Before Lincoln Riley coaches his first regular-season game with the USC Trojans on Sept. 3, a different USC-flavored drama will unfold.
On Sept. 1, a Thursday night game filled with high-profile ex-Trojans will unfold on national television. West Virginia, with former USC offensive coordinator Graham Harrell and former Trojan quarterback J.T. Daniels, will go up against the Pittsburgh Panthers and former USC signal-caller Kedon Slovis. Two USC quarterbacks will face each other, one of them guided by an offensive coordinator who worked with him in Los Angeles.
Harrell coached both Daniels and Slovis in 2019 before Daniels got hurt and Slovis took over the position. It will be fascinating to see how Harrell uses Daniels in the West Virginia offense, and it will be interesting to see how well West Virginia scouts against Kedon Slovis, with Harrell knowing Slovis’s tendencies from his time at USC.
What should Harrell and Daniels be most concerned about for West Virginia heading into the showdown with Pitt in the game known as the Backyard Brawl?
West Virginia analysts made their views clear on a recent segment:
Why is @BradHowe07 concerned about the @WVUFootball offensive line 17 days from game one? He states his concern to @TonyCaridi and @HunterWvu88bgn. WATCH: https://t.co/yCFQ3nDJuy pic.twitter.com/2oS2U56p0I
— MetroNews (@WVMetroNews) August 15, 2022
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