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Snubbed by USC, UCLA coach DeShaun Foster is always driven to win rivalry game

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UCLA 's DeShaun Foster is the best high school running back to ever come out of Orange County .

He was a star freshman at UCLA when he was told he wasn't good enough to play running back at USC .

Now the rookie head coach at his alma mater, the 44-year-old is trying to show he belongs after making the unconventional move from position coach to head coach.

Foster rushed for 378 yards and scored on runs of 25 , 25 , 31 , 10 , 14 and one yard.

Foster and Tustin had gone up against Carson Palmer and Santa Margarita three times in high school.

Palmer passed for 413 yards and five touchdowns to go with one compliment: “You were awesome,” Palmer told Foster .

Foster eventually got over again as a player before heading to the Rose Bowl in 2018 .

UCLA has not beaten USC on its home field since 1998 .

The Bruins are favored to lose in every betting line.

Beating USC would make Foster ’s first season an unqualified success.

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