Their charter flight left Port Columbus International Airport at 2:30 a.m. Eastern time and landed at LAX at 4 a.m. Pacific time after a very quiet trip void of any wild celebrations (players were tired after the long day and tough game). Buses then brought the team back to campus, where the Trojans arrived after 4:45 a.m.
The players are now off to bed and will get Sunday off, while the coaches will be back to work to dive into the Washington game plan on Sunday afternoon.
In a hangar-turned-security checkpoint at Port Columbus International Airport, safety Taylor Mays gets checked by security. The Trojans departed Columbus around 2:30 a.m. Eastern time on Sunday morning, about three hours after their 18-15 victory over the Buckeyes.
Players deplane their charter flight at LAX a little after 4 a.m. on Sunday morning after their trip back from Columbus.
