kickoff

On the opening kickoff, Crenshaw’s Jacori Starks caught the ball at the 15-yard line, but ran backward to try to make something out of nothing with hoards of Eagles running at him.

The new kickoff rule is giving teams better field position, shortening the field for offenses that need to score in a pinch.

Mateen Bhaghani took it from there, nailing a 23-yard field goal with two seconds left in what became the Bruins’ third consecutive victory after Maryland couldn’t conjure a miracle on the kickoff.

On the ensuing kickoff, Jadarian Price weaved past one Trojan, then another before the field opened up in front of him.

PDT, Skipper noted that the game’s location in East Lansing will make it really only a half hour earlier than UCLA’s 12:30 p.m. kickoff against the Nittany Lions in Pasadena.