CBS Sports took a look at college football attendance across the country on Friday, noting that numbers are down across the board. And USC football was one of the big losers.
Attendance at the Coliseum fell from 75,358 per game in 2015 to 68,459 in 2016.
Why were numbers down so drastically, despite a run to the Rose Bowl?
There are half a dozen factors to point to simply by looking through USC’s home slate.
It started with Utah State, an out of conference match up that would not have inspired too much enthusiasm even if the Trojans hadn’t been smashed by Alabama on opening weekend.