Wisconsin football Week 5 opponent sells out stadium for upcoming game

Wisconsin football Week 5 opponent sells out stadium for upcoming game

The University of Southern California sold out its Sept. 28 home game against the Wisconsin Badgers on Wednesday, per The Action Network’s Brett McMurphy.

USC also sold out its Week 12 home game vs. No. 22 Nebraska, which is slated to take place on Nov. 16.

Completed in 1923, the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum holds nearly 78,000 fans. The venue has hosted two Summer Olympics (1932, 1984) and will welcome athletes for the Olympic Games in 2028. The venue will be jam-packed when the Badgers visit town.

The Trojans’ Week 5 game will be the second home game of their 2024 schedule. Lincoln Riley’s squad trounced Utah State, 48-0, in its home opener on Sept. 7.

UW’s fourth game will simultaneously mark its first road and first conference test of the 2024 season. Wisconsin most recently lost to the No. 4 Alabama Crimson Tide in a 42-10 blowout at Camp Randall.

Wisconsin will spend its weekend preparing for the Trojans during its bye week window. USC, on the other hand, will travel to Ann Arbor for a premier matchup against No. 18 Michigan.

Captained by Miller Moss, who played second fiddle to future No. 1 pick Caleb Williams a season ago, USC has amassed victories over both No. 16 LSU and Utah State thus far. With another triumph over a ranked team, the team will surely rise in the national polls ahead of Week 5.