This is it. This is the moment which will likely define USC football’s 2026 season. It’s Lincoln Riley versus Curt Cignetti. It’s the Trojans versus the Indiana Hoosiers. It’s USC going on the road to play a high-stakes game in November. It’s everything USC fans want to see: a game with playoff and Big Ten title stakes attached against an elite coach and the reigning national champions of college football. It’s also everything USC fans fear: Lincoln Riley going on the road in the Big Ten, where he has consistently struggled. USC has a huge opportunity against Indiana, but it goes into this showdown with a track record of failure. Winning would be a tremendous accomplishment. Losing would remind everyone why Lincoln Riley has fallen short so many times as USC head coach. It’s all or nothing. It’s go big or go home. It’s a supremely consequential game in which moral victories – coming close – won’t count for anything.
The big story attached to this game in terms of players and personnel is Indiana’s quarterback situation. Josh Hoover was not on the injury report in the middle of the week. Grant Wilson, the backup who replaced him in Indiana’s October 31 win over Minnesota, had the flu last week and has not practiced much in the two weeks between that game and this USC game. Curt Cignetti has a very strong defense, but his offense has been a disaster this year. Can USC’s defense take advantage of that reality? What kind of quarterback play will we see from Indiana? Those questions are likely to define this season-defining contest.
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