Wednesday’s 2018 installment of Pac-12 Media Day at Hollywood & Highland’s Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles saw the return of a grueling one-day format for the first time in seven years.
On a day highlighted by the return of Chip Kelly and the traveling Herm Edwards show, it served as one of the most low-key preseason gatherings in recent memory. The USC football team was represented by grizzled soft-spoken senior linebackers Cameron Smith and Porter Gustin, along with head coach Clay Helton.
The uber-talented Trojans, fresh off back-to-back 10-win seasons and picked to win the Pac-12 South as they are seemingly every year, looked and sounded like they’ve been here before.