The USC Trojans and Colorado Buffaloes are set to face off this weekend in Boulder on Fox’s “Big Noon Kickoff.” There will be plenty of celebrities on hand to see this game, including Jay Z and LeBron James, reportedly.
On the field, this is a story of two programs on the rise. The Trojans fired Clay Helton and hired Lincoln Riley, who was at Oklahoma. Riley brought in numerous transfers and landed Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Caleb Williams.
The Buffs fired Karl Dorrell and stunned the world by hiring Deion Sanders, and what Coach Prime has done in Boulder so quickly is unprecedented.
Now, they face off. Riley spoke in great detail about Coach Prime and the Buffs earlier this week (h/t Carter Bahns of 247Sports):