The USC football team enters the month of November with a very specific and clear challenge. No one who follows this football program would disagree with the essential, central task facing this team going into the last month of competition in 2024. The debate is not what the challenge itself is. The debate is over the Trojans’ ability to meet that challenge.
What is the challenge for USC? It’s extremely simple to name and identify: USC has to be able to play as well against Washington, Nebraska, UCLA and Notre Dame as it just did against Rutgers. USC faced a bad Rutgers defense and made it look silly. The Trojans dominated on the offensive line and were therefore able to do whatever they wanted on offense. That’s the USC standard, but again, this was against a terrible Rutgers team which looked overmatched from the start of the game.
Can USC now translate — and transfer — that level of play to teams which aren’t as bad as Rutgers? Even UCLA is better than Rutgers. The Bruins won on the road in New Jersey. USC has to be able to put its foot down in this next month. If it can’t, it will reinforce just how inadequate this 2024 USC football roster truly was. It’s up to the Trojans to change minds and impressions in this final month of the regular season.
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