USC bowl destination clearer after Oregon’s win in Pac-12 title game

Oregon’s stunning 37-15 win over Utah on Friday in the Pac-12 championship game ended the Pac-12 Conference’s College Football Playoff dreams, simultaneously clarifying USC’s likely bowl destination in the process.
A Utah win might have sent the Utes to the playoff (depending on Saturday’s LSU-Georgia result), and in that case Oregon would go to the Rose Bowl. The Ducks are still Pasadena-bound after winning their first conference title since 2014, but Utah now appears li