It was another down-to-the-wire finish between No. 13 BYU and USC Saturday night inside the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. After blowing a big lead, the Cougars held on for a thrilling 35-31 victory against the Trojans.
With the win, BYU improved to 10-2 on the season and secured its first back-to-back 10+ win season since 2008-2009 when the Cougars went 10-3 and 11-2. BYU went 11-1 last year.
The win also assured that the Cougars a perfect record against the Pac-12 as BYU went 5-0 against Arizona, Utah, Arizona State, Washington State and USC.
Jaren Hall led the way on offense as the dual-threat quarterback threw for 276 yards and two touchdowns, added 26 yards on the ground and didn’t take a sack either.
Like he has all season, running back Tyler Allgeier had another outstanding game as the sophomore rushed for 111 yards and two touchdowns. It was the sixth time this year that Allgeier has rushed for more than 100 yards, and now has 12 for his career. The 5-foot-11, 220 pounder is 7th all-time at BYU in rushing yards and also moved into No. 2 on the single-season rushing record with 1,394 yards, passing Pete VanValkenburg who had 1,386 in 1972. Luke Staley still holds the record after rushing for 1,582 yards in 2001.
Here’s how fans, the media, players and coaches reacted after the game:
Let the PAC-12 South Champs tweets begin! 😎
— Kung Fu Kevy (@DJ_Kevy_Kev) November 28, 2021
I believe BYU just won the Pac-12 championship.
— Stewart Mandel (@slmandel) November 28, 2021
PUT BYU IN THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP
— Tom Fornelli (@TomFornelli) November 28, 2021
BYU goes 5-0 against the Pac-12.
— Chris Vannini (@ChrisVannini) November 28, 2021
BYU: The real Pac-12 South champ.
— Andy Staples (@Andy_Staples) November 28, 2021
BYU, your 2021 Pac-12 champions
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) November 28, 2021
Hang the banner.
— Greg Welch (@ArtDirectorBYU) November 28, 2021
— Pardon My Take (@PardonMyTake) November 28, 2021
LETS GO!!!!! #BYUFootball #BYUvUSC pic.twitter.com/4N8YMrmiyV
— worfosaur (@worfosaur) November 28, 2021
BYU does it to the PAC-12 again!
The Cougars go to LA and win against the talented Trojans to keep their NY6 Bowl hopes alive while improving to 5-0 this season against a conference that didn’t want to give them an invite
— WestCoastCFB (@WestCoastCFB) November 28, 2021
Put BYU in a NY6 bowl you cowards.
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) November 28, 2021
BYU has beaten USC to complete the super-sweep:
5-0 vs Pac-12 in football
2-0 vs Pac-12 in basketball
7-0 overall and bragging rights for eternity— Jon Wilner (@wilnerhotline) November 28, 2021
BYU returned 37% of its production from last season when they went 11-1. Will finish 10-2 against a much tougher schedule in 2021 while going 5-0 vs. Pac-12. Heck of a job by Kalani Sitake and company.
— Bryan Fischer (@BryanDFischer) November 28, 2021
💪👀 @BYUfootball finishes the season 5-0 against Pac-12 teams and with more Pac-12 wins than half of the conference pic.twitter.com/O43Uln6OC7
— FOX College Football (@CFBONFOX) November 28, 2021
PAC12 SWEEP!!
— Chazyboy (@chazahyou3) November 28, 2021
GO COUGS!!!
— James Empey (@JEmpey66) November 28, 2021
— no context college football (@nocontextcfb) November 28, 2021
#GoCougs pic.twitter.com/ONogoczPAX
— Jonny Linehan (@jlinehan9) November 28, 2021
🧹🧹🧹🧹🧹
— Khyiris Tonga (@khyiristonga) November 28, 2021
DUB❗️
— Kaimana Nacua (@KaiNacua) November 28, 2021
BYU! huge win! hats off to those boys for grinding this win out getting to 10 wins!
— Cody Hoffman™ (@Cody_Hoffman2) November 28, 2021
BYU sports right now 🔥🔥🔥 my goodness!
— Tyler Haws (@tyhaws3) November 28, 2021
"No-loss November" for @BYU.
In head-to-head competition, all five @BYUCougars teams went undefeated for the month: @BYUfootball, @byubasketball, @byuwbb, @byuwvolleyball, @byusoccer_w. pic.twitter.com/sW1HbF0tNL— Tad Walch (@Tad_Walch) November 28, 2021
NO LOSS NOVEMBER IS OFFICIAL. pic.twitter.com/5ctvDEme44
— BYU Sports Nation (@BYUSportsNation) November 28, 2021
BYU in November! National Champions. Final Four. Gutsy wins. I am so proud of our coaches and student athletes! Rip it!! Great things goin on!!@BYUfootball Every Sport. Every person. @byusoccer_w @BYUwvolleyball @BYUTFXC @byuwbb @BYUMBB
— Chad Lewis (@Chadlewis89) November 28, 2021
Incredible.
10-2 with 7 P5s.
6-1 vs P5s.
5-0 vs the Pac-12.
What a regular season! ESPN will likely upgrade BYU to a better bowl game now.
— Jarom Jordan (@jaromjordan) November 28, 2021
— Boney Fuller (@boneyfuller) November 28, 2021
BYU can only focus on what it can control — for instance, beating every Pac-12 team on its football and basketball schedules. https://t.co/MN51JFU4xb
— Jody Genessy (@DJJazzyJody) November 28, 2021
BYU (10-2) has gone a perfect 5-0 in Pac-12 play:
Arizona, 24-16
Utah, 26-17
Arizona State, 27-17
Wazzu, 21-19
USC, 35-31#BYUFootball should get a share of the Pac-12.Hang the banner, Cougs!
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 28, 2021
The chants of BYU are echoing through the Coliseum. This is Cougar Country.
— RedditCFB (@RedditCFB) November 28, 2021
Every game is a home game!! #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/CqM5NA9mNy
— Billy Nixon (@BYUDFO) November 28, 2021
Ushers say the crowd was 60-40 BYU pic.twitter.com/X8dwY13hpy
— Jay Drew (@drewjay) November 28, 2021
Probably just a typo. https://t.co/pao9cjE7kN pic.twitter.com/cmtu1C99cl
— Boney Fuller (@boneyfuller) November 28, 2021
Take a bow David Beckham!!!! I mean, Kaleb Hayes!
— Jason G. (@JasonGIles5) November 28, 2021
Beat the Utes and won the PAC 12 south in the same night… Great day to be a Coug
— Kung Fu Kevy (@DJ_Kevy_Kev) November 28, 2021
Epitome of @BYUfootball. Guys who make up for what they may lack physically with an absolute incredible competitive spirit and never say die attitude! Especially on defense where they were digging into their depth quite a bit.Proud to be a Cougar!!!
— Brady Poppinga (@BradyPoppinga) November 28, 2021
What a way to end the season!! As always, cougar nation coming through strong!!! Love seeing all the blue in the coliseum!! Best fans in the world!! I’m so grateful to be a part of this team!! #GoCougs 🤙🏽
— Fesi Sitake (@fsitake) November 28, 2021
