After both stuck it out for years as backups to Heisman Trophy winners, the quarterbacks will duel in Sunday’s season opener in Las Vegas
USC’s Miller Moss, left, and LSU’s Garrett Nussmeier, who first met at the Elite 11 quarterback competition in 2020, will lead their teams into Sunday’s season opener in Las Vegas. It was the last time the two communicated, young men more concerned with the opportunities in their hands than the frills of their stories, and yet perhaps unable to fully appreciate the significance of their paths crossing again Sunday in Las Vegas.
All have transferred, a trend that only continues to grow in majority for collegiate quarterbacks, except for three: Liberty’s Kaidon Salter, Moss and Nussmeier. Williams transferred into USC in 2022, beating Moss for the job; Jayden Daniels transferred into LSU in 2022, beating Nussmeier for the job. Moss is listed at 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds; Nussmeier is listed at 6-foot-2 and 200. Moss stamped his claim to the job in 2024 on the heels of a breakout in 2023’s Holiday Bowl; Nussmeier stamped his claim
They were both destined to be here, in some way. USC is in Moss’ DNA, his mother Emily pregnant with him while she was a teacher at USC’s School of Architecture. Football, simply, is in Nussmeier’s, the son of former NFL quarterback and coach Doug Nussmeier.
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