New "Inside the Trojans' Huddle" (Tuesday edition - Oct. 24): Ranking the remaining schedules of the four realistic Pac-12 Championship Game contenders, potential Addison and Gentry injury effects, and viewer questions and panel answers
In Tuesday’s “Inside the Trojans’ Huddle”, panelists Marc Kulkin, Chris Arledge, Kevin Bruce, and Greg Katz discuss the four realistic contending teams for the Pac-12 Championship Game and their remaining schedules, the potential effects of losing players like WR Jordan Addison and ILB Eric Gentry, and viewer questions and panel answers.
In the first quarter, the panel discusses the four remaining realistic contending teams – USC, UCLA, Oregon, and Utah – and their remaining future schedules to get into the Pac-12 Championship Game. The panel ranks and compares the remaining schedules for the Trojans, Bruins, Ducks, and Utes. There was not a total agreement on the four contending teams in terms of schedule difficulty, although there was a consensus on the team with the easiest schedule but not with the two teams that had the hardest and next hardest remaining games. One school, however, received a consensus as having the second easiest schedule. Who was it?
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In the second quarter, the panel debates how much of an effect would the potential loss of wide receiver Jordan Addison (leg) and inside linebacker Eric Gentry (leg) have on the offense and defense, respectively. Discussion was pretty civil until two panelists went at it over the injury status of Jordan Addison. There was enough heat to warm an Oregon home in the winter. The intense discussion was very passionate. When order was restored, the panel, however, agreed on the actual effects of the wide receiver unit if Addison could not play. As for Gentry, there were different views on who would replace him and the effects of losing him. All the panelists agreed that the end goal was to have everybody on deck when the Trojans face the Bruins on Nov. 19.
For the halftime segment, the panel answers viewer questions focused on Coliseum attendance, the balance between transfer portal recruiting and high school recruiting, which offensive and defensive player have improved the most this season, USC’s likely wish list to join or not join them in Big Ten if that conference chooses to expand again. There were especially interesting perspectives regarding the Trojans ability or inability to sellout the Coliseum home games.
