Once again, “Fight On!” was taken a little too literally Saturday night at the Coliseum. As Oregon quarterback Dante Moore was being tended to by medical personnel following a brutal hit that sent him to a nearby hospital, a USC fan and an Oregon fan staged their own heavyweight bout in the stands during the Trojans’ 41-27 loss to the 20th-ranked Ducks. And you almost couldn’t script the irony.The USC fan was wearing a No. 8 jersey — the same number worn by Trojans linebacker Desman Stephens II, whose forearm shot to Moore’s head in the second quarter got him ejected for targeting.Video of the altercation shows the two fans trading haymakers while spectators scrambled out of the way, watched or pulled out their phones. A woman eventually joined the chaos, appearing to throw her drink toward the USC fan while attempting to restrain the Oregon supporter.“I remember my first fight!” one bystander can be heard yelling.The whole fracas lasted roughly 20 seconds before others finally separated the two men.Fans of USC and Oregon fight. (X: BarstoolSports)Here’s the fight between a USC and Oregon fan in the stands immediately after Ducks QB Dante Moore was knocked out of the game and sent in an ambulance to a nearby hospital.In an ironic twist, the hit that knocked out Moore was inflicted by USC linebacker Desman Stephens II,…— Michael J. Duarte (@michaeljduarte) September 27, 2026All the while, the far corner of the video provided a sobering backdrop: Moore was still on the field being transferred from a stretcher to a gurney before being taken away by ambulance.Stephens’ hit had already ignited tempers below. Oregon players confronted him immediately after the play, USC players rushed in and a pushing-and-shoving scrum followed. Stephens only poured gasoline on the moment by celebrating afterward and exchanging high-fives with teammates on the sideline.USC Trojans linebacker Desman Stephens II (8) reacts after tackling Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore (not pictured) before he is charged with targeting during the second quarter at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters ConnectThe hostility apparently survived the final whistle. The Athletic’s Ira Gorawara captured video of USC and Oregon players involved in another scuffle in the Coliseum tunnel as the teams headed toward their locker rooms after the game.The fact that all of this was caused by a No. 8 on the field and another fight broke out with a fan wearing No. 8 in the stands led to some interesting comments as social media noticed the coincidence. “Buddy was in the stands too?!?!?” one commenter wrote.“How many No. 8s on SC getting DQd at the game?” another joked.Tensions are flaring once again between USC and Oregon as a scuffle has broken out in the tunnel: pic.twitter.com/mwwpjnDOzM— Ira Gorawara (@IraGorawara) September 27, 2026Oregon Ducks quarterback Dante Moore is take
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