With USC football opening the season Saturday against San Jose State, here are three things you need to know about the matchup.
under center and a strong defense to back him up, USC shouldn’t have too much trouble taking care of business here. The biggest question mark is on the offensive line, where the Trojans will trot out two redshirt freshmen as bookend tackles. If the rushing attack resembles the horror show of 2020, in which USC boasted one of the worst ground games in college football, it could be in trouble. Maybe not this week, but certainly down the line.
2. USC is 12-1 in nonconference home games since 2013 and has won 13 straight season openers at home. Helton has lost just once in the opener in six full seasons as USC’s coach — a blowout to No. 1 Alabama in 2016. The Trojans have won their five ensuing openers by an average of more than 12 points. 3. USC linebacker Drake Jackson wasn’t shy this week assuring the Trojans’ pass rush would get after the quarterback on Saturday. “We’re gonna eat,” Jackson said. But no pass rusher in college football ate up quarterbacks more often last season than San Jose State’s Cade Hall, whose 1.43 sacks per game ranked No. 1 among Football Bowl Subdivision teams that played more than four games in 2020.
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