Clay Helton has been very adamant that this competition is extremely close.
Whoever is named USC's starting quarterback will get to have their first career start at "Jerry World" against the defending national champions, the Alabama Crimson Tide on September 3rd.
Not the best of gifts but hey, if you come to USC, you have to expect to play in the big stage.
After the departure of Cody Kessler, Max Browne and Sam Darnold have been given the chance to compete for the starting signal-caller job. Both have done really well and if there was a depth chart, one would be 1A and the other would be 1B.