This is how it is supposed to be. This is what a USC football season is supposed to create: a month of November filled with high-end opportunities and a chance to achieve greatness.
The 45-37 win over Arizona wasn’t pretty, but it didn’t have to be. The Trojans just had to get out of the Old Pueblo in Tucson with a victory. Winning is its own goal, of course, but this game was uniquely important given the larger set of circumstances which surrounded this game.
Now that USC has in fact overcome this challenge — and all the injuries which were a part of it — the month of November is very promising for USC. Maybe the Trojans reach all their intended goals, but the simple fact that they will be playing for them is a sign of how much the program has improved in one year.
Let’s go through the details of what this November will bring: