The USC Trojans picked up a 28-20 win over the Nebraska Cornhuskers on Saturday afternoon to improve to 5-5 and better their chances of reaching bowl eligibility with only two games left in the season against the UCLA Bruins and Notre Dame Fighting Irish.

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Saturday was the seventh of their 10 games decided by eight points or less. They won the first one, against LSU on a neutral field in Las Vegas, but had dropped the next five. And it’s nearly a guarantee that Trojan fans – who had reason to be as fatalistic as Dodger fans were before this most recent postseason – were fearing the worst as Nebraska marched down the field in the final 2:45.