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Youngsters will get chance to prove themselves in Las Vegas Bowl

Dec 27, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Thomas Johnson

The Trojans will end it where they started. USC football opened its season at Allegiant Stadium, taking down LSU 27-20 to catapult fan expectations. Those expectations were clearly misplaced, with the Trojans going 5-6 the rest of the way to close out the regular season. Head coach Lincoln Riley and his squad now return to Sin City to take on a different SEC team and seek redemption, facing off against the Texas A&M Aggies in the Las Vegas Bowl.
National Signing Day is more important than ever for USC

Dec 4, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Thomas Johnson |Stefano Fendrich

All of the rankings in this article are according to the 247 Sports composite rankings unless otherwise noted. The most hectic day of the year is upon us. No, I’m not talking about the final week of classes or the upcoming exam period but rather referring to National Signing Day, which always sends tremors throughout the college football world. Daily headlines, sent straight to your inbox. Subscribe to our newsletter to keep up with the latest at and around USC.
Trojans suffer another upset after second-half collapse

Oct 21, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Thomas Johnson |Christina Chkarboul

Maryland could feel it coming in the air Saturday night. The Terrapins were still trailing by a mere seven points as Phil Collins’ famous drum solo rang through the speakers at SECU Stadium, and they took his words to heart. Although the Maryland players may not have been waiting for this exact moment for all of their lives, Trojan fans saw a moment they have seen many times this season, the product of a drowning team that has not been able to play a full 60 minutes of football since Week 2.
USC football’s schedule got a whole lot easier

Sep 11, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Thomas Johnson |Leila Mackenzie

The path to the College Football Playoff has already lightened for USC football. No. 11 USC (2-0) already has a top-15 win under its belt — taking down then-No. 13 LSU (1-1) in Las Vegas — and it recorded its first shutout since 2011 this past weekend, putting up a 48-point victory over Utah State (1-1). But it’s how the Trojans’ future opponents have fared that stokes optimism among USC fans. Daily headlines, sent straight to your inbox.
USC football prepares to debut new squad in season opener

Sep 1, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Thomas Johnson

A new college football season is officially underway and USC football is already in need of an upset. The Big Ten Trojans are preparing for their first game of the season against the LSU Tigers, taking their talents to Las Vegas for a Sunday night affair at Allegiant Stadium. The lone college football game on Sunday, this matchup is the third ranked-on-ranked game of Week 1, with the Trojans coming in at No. 23 in the preseason Associated Press Top 25 poll while the Tigers are ranked No. 13.
Sophie Sullivan - Annenberg Media

Aug 16, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Tomoki Chien |Thomas Johnson |Sophie Sullivan |Shantala Muruganujan

Sophie SullivanUSC EditorSophie Sullivan is a multimedia journalist from the Bay Area reading, writing, recording, editing and talking for Annenberg Media. She is a Tuesday print editor and contributes to print and TV reporting on South L.A. and USC.
Trojans tack on 15 medals at the Paris Olympics

Aug 13, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Thomas Johnson

USC continued its historic run at the Summer Olympics, taking home seven gold medals to continue its stretch of winning at least one gold medal at every Summer Games since 1912. Still, it was a somewhat disappointing showing, at least to the standard the Trojans have set across the past couple editions of the Games.
USC in the Olympics: Track and field sends record-setting group

Aug 12, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Thomas Johnson |Riley Sager |Paulena Edelman |Desirae Ridley

This is a part of a series from Annenberg Media, highlighting the Olympians that USC is sending to Paris this year. USC has one of the richest histories of any American university at the Summer Olympics. The Trojans are sending 66 to the 2024 Games in Paris, more than any other U.S. university.
USC baseball will be back

May 29, 2024 | dailytrojan.com | Thomas Johnson |Jenna Peterson

It’s not how you start; it’s how you finish. Even though USC baseball (31-28, 17-12 Pac-12) was without its normal home stadium, started the season out 3-11 and lost its star pitcher due to injury for over a month, the Trojans still managed to have a winning record and reach 17 conference wins. USC has now hit that conference win total in back-to-back seasons for the first time since the 2001 and 2002 seasons. Daily headlines, sent straight to your inbox.
A program’s lifeline: USC football high school recruiting tracker

Apr 23, 2024 | uscannenbergmedia.com | Thomas Johnson

USC football head coach Lincoln Riley has brought in a new defensive staff and the results are showing up on the recruiting trail. While National Signing Day for 2025 is still many months away, the Trojans have momentum that might create the best USC recruiting class in recent memory. The Trojans will need to put on a good showing in the 2023-24 season to be able to sign all of these highly touted recruits, but USC has the pieces to make a special recruiting class and it shows up in the rankings.