"The Trojans concluded the 2024 season in the same place that they opened it, against an opponent from the same conference. Both times, they scored the game-winning touchdown with exactly 8 seconds left on the clock to prevail in thrilling fashion.

The Texas A&M Aggies' season ended in bitter disappointment on Friday, falling to the USC Trojans 35-31 and blowing a 17-point lead in the second half. If the story of collapsing down the stretch sounds familiar,

USC played badly enough to fall into a 17-point second-half hole against Texas A&M. Then it played well enough to overcome it all.