Going head to head with the NFL in LA will be by far the Trojan program's top challenge this next year and beyond.
With the College Football Championship game tonight and the USC coaching staff supposed to be filled out by the end of a week culminating in all sorts of important visitors, it's easy to miss what might be the most impactful USC sports story of the week.
And no, we're not talking Wednesday's USC-UCLA basketball game at Pauley Pavilion, as important as that will be for a USC 14-3 Trojans team now ahead of the 12-6 Bruins in the polls and all the NCAA bracket predictors.