USC football fans with some disposable income will want to travel to the Midwest to support their Trojans in the Big Ten. Going to Midwestern football stadiums will become a more regular thing for the fans who can afford to make one road trip per year and save up for the occasion. In order to get into the Big Ten mood, though, the road trip to South Bend, Indiana, to play the Notre Dame Fighting Irish has been a special pilgrimage for USC fans every other year.
This year, however, it will be extra special — and not just because this will be Lincoln Riley’s first visit to South Bend as USC head coach.
There’s another reason this year’s USC-Notre Dame game could be worth attending for Trojan fans who want to enjoy a football weekend on the road: They could turn this Trojan-Irish game into a weekend doubleheader in the Midwest. We’ll explain below: