USC football schedule: Trojans to kick off season vs. Arizona State
LA TimesUSC coach Clay Helton prepares to lead the Trojans onto the field before a game against Oregon at the Coliseum in November 2019. “We’re grateful for the opportunity to play a game, a great game … at a time that I think the whole nation will be watching across the board,” USC coach Clay Helton said on Fox’s Big Noon Kickoff. You want to be under the brightest lights, on the brightest stage.” Although the kickoff time will be the earliest recorded in USC history, the Nov. 7 opener marks the latest start date for its season since 1918, when the Spanish flu delayed the start of USC’s season until Nov. 23. Only two of the Trojans’ six opponents finished last season above.500, and both of those matchups — at home against Arizona State on Nov. 7 and at Utah on Nov. 21 — take place within the first three weeks of the season. A favorable schedule — one that avoids conference contenders like Oregon, Washington and California — could leave USC in a particularly good position to stake its claim atop the conference, when the Pac-12 finally plays its altered title game Dec. 18-19.
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