receiver penalty that preceded it or, for that matter, all the penalties including a clipping penalty deep inside Trojan territory, this game was winnable.
And, in typical Jim Mora fashion, the team turned a winnable game into another defeat.