Utah had delivered Williams and the Trojans’ their lone loss of the season, but no one had truly been able to slow down USC’s star man. That’s a big number, especially given what Williams had done all season long. I don’t know how many sacks we ended up with, did we have half a dozen? Somewhere in that neighborhood?” ![]() Maybe the most difficult quarterback to sack that we ever played against. I mean, that’s the strategy you want to use. “When you see a quarterback become not as mobile as he could be or should be, you smell blood in the water and you start bringing the heat. “Yeah, we sensed - I can’t remember the exact point, but it was sometime early in the third quarter I believe,” Utah coach Kyle Whittingham said. The Utes will only care about being two-time Pac-12 champs. Maybe only injury could make Williams one-dimensional. After the game, USC coach Lincoln Riley would say Williams felt a pop in his hamstring on that 59-yard run. By the time the confetti was falling at Allegiant Stadium, Utah 47-24 winners, the Pac-12 champions crowned and Rose Bowl-bound, Williams limped his way through the postgame celebrations. The cut on his finger would be the first setback. Then, with the Trojans looking ready to run away with the title, Williams made a trip to the injury tent. ![]() He followed that up by embarrassing Utah’s tacklers for a 59-yard run and another touchdown his next time on the field. He was perfect on that opening drive, including a touchdown pass. He darted down the sideline, then picked up a tone-setting conversion on fourth down.
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