Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
5%
1 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
66/100
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As Jayden Maiava gazed into the end zone Saturday, the USC quarterback spotted an opportunity.
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quarterback → gaze → opportunity
His Trojans were near the end of a promising drive that could tie the score and further trumpet themselves as serious College Football Playoff contenders after being widely dismissed only a few weeks ago.
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that → tie → contenders
But Maiava’s pass — and USC’s season — met the worst possible fate.
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pass → meet → fate
Indiana’s Isaiah Jones read the play and stepped in front of the pass intended for Kayden Dixon-Wyatt, intercepting it at the Hoosiers’ 1-yard line with 6 minutes, 35 seconds left at Memorial Stadium.
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minutes → read → Stadium
In a taut game that wildly vacillated one way, then another, that was the big difference.
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that → vacillate → game
USC would get no similar opportunity again, the No. 18 Trojans badly fading late in a 27-13 loss to the No. 9 Hoosiers, a setback that likely ended their CFP hopes while raising anew the issue of coach Lincoln Riley’s fate.
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that → get → fate
Near the end of Year 5, Riley fell to 1-8 against ranked opponents on the road and lost all of the momentum that had been built two weeks earlier with a massive home victory over then-No. 2 Ohio State.
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that → fall → State
This was a game filled with mistakes, with the Trojans (7-3 overall, 4-3 Big Ten) dropping multiple interception opportunities, missing two field goals and making multiple penalties on special teams.
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Trojans → fill → teams
The errors were all the more confounding given that USC was coming off a second bye week — in which Riley had vowed to put forth a better effort after the team’s first extended break led to a devastating road loss to Wisconsin.
But the Trojans made the least of the opportunity, converting only 2 of 11 third downs.
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Trojans → give → downs
The Hoosiers (9-1, 6-1) sealed USC’s fate when Grant Wilson zipped a 42-yard touchdown pass to Charlie Becker with 3:30 left.
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Wilson → seal → 3:30
What it means
This was a game Riley and the Trojans had to have after putting themselves on the clock — literally — with those “The Time Is Now” billboards around LA.
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Time → mean → LA
Failing to get it done against the Hoosiers means it’s time for USC athletics director Jen Cohen to start seriously contemplating Riley’s buyout.
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Cohen → fail → buyout
Riley sagged his shoulders on the sideline early in the fourth quarter after kicker Caden Chittenden pushed a 27-yard field goal wide right, ending a promising drive with nothing to show for it.
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Chittenden → sag → it
The Trojans had reached Indiana’s 8-yard line before Maiava’s pass intended for tight end Mark Bowman in the end zone was tipped and fell incomplete.
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pass → reach → zone
When Chittenden missed the field goal, the Trojans’ 20-13 deficit remained intact.
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deficit → miss → goal
Making matters worse, a fan came onto the field and made a field goal during a timeout.
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fan → make → timeout
MVP: Grant Wilson
The Hoosiers won’t have a quarterback controversy going forward.
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Hoosiers → have → controversy
Having served as the backup to Josh Hoover for most of the season, Wilson came up big by completing 17 of 27 passes for 305 yards with two touchdowns and one interception.
Did you see that?
It looked like the Trojans were in real trouble late in the first half after a catch interference penalty on Ethan “Boobie” Feaster — the team’s third penalty on special teams — gave Indiana the ball at midfield while holding a 10-3 lead.
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penalty → serve → lead
But USC linebacker Deven Bryant intercepted a tipped pass, Maiava completed a 51-yard deep shot to Dixon-Wyatt and the Trojans scored when Maiava connected with Zacharyus Williams just over the goal line for a 7-yard touchdown with 21 seconds left before halftime to tie the score at 10.
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Maiava → intercept → 10
Up next
The Trojans return to the Coliseum for their final home game of the season to face Maryland next weekend before concluding the regular season against No. 4 UCLA at the Rose Bowl on Nov. 28.
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Trojans → return → Nov.
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