The Trojans' quarterbacking succession plan became accelerated in 2018, another reason USC is the most interesting football team in the Pac-12 South this season. Just like always, in other words.
The conference’s defending champions received the endorsement as the South’s top pick from half of the voters in the Pac-12′s official media poll (USC got 22 of 42 first-place votes; Utah had 14). That split captures the outside perspective of a USC team that’s loaded with talent, but faces some questions about its quarterbacking now that Darnold is playing for the New York Jets.
Daniels, the national choice as Gatorade Player of the Year as a junior at Mater Dei High School, reclassified to 2018 so he could join the Trojans when they had a QB vacancy.