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Inside the Trojans' Huddle: Previewing Big Ten Media Day, USC vs Michigan and Notre Dame

Erik-McKinneyby: Erik McKinney07/23/25ErikTMcKinney
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The WeAreSC panel covers a lot of ground in this episode of Inside the Trojans’ Huddle, including looking ahead to USC’s turn at Big Ten Media Days and huge midseason games against Michigan and Notre Dame.

* The panel looks ahead to USC’s time at the podium during Big Ten media day on Thursday afternoon and discusses what might be asked of Trojans’ head coach Lincoln Riley. The quarterback position continues to generate plenty of attention.

* The crew discusses two of the biggest games on the schedule as the Trojans host the Michigan Wolverines and travel to the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in mid-October. They talk about which of those two games is more important to the Trojans’ 2025 season and a claim is made that one of them is the most important game for USC this year. Riley and company will have an opportunity to get revenge for two losses in 2024. How will the Wolverines and Irish challenge the Trojans this year?

* There’s more discussion of the NCAA clearinghouse for NIL and the confusing world of where the process sits at the moment with collectives and courtrooms.

* The “unofficial” Big Ten Preseason Football Poll is out from cleveland.com (The Big Ten official preseason media poll was disbanded 15 years ago) and USC lands at No. 9. Is that a fair look from the conference media or are the Trojans getting disrespected?

* The WeAreSC countdown of the Top 30 most important Trojans continues. The panel looks at some of the recent entries, including a trio of potential big-time contributors along the defensive line.

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