USC reached deep into its bag of tricks Friday night in the Trojans’ 38–17 victory over Northwestern at L.A. Memorial Coliseum.
Early in the second quarter in a tie 7–7 game, the Trojans lined up to punt on fourth-and-6 with a player wearing No. 80—the same number as punter Sam Johnson—waiting to punt the ball away. When the ball was snapped, that player pulled the ball up and hurled it to the Northwestern sideline to connect with receiver Tanook Hines for a 10-yard pickup and a first down.
That player wearing No. 80 turned out to be third-string quarterback Sam Huard, not the punter Johnson. Huard changed his jersey number from No. 7 to No. 80 this week, and since USC doesn’t feature last names on the back of the jersey, everyone just assumed it was Johnson back to punt.
It fooled everyone in Los Angeles on Friday night—even play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti and analyst Robert Griffin III on the Fox broadcast.
USC even faked us out 😅

This was actually @uscfb third-string QB Sam Huard who subbed in wearing the same number as punter Sam Johnson!! https://t.co/V6FAU5PLuj
According to Fox Sports rules analyst Mike Pereira, the play shouldn’t have counted. The NCAA rulebook states that “two players playing the same position may not wear the same number during the game.”
“Huard was lined up as the punter,” Pereira told The Athletic, “so therefore that’s actually a 15-yard penalty because both he and Johnson lined up as the punter [in the game].”
Well, that’s no fun. But the play did stand in the game, and the Trojans rolled to a 38–17 win to improve to 7–2 on the season.
The Big Ten released an official statement on the fake punt controversy. In the statement the conference laid out what Pereira says above, that two players wearing the same number are not permitted to line up at the same position. But it does not specifically address whether a penalty should’ve been called on the play. The Big Ten did note it would continue to review the situation with USC and Northwestern.
“During Friday's Northwestern vs. Southern California football game, with 13:58 remaining in the second quarter (4th & 6), USC #80 (Huard) lined up 13 yards in the backfield within a punt formation and completed a 10-yard pass. A second USC #80 (Johnson) is listed on the Trojans roster and punted twice in the contest.

“NCAA Football Playing Rule 9, Section 2, Article 2 is labeled ‘Unfair Tactics', with paragraph ‘d' stating: ‘Two players playing the same position may not wear the same number during the game.' If a foul was identified when #80 (Johnson) entered the game as a punter, a Team Unsportsmanlike Conduct penalty would have been assessed resulting in a 15-yard penalty from the previous spot. The Big Ten will continue to review the situation with both institutions.”
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The winning numbers in Friday’s EuroMillions have been revealed in the draw for the UK’s biggest ever lottery jackpot.
A record jackpot of £210m had been up for grabs in Friday’s draw if a single ticket-holder had managed to choose the winning numbers.
The winning numbers were announced as 20, 21, 29, 30, 35, while the Lucky Stars are 2 and 12. Players must correctly choose all seven numbers in order to win the jackpot.
However, it was announced later on Friday night that no winning tickets had been sold.
While the jackpot is now capped at £210m, any money in the next draw that would have gone into the jackpot will now boost prizes in the second tier, meaning multiple UK players could potentially bank large prizes for matching the five main numbers and one Lucky Star.
In Friday’s draw, seven players won the second-tier prize, entitling them to winnings of more than £2m each. A total of 18 ticket-holders correctly chose the main five numbers without a Lucky Star, a feat which could see them collect more than £17,000.
Tuesday’s draw of £199m would also have been a record-breaking jackpot, but no one held a winning ticket then either, with the jackpot now up for grabs once again in four days’ time.
“A win of this magnitude would create the biggest National Lottery winner this country has ever seen – making a single UK winner instantly richer than the likes of Dua Lipa and Harry Kane while also landing them at the number one spot on the National Lottery’s biggest wins list,” said Andy Carter, senior winners’ adviser at Allwyn.
An anonymous UK ticket-holder won the existing record jackpot of £195m on 19 July 2022.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Although nobody won the $843 million Mega Millions jackpot on Friday, Nov. 7, there were many other prizes won throughout Ohio.
The winning Mega Millions numbers from Friday’s drawing were 16, 21, 23, 48 and 70 and Mega Ball 5.
Here’s a list of prizes won around Ohio:
$30,000 prize: 1 winner
$2,000 prize: 2 winners
$1,500 prize: 2 winners
$1,000 prize: 6 winners
$800 prize: 7 winners
$600 prize: 9 winners
$400 prize: 11 winners
$100 prize: 52 winners
$70 prize: 197 winners
$50 prize: 616 winners
$40 prize: 218 winners
$35 prize: 388 winners
$30 prize: 543 winners 
$28 prize: 849 winners
$25 prize: 1,016 winners
$21 prize: 2,104 winners
$20 prize: 2,723 winners
$15 prize: 4,817 winners
$14 prize: 3,075 winners
$10 prize: 7,369 winners
The jackpot now climbs to $900 million for the next drawing on Tuesday, Nov. 11.
In the new version of Mega Millions, lottery officials say the odds of winning the jackpot have improved from one in 302,575,350 to one in 290,472,336.
Here are some recent lottery winners in Ohio:
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The Mega Millions lottery jackpot continues to grow as the game’s 9th largest prize of all-time saw no one match all six numbers from Friday’s Mega Millions jackpot.
Here are the winning numbers for the Friday, Oct. 24, lottery drawing jackpot worth $680 million with a cash option of $318.2 million.
Grab your tickets and see if you’re the game’s newest millionaire.
Friday night’s winning numbers were 11, 18, 31, 51, 56, and the Mega Ball was 24.
No one matched all six numbers to win the Mega Millions jackpot.
A ticket purchased in Connecticut matched all five numbers except for the Mega Ball worth $2 million.
You only need to match one number in Mega Millions to win a prize. However, that number must be the Mega Ball, worth either $10, $15, $20, $25 or $50.
Matching two numbers won’t win anything in Mega Millions unless one of the numbers is the Mega Ball. A ticket matching one of the five numbers and the Mega Ball is worth either $14, $21, $28, $35 or $70. Visit www.megamillions.com for a complete list of payout information.
The Mega Millions jackpot for Friday night’s drawing continues to grow and remains the 9th-largest Mega Millions prize all-time at an estimated $714 million with a cash option of $334.1 million, according to megamillions.com.
Drawings are held twice a week at approximately 10 p.m. CT every Tuesday and Friday. You can watch drawings via YouTube.
A Mega Millions ticket costs $5 per play. The Multiplier is included in the price of a single $5 wager, according to megamillions.com.
Here’s how to play Mega Millions:
The winning numbers for Wednesday night’s drawing were 18, 37, 52, 54, 60, and the Powerball is 12. The Power Play was 2X.
The current Powerball jackpot continues to grow at an estimated $344 million with a cash option of $164.0 million, after no one matched all six numbers from Wednesday night’s drawing.
Here is the list of 2025 Mega Millions jackpot wins, according to megamillions.com:
Here are the all-time top 10 Mega Millions jackpots, according to megamillions.com:
Here are the nation’s all-time top 10 Powerball and Mega Millions jackpots, according to powerball.com:
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