Coming off two consecutive home wins against conference opponents Arizona State and Colorado, USC travels to Tucson this weekend to take on the Arizona Wildcats.
Rick Rodriguez’ Wildcats began the 2016 season full of optimism, led by a starting quarterback in Anu Solomon who had thrown for over 6,000 yards and 48 touchdowns in two years as a starter.
That optimism was short lived as Solomon suffered a knee injury and was forced to leave Arizona’s first game of the year, a 18-16 neutral site loss to BYU at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
As a result of Solomon’s injury, Rodriguez’ team turned to sophomore Brandon Dawkins, a 6-3 210-pound passer from Oxnard, California, to handle the quarterback duties in Solomon’s absence.