USC likely to move to SoFi Stadium for 2028 football season because of 2028 Olympics
USC will likely play its home games at SoFi Stadium in 2028 because of the time required to remove the temporary track added for the Olympics and Paralympics. (Sean M. Haffey / Getty Images)
Ryan Kartje (LA Times) — Since it first opened in 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum has been the sole home of USC football. No major sports team in the city’s history has played in the same venue for longer.
But after more than a century spent in the city’s iconic stadium, The Times has learned that the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games will likely force USC to find a new home for its football team in 2028, with the likeliest option being SoFi Stadium in Inglewood.
Multiple people with knowledge of the situation not authorized to discuss it publicly told The Times that the Coliseum would not be ready for the start of college football season in September 2028 because of the $100-million temporary track that’s being built on top of the Coliseum field to host the track-and-field competition at the L.A. Olympics and Paralympic Games.
The logistics are still being worked out with L.A. 2028, and USC has not made a final decision about where the Trojans’ 2028 football season will be played. A source said the school hasn’t officially determined whether the Coliseum field could be ready later in the fall, perhaps to host a portion of USC’s 2028 home schedule. But even if it is logistically possible, it’s not clear that USC’s athletic department would find that arrangement in its best interest, given it would mean uprooting the team midseason or spending a long stretch of the 2028 slate away from L.A.
“USC and LA28 are working in lockstep on all logistics for the Olympic and Paralympic Games,” USC athletics spokesperson Cody Worsham said in a statement. “We will share details with the public when they are finalized.”
SoFi Stadium officials declined to comment when asked about USC’s possible move to the venue in 2028.
With the closing ceremonies of the Paralympic Games set for Aug. 27, 2028, there would be just two weeks for the temporary track to be removed and the grass field below to be restored ahead of USC’s currently scheduled 2028 home opener on Sept. 9. Multiple people told The Times that’s not a feasible timeline for a structure LA28 chairman Casey Wasserman once called “the most expensive and probably complicated thing we actually have to build” ahead of the 2028 Games.
This isn’t a new problem at USC. Discussions about the plausibility of the football program sharing the Coliseum with the Olympics in 2028 trace back well before current athletic director Jennifer Cohen was hired in 2023. The belief at one point, according to a person familiar with those discussions, was that with some clever scheduling, USC would only have to miss a home game or two.
Now, according to multiple people familiar with the situation, USC is expected to spend the 2028 season at SoFi Stadium, which hosts the NFL’s Rams and Chargers. By that point, it may also be the home field of the city’s other Big Ten football team.
UCLA has already stated it plans to trade the Rose Bowl, where it has played since 1982, for the modern SoFi Stadium, in spite of a lease agreement that runs through 2044. The city of Pasadena and the Rose Bowl Operating Company have since sued the school and SoFi Stadium’s ownership in hopes of blocking the Bruins’ move.
If UCLA forges on with plans to abandon the Rose Bowl in 2026 for SoFi, all four of the city’s major football teams could be playing under the same roof two years later.
Those logistics, however, pale in comparison to what it will take to host Olympic track and field at the Coliseum in 2028, in the same stadium where the competition was held almost a century earlier. The biggest obstacle LA28 faced using an iconic venue that hosted the 1984 Olympics is that there wasn’t enough room on the Coliseum floor for an Olympic-sized track.
Renovations in the early 1990s added 14 rows of seats at the bottom of the bowl, shrinking the size of the Coliseum field. The solution requires installation of a track 11 feet above the field that stretches over the first few rows of stadium seating to met Olympic standards.
To build the temporary track, the Coliseum’s turf and the dirt beneath it will be scraped away, down to the stadium’s concrete base where columns will be placed about every 10 feet. That construction at the Coliseum is expected to begin immediately after the Trojans finish their home football schedule sometime in November 2027.
Bill Hanway, the executive vice president for AECOM — the infrastructure consulting firm hired to oversee LA28’s preparations — told The Times in June 2024 that the track was “an incredibly complex build” in “an incredibly tight space.”
Taking track down will be its own challenge, one that will take longer than the two-week window between the end of the Games and the beginning of USC’s 2028 slate. When a similar structure was built for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, the soccer team that played in the stadium — Queen’s Park FC — didn’t return for more than a year.
Unless that timeline can be slashed, the Trojans will spend the 2028 season switching off Saturdays with their rivals, who, for one year, would be across-the-hallway as opposed to across town.
USC and UCLA shared the Coliseum for 54 years before the Bruins moved to the Rose Bowl in 1982. For 33 of those years, the Coliseum also hosted the Rams on Sundays.
If that feels too crowded to USC, the Rose Bowl is the only other option in town — and suddenly seems to be in serious need of a tenant.
But as of now, according to a person familiar with the situation, SoFi Stadium is the only venue that’s been discussed as a potential temporary home.
latimes.com
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Maiva had a really outstanding season this year. He only finished 9th in total yardage. But check out the 8 that are in front of him. None of them played against the strong defenses that Maiva played against. SC played a lot of weak offenses and strong defenses this year. It really was an outstanding year for him. He should have gotten some more attention for the Heisman.
USC should not play ND in 2026. I’d be open to playing them in 2027(depending on the schedule). But not in 2026. Our schedule is brutal in 2026 the way it is. I’m sure a large percentage of you do not agree with that and that’s OK. But SC is not on par with ND right now. A lot of you don’t want to admit that but it’s a fact. SC has 39 four stars and 3 five stars on their 2025 roster. ND has 55 four stars and 2 five stars on their roster. That’s a lot of extra… Read more »
If you look at ND’s 2026 schedule it’s a ridiculous. How they get away with it is beyond me. USC is arguably the only team that could give them at least a little fight, thus ND can focus on us way in advance.
I never noticed it but after looking it up, you’re right. They play Miami and SMU, both at ND. If they end up playing SC it will be at a neutral site…..probably Chicago which is a home game for them.
ND needs to acquiesce to USC’s latest offer. Why should they object to playing USC in Sept? There’s simply no logical or rational reason why ND should feel they are justified in objecting to that in view of USC’s B1G alliance and vastly more difficult schedule. I’ve really come full circle on this. Originally, I couldn’t imagine USC not playing ND every year. It seemed blasphemous to me as an old-timer who grew up on Parseghian vs McKay. Now, in the interest of simple fairness, USC needs to blow this beautiful rivalry off and look out for itself — if… Read more »
Parsegian….he was a great coach. As much as I hate ND, my all-time favorite sports movie is ‘Rudy’. I loved that movie. I still re-watch parts of it on you tube all the time.
According to Joe Montana it was all a big joke. The movie exaggerated Hollywood style eg. crowd chanted after the QB sack. Actually, Rudy only played 3 downs. Yes, he was a small guy [ 5’6″, 165lbs]
Hollywood movie makers are not very good historians.
I wish someone would make The Frank Gifford Story.
Bakersfield High, USC, the NFL, Chuck Bednarik, Monday Night Football, Howard Cosell, Kathy Lee Gifford, the tabloid fling/setup with the airline girl.
Sign me up! I wouldn’t miss it, regardless of accuracy.
1960: “The Hit” — It took Gifford 18 months to recover from Bednarik’s smack-down.
1950’s New York Giants. That was my team. I was born in the Bronx. Jim Lee Howell(HC)…..Tom Landry(DC)……Vince Lombardi(OC)
LB Eric Gentry will participate in the East-West Shrine Bowl.
Erik McKinney (WeAreSC) — The Shrine Bowl will take place Tuesday, Jan 27, at Ford Center at the Star in Frisco, Texas. It will air on NFL Network.
USC did not have a participant in the 2025 East-West Shrine Bowl, but three Trojans were involved in the 2024 event. DE Solomon Byrd, CB Christian Roland-Wallace and WR Tahj Washington all participated that year. Byrd and Washington were eventual NFL draft picks while Roland-Wallace signed with the Chiefs as an undrafted free agent and is still on the Kansas City roster.
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Now this really chaps my ass.
I’m already on record against healthy players opting out of bowl games. I think it’s disgraceful. But opting out of a bowl game and then playing in an All-Star game is an even crappier “me first” move. I’m not a guy who likes a lot of regulations but there oughta be a rule.
Have to agree with this post.
It seems that those players just want to move out.
No sense of school pride or tradition for some
Gentry had a subpar year and showed some real weaknesses. I don’t see him as any better than a mid-rounder at best as a ‘tweener LB with a concussion history. Maybe he can rehab his stock drop in the Shrine Bowl.
“Loyalty” isn’t something I count on anymore in CFB. “The Old College Try” is gone with the wind.
USC has 10 starters not playing in the Alamo Bowl. 5 are injured. The other 5 want to go pro, including Gentry. The advice he has probably gotten is the Shrine Game is better to show his skills in front of NFL coaches and scouts than the Alamo and risk injury. He’s moving on from college. Good luck, wish him well.
Is there no risk of injury playing in the All-Star game?
Sure any game has a risk, so why risk it in the Alamo?
USC 2026 Retention Priorities: QB Jayden Maiava USC can return its starting QB for a crucial 2026 season. We’re betting they do just that. R.J. Abeytia (USCFootball.com) — One never knows with Lincoln Riley, but none of the top QB names currently in the portal (Brendan Sorsby, Dylan Raiola, DJ Lagway) outperformed Jayden Maiava in 2025. Raiola was a more accurate passer, but he’s also coming off a broken leg suffered against USC. His new team would have to absorb his rehabilitation process ahead of integrating him into a new offensive system. The early talk is Sorsby could return… Read more »
If Longstreet will not be ready to handle the offense as needed then the next best option is pay Maiava to stay his senior year if his camp is pushing him to declare for the draft. This article is correct in Riley needs to make the playoff in 2026. Kurt Cignetti is making Riley look really mediocre and it’s true. Even with all this freshmen coming in and some will no doubt start, Riley knows the writing on the wall he must win 10 or more games even if the 2026 schedule looks formidable.
Kyle Whittingham is reportedly interested in the MICH job. No idea if the interest is reciprocal.
Really? That seems crazy. Why would he jump into that hot mess? I get it, bigger school, bigger budget, bigger conference…but that’s a serious reclamation project that may get harder before it gets easier. It’s not like he’s taking over tosu.
Who knows what goes on behind closed doors? This rumor is all over the Internet. Maybe Whittingham, only 66, will eventually address it publicly once he gets a read on MICH’s search goals.
Were I MICH, I’d go after him. He’s never had a hint of scandal that I recall, ever, and he’s an awesome coach.
MICH won it all in 2023. They could be rebuilt fast with the right coach IMO.
No surprise here. Kamari Ramsey (7) and Ja’Kobi Lane are headed to the NFL.
LA Times Poll results (fix that stubborn defense problem!)
We asked, “Which of these five options would you put at the top of USC’s transfer portal wish list?”
Results after 402 votes:
Reinforcements at linebacker, 40.7%
A run stopper on the interior, 39.7%
A shutdown cornerback, 10.1%
A standout edge rusher, 7.9%
A No. 1 wide receiver, 1.6%
latimes.com
4 of 5 are about defense. 100% agree.
I see Lindsey Gottleib made a stupid comment about mass shootings only happen in America, just hours before the tragic Hanukkah massacre in Bondi Beach in Sydney Australia.
Stay in your lane coach when making public statements. Shut up and coach women’s basketball ball.
It’s unfortunate that it is so fashionable these days to criticize America and blame the greatest country in the world for all the globes problems. To hear some tell it, racism only exist here, and slavery was never practiced anywhere except the USA.
And more times than not these happenings are caused by migrants who bring their beliefs & actions with them from where they came from outside the U.S. Of course these political/social apologists don’t want to hear this in throwing racism into the picture.
Christian Pierce’s brother is transferring to SC from Oklahoma State. I hope he’s good. In his first year at OSU he never made one tackle. True he’s got 3 years left. Hope he’s good.
Pavia told the Heisman committee to go f— themselves. What a lack of respect.
In my mother’s Italian household it was a big huge wooden tomato sauce spoon that she broke over my butt more than once. Dad used to joke that if I didn’t behave myself he would go broke from buying spoons and that would get him mad at me. What a tag team.
Today….the parents would go to jail for child endangerment. So diarrhea of the mouth is prevalent.
Furthermore, from what I can tell, if the situation were reversed and Pavia had won it, Mendoza would not have reacted that way. The best, and now we see, the classiest, guy won it.
Pavia definitely showed his entitled ass.
Looks like Jeremiah Smith is pissed about missing out on the Biletnikoff Award. Instead of being a jerk about it he’s channeling the anger into a title run.
USC RB Waymond Jordan to return for 2026 season Waymond Jordan rushed for 576 yds and five TDs in six games in 2025. Connor Morrissette (USCFootball.com) — Jordan had tightrope surgery on his ankle, which sidelined him for the Trojans’ final six games of the regular season. It’s possible Jordan plays in the Dec. 30 Alamo Bowl matchup against TCU, but nothing official yet. Outside of King Miller, true freshman Riley Wormley is the only other scholarship RB set to return next season. Bryan Jackson and Harry Dalton III both entered the transfer portal, and Eli Sanders exhausted his eligibility. True freshman James Johnson is also listed as a… Read more »
Makai Lemon wins the Biletnikoff!
Through 12 games, Lemon amassed a B1G-best 1,156 yds and 11 TDs (second-best) on 79 catches (also second-best).
So far, Lemon has not publicly indicated his plans for the NFL Draft (though he is considered a lock to enter) or his participation in the Alamo Bowl vs TCU.
Lemon is USC’s second-ever recipient of the Biletnikoff Award. USC’s first winner, AA WR Marqise Lee, won the award in 2012.
I wish we could have him for another 3 years.
Congratulations to Makai! I wish he would come back but can’t say I blame him for leaving for the NFL.
Outstanding! Congrats to Makai! Fight On!
Well deserved.
UTAH HC Kyle Whittingham (66) is stepping down after 21 years, following the Utes’ appearance vs NEB in the Las Vegas Bowl on Dec. 31.
Whittingham earned national coach of the year honors in 2008 and 2019.
The UTAH coaching legend is expected to be succeeded by DC Morgan Scalley, who AD Mark Harlan announced as the HC in waiting on July 1, 2024. Scalley joined the UTAH staff in ’08 and has been Whittingham’s DC for 10 seasons.
Well done coach.
He sure had our number over the years. Of course, he was a real head coach. He had his best record against the YMCA youth camp counselor and the head coach intern who ran our team for the last 10 years.
nonetheless, a respected leader and head coach. Well done Coach Willingham.
An accurate post.
Utah is losing a great coach
Sherrone Moore charged with home invasion (felony), stalking, breaking and entering.
The charges could put Moore in jail for up to six years. Expect a quick plea to avoid that.
MICH will play TEXAS in the Citrus Bowl. Interim HC Biff Poggi is coaching the Wolverines.
Moore, now described as a “risk to public safety.” To be released on 25K bond. Lawsuits to follow.
Just for giggles, when did administrators at Michigan learn about Sherrone Moore? Did they delay until after the Ohio State game and signing day? First Harbaugh’s recruiting misdeeds and now Moore. Where is the Go Blue oversight?
MICH signees who have already been released from their LOIs, so far:
4-star TE Matt Ludwig from Montana. Ludwig was the first signee to be released from his NLI.
3-star IOL Bear McWhorter from Georgia.
The rest are waiting until the new HC is named, at least for now.
There is a 5 star RB that is released and going to Tenn. Just read about it.
RB signee Savion Hiter has denied he is leaving for TENN at this time. Info seems fluid.
The Michigan football program is dangling at the end of a rope off a bridge in Juarez!
That is the rumor I am hearing. But it may be being spread by Ohio State fans.
Someone needs another dip in the impulse control gene pool.
11/11/2023 Sherrone Moore cries like a girly man during a post game interview, clutching the figurative pearls around his neck. Did that not telegraph underlying pathology? Michigan’s president, provost and prior head coach all disciplined for inappropriate relationships with subordinates, recruiting and sign stealing. Michigan has retained the same outside law firm to “investigate” Sherrone Moore. Inevitably they will point the finger all the empty chair, and conclude: “This was solely on Sherrone Moore”, and add “can we continue his group health so he can get his meds”? Wash, rinse, repeat. NCAA will do nothing. Michigan is a toxic football… Read more »
After reading about this case with full details I wondered if Michigan might have planned this from the beginning? The best way to fire someone is for cause. Although they probably didn’t predict the final outcome it was easy to set up the coach. The lady just mysteriously decided to end the relationship. He’s out having lost millions of contract money and future work, with a side of family ruin and Michigan gets out of paying alimony.
Maybe Coach O would be a good replacement (if he promises to not proposition pregnant women at gas stations)
Coach “O” in Michigan?
Looks like we are seeing the end of the bowls. Quite a few schools have decided not to play. A bunch of nonsense since lots of players don’t play. Coaches like the practice time.
The game’s changing at breakneck speed. What an exciting time to be a CFB fan.
I’m sure glad USC has Chad Bowden to monitor USC’s roster management and portal situation. If he weren’t in charge, I’d be very worried. We can’t afford to lose players like Emmanuel Pregnon to ORE. That was a killer.
I wonder how ND’s players all feel about sitting at home? I think the ND/BYU matchup in the Pop-Tarts Bowl might have been a very good one.
I talked to a guy at my gym who is a somebody on the ND team……..according to him the team captains approached Freeman and told him they were negative about playing a bowl. They had a team vote with thumbs down by a lot. Several individuals stated they were not going to play no matter what the school did. Maybe a few weeks after being crapped on by the idiots that kept them out of the PO’s the players might have felt different. As you know, Notre Dame lost on the road by 3 to number 10. and lost at… Read more »
Thanks for the ND player info. Very interesting. The Playoff Committee blatantly maneuvered to help the SEC by shoehorning ALA into the POs for all the CFB world to see.
Some of USC’s head cases no doubt flourished elsewhere. Hopefully with Chad Bowden at the helm. this becomes less of a problem in the future.
A Christmas downer for the true blue Neuheisels. Bob Chesney’s OC from JMU, Dean Kennedy, is expected to become UCLA’s new OC.
I think the kid has a bright future. Surprised he wasn’t kept on as a continuity hire. But maybe Cheney has been given carte Blanche to burn down the program in Westwood and start over.
I think Jerry Neuheisel’s a good coach. He’ll land well. Head coaches should have a great relationship with their OCs (IMO) and Chesney has a long history with Neuheisel’s replacement.
One of the reason’s Pete Carroll ditched Norm Chow was because they didn’t get along all that well when it came right down to it.
There are 14 bowls that pay out less than a million dollars per team, Rate Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, New Orleans Bowl, 68 Ventures Bowl, Hawaii Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, Birmingham Bowl, Gasparilla Bowl, First Responder Bowl, Boca Raton Bowl, Salute to Veterans Bowl, Cure Bowl, Arizona Bowl, Frisco Bowl, plus 3 others that don’t list the pay out, Frisco, Myrtle Beach and XBox Bowls. Some of these will be next. Add that the schools have to buy a block of tickets to sell. At some point it is a big money loser for a school to accept.
USC Trojans add 2026 home game against Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns Erik McKinney (WeAreSC.com) — USC has added the Louisiana Ragin’ Cajuns to their 2026 football schedule, according to a report from FBSchedules.com. Kevin Kelley of FBSchedules.com obtained a copy of the game contract between the two schools from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette via a state public records request. Kelley said USC will pay Louisiana a $1.3 million guarantee to play the game. The two programs have never met. Louisiana is coached by Michael Desormeaux, who took over for Billy Napier for the 2022 season, elevated from his previous… Read more »
I actually hope they don’t schedule ND in 2026. Their schedule is already brutal and ND is usually just another loss.
Dear Parcel Post: are you crazy? ND vs USC is a classic…96 games played, NINTY SIX !
Dear USCrosegreen I don’t care if it is a classic. I don’t care if we have been playing that game every year for a millenium. If every year it is just another loss for us…..why stay in the series. Why not just play 11 games and add a loss to ND for the 12th game without actually playing it. That way you don’t lose any players to injuries(I’m being facetious). We can always cancel the series until we are ready to compete and then re-start the series. In the last 14 games ND has dominated 11-3. We win basically about… Read more »
USC has won or tied 45% of the games with ND. No reason to be afraid to play them. Just play it in September. You are correct next season has 3 maybe 4 losses without ND. No sense playing them in November if we don’t have to.
45% of the games in the last hundred years or so but not in the last 14 years.
I’m between you guys on this. I neither think we should continue it for tradition’s sake alone, nor discontinue it because we’re losing to them more than we are winning (what if they’d have cancelled on us while PC was annually beating them?) I do think that cfb has radically changed in the past 5 years, that USC is firmly in the driver’s seat for the renewal of the arrangement, that ND can no longer have their cake and eat it too, and that they must play USC on more suitable terms to USC, or not at all. Either that,… Read more »
USC and ND have mutual arrangements that have benefited both programs …SC is in no position to make demands. “we are all honorable men here; we don’t have to give each other assurances as if we are lawyers”
That’s a Godfather quote, RoseGreen, am I correct? Well played.
Couldn’t have said it better myself. No, I really couldn’t have said it better.
The fact is that SC is still not on ND’s level when it comes to football. Hopefully, they will get there soon but as long as we are not there, it’s just another loss on our schedule.
USC is nationally recognized as a major football program, with a favorable winning record over many other major football programs; USC should not COWER to ND…or any other football program. Cowards run away; let’s hope SC is not one of them.
It’s not a matter of being a coward. It’s a matter of being smart. After they lose to ND next year(and they will if they play them), calling them brave is an exercise in futility. It still goes down as an L in the win-loss column
Hopefully, Marcus Freeman somehow decides to take the N.Y. Giants job. That would make my day.
USC has played Cal 103 times, ONE HUNDRED AND THREE! Stanford 99 times, NINETY NINE! Guess USC needs to keep them on the schedule every year? College football has changed. Time for ND to change with it. Play ND in September as the one legit out of conference game every year. If ND doesn’t like it move on. Just we’ve always done it is not a legit reason.
regarding football: Cal and Stanford are not in the same league as ND. Make a request; suggest. do not make demands.
12 Trojans who have announced their intention to split through the portal so far:
WR DJ Jordan
RB Bryan Jackson
CB Braylon Conley
DE Gus Cordova
OL Makai Saina
S Steve Miller
LB Matai Tagoa’i
DL Carlon Jones
LB Anthony Beavers Jr.
OL Micah Banuelos
LB Garrison Madden
RB Harry Dalton
Hate to see any of these players go but that is the day and age we live in now. I expect some of the new recruits and transfer portal players who come to us will help to offset these departures.
Hopefully I’m not being naive but I feel good that Bowden told these guys they were moving down the bench and should move on. Who might we miss? Who will shine elsewhere? Who will we see on the other side next season?
If none of these players were asked to move on in that it was unlikely they would get much playing time then it is their decision they don’t have much of an immediate future here. Fortunately I don’t see a name on the list that will create a hole on any lineup. With 34 freshmen coming in it just makes those players not 1st or 2nd string to see the writing on the wall. It was up to their energy & ability to see more playing time. It is what it is.
I remember when the “improvements” to the coliseum were made I asked where is the track? I was told under the seats. But there’s a whole section of the stadium not being used at the far end. Also I thought USC was owner of the coliseum before the last improvement- press box and suites were built. Why would the city think has the right to disrupt the program?
USC is still the lessee, on great terms, through 2111. We’re not quite the boss and L.A. has a “binding host city contract” with the Games. USC pays $1.3M a year (adjusted by inflation) in rent on a 98-yr lease, and we also pay a share of naming rights (5%) to the state, ensuring the Coliseum as our home for football, while it remains a historic public landmark and a WWI Memorial. It’s complicated. The Coliseum, which is a primary Olympics venue, remains state, county, and city-owned, but is managed by and is under USC’s operational control — unless the… Read more »
If this is true, and the AD knew about it before signing day, then it sure seems they recruited fraudulently and the 2026 class should all be allowed to decommit and go elsewhere if they want to. Michigan is a real mess, they just don’t seem to want to play by the rules.
I think you would agree Steveg. MICH has now officially earned the degrading label “Clown College.”
That cracks me up Allen, I have hated espn ever since they came out with that about USC. It sure seems Michigan has a serious conflict with honesty and integrity which has been going on for several years in many facets of their program. I will not be stunned if they keep their AD as most other schools would fire the AD after this latest fiasco.
USC needs to get their act together right now in this off-season…..no more of this slow progress. I’m looking at next years schedule and I can see 5, maybe 6 losses. Out of the 10 games that they have scheduled I can see them losing to OSU, Oregon, Washington, Penn State and Indiana. If they play ND that could be 6 losses. Hopefully the 12th(as yet unscheduled) game will be a cupcake.. I think that it is really important that they get Maiva back for another season. I think another season will do him good emotionally. Next year will be… Read more »
This is one of those times Parcel when we disagree. I am with you about getting their stuff together, fill the needs from the portal. There really are not of spots they are desparate at, just LB (2), Lineman on both sides. Maiava should go to the nfl, get taught there how to be a pro Qb, and let the young guy take the team over. Husan is different, he is an outstanding runner, and is going to change the USC offense. If they pick up Marsh as a receiver the passing game is going to be good also. I… Read more »
I do think Maiva has room to improve, especially his leadership. But I only threw that in there as my opinion. But I’m really talking about the whole program. If they don’t improve in a big way in this off season, they have a serious chance of losing a lot of games with the schedule they have coming up. If they go 7-5, LR won’t have to worry about the hot seat. He’ll find himself right in the middle of a Palisades type forest fire. The fans will burn him alive with criticsm
Granted, with the schedule coming up, life could get pretty uncomfortable for Riley. It sure seems 7-5 is going discourage a lot of fans, myself included. How much better USC can get in one off season will be an intriguing storyline to follow, and I do believe they can improve a lot, but I am sure not going to buy into the hype any more.
I don’t think he gets any better and was saved on many occasions by excellent receivers