Justin Wilcox and the USC football defense face their first test of the season as the Stanford Cardinal look to get their power offense firing on all cylinders to start Pac-12 play.
This is the third offense the Trojans will have faced in 2015 with a different style from the last. First they dominated the dual-threat attack of the Arkansas State Red Wolves. Then they shut down Idaho’s pass-happy offense. Now they’ll get to show how they stack up against Stanford’s bruising approach.
The Kevin Hogan Question
The ship has sailed on Kevin Hogan living up to his predecessor Andrew Luck and the expectations which were place on him as a redshirt freshman when he led the Cardinal to the Rose Bowl with six straight victories to end the season.