USC vs LSU in the Vegas Kickoff Classic: How to watch, live stream, start time, TV channel
The No. 23 USC Trojans will open their 2024 college football season against the No. 13 LSU Tigers on Sunday in the Modelo Vegas Kickoff Classic. It’s a new start for both programs that underachieved last season (USC far more than LSU) but bring high hopes for a major turnaround into this one. Here’s all the info you need to watch one of the great Week 1 matchups in college football.
USC vs. LSU game info
Teams: USC Trojans vs. LSU Tigers
Date: Sunday, Sept. 1, 2024
Location: Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas
Time: 4:30 p.m. PT
Television: ABC (Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, and Holly Rowe)
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Radio: ESPNLA 710 Radio with Pete Arbogast, Shaun Cody, Max Brown, Su’a Cravens, Jordan Moore and Jason Schwartz. (The game also can be heard on the Trojan Radio Network–KSHP 1400AM and KSHP-FM 107.1FM in Las Vegas, KSZL 1230AM in Barstow, KJJZ-HD3 102.7FM in Thousand Palms and KGU 95.1FM and 760AM in Honolulu–as well as on USCTrojans.com and KABC.com and on SiriusXM satellite radio (channels 197, 198, 397 or 959 and 960 on the app).
Spread: LSU -4.5, over/under set at 64.5 (BetOnline)
Trojans – Tigers game facts
– This game is being billed as the Beach vs the Bayou. This is the third matchup between the two teams, which split the first two meetings. USC won 17-12 in Baton Rouge in 1979. LSU won 23-3 in 1984 in Los Angeles.
– LSU head coach Brian Kelly is 20-7 through two seasons with the Tigers. USC head coach Lincoln Riley is 19-8 through two seasons with the Trojans.
– Both teams will be unveiling new defensive coordinators. LSU hired Blake Baker away from Missouri while USC brought in D’Anton Lynn from UCLA. LSU finished last season No. 81 in scoring defense and No. 108 in total defense. USC was No. 121 in scoring defense and No. 119 in total defense. UCLA finished the 2023 season No. 14 in scoring and No. 10 in total defense. Missouri finished the year No. 25 in scoring and No. 34 in total.
– This will be just USC’s 8th game all-time in a domed stadium. The Trojans haven’t won indoors since 1996 and have lost their last four (Alabama, Ohio State, Tulane, Utah).
– Both teams will be wearing their home jerseys for this game. LSU in its home whites and USC in its home cardinal.
– USC is 33-16-2 against the SEC all-time, but hasn’t played a team from that conference since a forgettable 52-6 drubbing against Alabama to open the 2016 season.
– There are plenty of similarities between both quarterbacks. Miller Moss and Garrett Nussmeier were both members of the 2021 recruiting class who stuck around when transfers came in and grabbed the starting spot. And they both earned their first start in the most recent bowl game while stepping in for Heisman Trophy-winning quarterbacks. Nussmeier is far more experienced, having thrown 219 passes while playing in 18 games. But Moss is coming off a six-touchdown performance in a convincing Holiday Bowl win against a ranked Louisville team.
