How the cosmos reads USC football's season so far

USC has won two straight games, and a Daily Trojan story links that turnaround to an astrological “clutch” narrative starting Oct. 3, when Venus went retrograde in Scorpio. On that date, No. 19 USC (6-1, 3-1 Big Ten) trailed Washington 21-10 in the third quarter before Jayden Maiava connected with Tanook Hines for a 10-yard touchdown. Jahkeem Stewart, nicknamed “Thanos,” returned a fumble 48 yards for the go-ahead score, and USC held on for a 25-21 win after stopping Washington’s final pass with 39 seconds left. A week later, USC beat Penn State 31-23 in front of 114,419 at Beaver Stadium’s White Out, with Christian Pierce sealing it. The piece then contrasts the “clutch” idea with analytics about close-game fortune, turnovers, and reversal tendencies.