Anthony Sarao says USC’s opportunity Saturday is ‘a blessing’

USC linebacker Anthony Sarao discusses senior day and Saturday’s rivalry game against UCLA.
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USC seniors will have a final chance Saturday to defeat UCLA and earn a trip to the Pac-12 Championship game.
After five seasons, four head coaches and three losses to the Bruins, linebacker Anthony Sarao called the opportunity in the regular-season finale “a blessing.”
“Especially for us senior guys,” he said. “We get to go out of our careers with a chance to play our rivals, to go the championship game.”
When asked to summarize his USC experience, Sarao, from New Jersey, said, “I don’t think you can. Maybe when I get out of here, I can one day, but not right now.”
Sarao, a third-year starter, has made 42 tackles, including five for a loss and three sacks, this season.
He said USC’s focus Saturday must remain on this season’s match-up with UCLA, and that the Trojans can’t dwell on losing three straight contests to their rival.
“Every year is a new season, so just doing what we go to do,” he said. “We’ve got talent, we’ve got everything.”
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