USC five-star QB commit Julian Lewis makes history with Sports Illustrated cover

A USC QB commit makes history.

Julian Lewis, at 15 years old, is now the youngest football player ever to be on the cover of Sports Illustrated. The USC quarterback commit has made history.

Last season, Julian Lewis of Carrollton High School (Georgia) had one of the best freshman seasons in recent memory at quarterback. He accounted for 4,118 yards passing and 48 touchdowns to only 12 interceptions on a 65.5 completion percentage. He led Carrollton to the championship game in the state’s highest classification, 7A.

He was crowned the MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year and named to the preseason All-America Team as a sophomore.

He’s currently the top-rated quarterback and the No. 1 overall player in the class of 2026, per the 247Sports composite rankings.

Lewis committed to the Trojans back in August. He has long been considered to be one of the top high school quarterback prospects in the country, regardless of class.

Lewis’ profile leads the Money Issue of the latest SI magazine edition, which is looking into name, image, and likeness rights and payments.

Unlike other cover stars, Lewis is not able to cash in on his NIL rights because Georgia is one of 19 states that does not permit high schoolers to profit.

Lewis is currently the only high school quarterback committed to USC. The Trojans don’t have a high school QB in place yet for the class of 2024 or 2025. However, USC does have Malachi Nelson already on its roster. Nelson was a five-star prospect in the class of 2023 but Lewis could re-classify to the 2025 class, as former five-star quarterbacks Quinn Ewers, J.T Daniels, Austin Simmons and Jake Bentley did.

Check out our Pac-12 football predictions roundtable for the 2023 season.

USC vs. Nevada: Stream, injury reports, and broadcast info for Sept. 2, 2023

Get full TV, radio and streaming information for #USC vs Nevada.

The USC Trojans host the Nevada Wolf Pack in what will very likely be the last USC football game to air on Pac-12 Network.

USC could potentially play on Pac-12 Network later this year when the Trojans visit Berkeley to take on the California Golden Bears on October 28. However, if that game gets picked up by ESPN or Fox, this game against Nevada on Saturday will indeed mark the final appearance on Pac-12 Network for the Trojans, whose visibility has taken a hit as a result of being on a minimally accessible television outlet.

Ted Robinson and Yogi Roth do a great job calling USC games and other Pac-12 games for Pac-12 Network. The production values are first-rate. The workers who put together Pac-12 Network broadcasts do a superb job. All the personnel who create this television product are excellent. The problem, of course, is the inability of the network to reach a wider audience, which falls on Larry Scott and the Pac-12 CEO Group.

USC gets to say goodbye to all this as it moves along with its season and then goes to the Big Ten next year.

Get all the broadcast information you need below, plus some other USC notes and Pac-12 television reminders:

USC vs Nevada likely to be Trojans’ last football game on Pac-12 Network

#USC fans are planning to celebrate the end of Pac-12 Network. That’s the big milestone attached to the Nevada game.

We know this for sure: Saturday’s USC football home game against the Nevada Wolf Pack will be the Trojans’ last home game ever shown on Pac-12 Network. We don’t yet know as an absolute certainty that it’s the last USC football game to be on Pac-12 Network, but it’s more likely than not. This probably will be the last time any USC fan will have to endure Pac-12 Network’s limited visibility and accessibility.

We want to be very clear: The problem with the network is the lack of distribution and accessibility. The actual on-air product of Pac-12 Network is and has been very good.

We wrote:

“One of the especially sad dimensions of the Pac-12 Network story is that the product itself — what you saw on the screen, getting beamed into your home, if you did have access to the P-12 Net — was really very good.

“The problem with Pac-12 Network was never the production quality of a game or studio broadcast. All the people who were responsible for putting a good product on the air did an absolutely fantastic job. The network’s daily work gained industry respect.”

It’s important to make that clear.

Having done that, we turn to the reality that this will be USC’s final home football game on Pac-12 Network. USC fans will be throwing a party to celebrate this occasion. No, really: Tim Prangley, co-host of Trojan Conquest Live and part of the USC postgame show at The Voice of College Football, told us earlier this summer he would be marking the occasion at the Nevada game. It’s a goodbye bash for USC’s liberation from this national burden which has limited the program’s exposure.

See how other USC fans are reacting to the end of the Pac-12 Network reign of error, which is in many ways one more step out of the shadows created by Larry Scott and the Pac-12 CEO Group:

USC vs. Stanford: Stream, lineups, injury reports, and broadcast info for Sept. 10, 2022

Here’s your one-stop media center for #USC vs #GoStanford in the #Pac12 opener for both teams.

The USC Trojans meet the Stanford Cardinal in prime time. If you’re wondering how you can watch the action live, you’ve come to the right place.

USC will be shown live on network television, a sign of Lincoln Riley’s presence as the new coach of the Men of Troy. Most of the 2021 season was spent on less prominent networks in less prominent time slots. USC played a lot of late-night games because the program did not merit prime-time treatment. That has changed.

Now, however, the Trojans need to earn their new status. They need to win this game primarily because they are pursuing a Pac-12 championship, but they also need to win this game because if they keep winning, they will continue to be shown in featured television time slots, instead of being relegated to late night. The Trojans have been given the big spotlight, and now they need to show what they are capable of. A big platform requires a big performance from Caleb Williams, and it requires a strong-enough effort from the defense to not hijack the season and its potential.

Here’s all the information you need to watch USC-Stanford.

#20 USC vs. Arizona: Pac-12 college football live stream, TV channel, start time, odds, predictions

The USC Trojans will travel to take on the Arizona Wildcats from Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday afternoon.

The USC Trojans will travel to take on the Arizona Wildcats from Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona on Saturday afternoon.

USC is coming off a comeback win against Arizona State in the season opener and is looking for a quick 2-0 start with Kedon Slovis under center this year. This will be Arizona’s first game of the season after their game at Utah was canceled last week. Grant Gunnell will take over as quarterback after throwing for 1,200 yards and 9 touchdowns as a backup.

This should be a fantastic Pac 12 matchup, don’t miss it! Here is everything you need to know to stream the game tonight.

#20 USC Trojans vs. Arizona Wildcats

  • When: Saturday, November 14
  • Time: 3:30 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: FOX (4K)
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Prediction: USC had a nice comeback win last weekend and should have some confidence in this one. We have no idea what Arizona will look like but they have a lot of talent on this team. I’m not sure that USC will win by two touchdowns.

Bet: Arizona Wildcats +14.5

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USC vs. Arizona (-14.5)

O/U: 67.5

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Arizona State vs. #20 USC: Pac-12 college football live stream, TV channel, start time, odds, predictions

The Pac-12 is back this weekend with the Arizona State Sun Devils facing the USC Trojans on Saturday afternoon from the LA Memorial Coliseum.

The Pac-12 is back this weekend with the Arizona State Sun Devils facing the USC Trojans on Saturday afternoon from the LA Memorial Coliseum.

Arizona State is bringing back head coach Herm Edwards to his third season and they’ve improved every year he’s been there, maybe this is the year they make a big jump in the conference.

USC will have Kedon Slovis under center this year as they look to improve on their 7-2 record of last year. They welcome back head coach Clay Helton for his fifth season with hopes of a Pac-12 championship 

This should be a fantastic Pac 12 matchup, don’t miss it! Here is everything you need to know to stream the game tonight.

Arizona State vs. #20 USC

  • When: Saturday, November 7
  • Time: 12:00 p.m. ET
  • TV Channel: FOX (4K)
  • Live Stream: fuboTV (watch for free)

Prediction: This will be the first game for both teams and we won’t know for a couple of weeks how the Pac 12 will shake out. Herm Edwards always coaches his team well against USC and they could upset the Trojans, so take the points with Arizona State in this one.

Bet: Arizona State +11

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Arizona State vs. USC (-11)

O/U: 55.5

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