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Why USC will be a dark horse media favorite in 2020

Prepare yourselves, Trojan fans. The hype machine is coming for USC’s 2020 squad.

It won’t be the type of hype USC is accustomed to. There will be no No. 1 ranking or dreams of the College Football Playoff. Even so, the perception of the Trojans going into that matchup with Alabama on September 5 is bound to transform from, “They’re going to get romped,” to something like, “This could be interesting…I mean, it could happen?”

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At the very least, prepare for the likelihood of USC being proclaimed a favorite to win the Pac-12 South at the conference’s Media Day in July.