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Oct 21, 2023; Los Angeles, California, USA; Utah Utes quarterback Bryson Barnes (16) throws the ball against the Southern California Trojans in the first half at United Airlines Field at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
USC football hosts Utah State this Saturday. The Trojans play a Big Ten football game televised by Big Ten Network for the first time in their history. The game is a late kick, just after 8 p.m. local time in Los Angeles at the venerable Coliseum. The Trojans are expected to win handily. The most important thing for them to get from this game is a clean bill of health. The Trojans cannot afford a significant injury or a collection of injuries heading into the huge Michigan game on Sept. 21 in Ann Arbor. As we consider the top players to watch on Utah State, one of them is someone the Trojans know really well from last year, having played him in a different matchup.
One of the important aspects of this game for USC is that it comes off a short week. USC played LSU on Sunday. Now the Trojans will play a game on Saturday. They will have had just five days off this week instead of the usual six days off. Also, the LSU game was very physical and very draining. This is a week when USC needs to rotate a lot of bodies in and out of the game to keep guys fresh and reduce injury risk with Michigan just around the corner. The Trojans need to play a shorter game with fewer overall plays, so that guys don’t take a pounding before going to Michigan for one of the biggest games of the Lincoln Riley era in just over two weeks.
Here are the Utah State football players to watch against USC:
1. Bryson Barnes, Quarterback
With an injury to starter Spencer Petras, Bryson Barnes will be ready to go if needed against USC this weekend.
Barnes finished his first game as an Aggie completing 11…
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Author : Trojans Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-05 19:00:54
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