Good morning! Former USC student-athlete and gold medal winner Rai Benjamin talks about his winning race with sports personalities Shannon Sharpe and Chad Ochocinco.

What else can you find in today's edition of The Three Torches?

🏈 Two Trojans named to Lombardi Watch List
⚽️ Women of Troy earn the season’s first win
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Watch Out. USC defensive tackle Bear Alexander and offensive lineman Jonah Monheim were named to the 2024 Lombardi Award Watch List. The Lombardi Award is presented to outstanding linemen who best epitomize Vince Lombardi's values of leadership, courage, performance and discipline on and off the field. USC, ranked third nationally in scoring offense (41.8), fifth nationally in passing offense (333.0) and tenth in total offense (467.6) in 2023, takes its high-powered offense into the Big Ten with Monheim, a returning captain, at center. 

🔼 Where It Begins. The start of the athletic year also marks the beginning of the volleyball season! Check out some of the newest Trojans as the team gets ready to compete in its first season as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

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🔼 Season’s First. The No. 23 USC women's soccer team picked up a victory on the road Sunday night, shutting out California Baptist for a 1-0 win. Putting up a total of 23 shots, senior forward Maile Hayes slotted home the eventual game-winner in the 11th minute of action. After allowing just four shots in the first half, the Trojan defense only allowed five in the second half, with three on goal. Laurence Gladu made five saves in goal for the Trojans to pick up the shutout. The Trojans are back in action next Sunday as they face Pepperdine on the road.

🔼 Dynamic Duo. Heading into the 2024 season, USC football landed two of its stars on the ESPN Top 100 College Football Players. Wide receiver/return specialist Zachariah Branch was the highest-ranked Trojan coming in at No. 78 while quarterback Miller Moss cracked the top 100 at the No. 91 spot.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to the USC football team who is the only team in all of college football to have scored 40+ points in 19 games for the past two seasons. Head coach Lincoln Riley has led the Trojan offense to new heights and will look to do the same with a new player under center for the 2024 season.

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That’s The Points. It’s no secret that the Trojan football offense has been a well-oiled machine over the past two seasons. Touchdowns have been no issue for USC, and in some cases, the Trojans have scored seemingly at will.

Our question today: what is the most amount of points the Trojans have scored in a single game in the last two seasons?

Think you got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the answer!

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🏈 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF

13 days until kickoff, Trojan Family!

We are a Caleb Williams amount of days until the Trojans’ first game of the season. The 2022 Heisman winner solidified his name in the USC record books with the single-season passing yards (4,537) and passing touchdowns record (42), and finished ranked seventh all-time in career passing yards (8,170) despite only playing two seasons for the Trojans.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Sunday, August 25
⚽️ Soccer vs. Pepperdine @ 1:00pm in Malibu, CA | ESPN+ | Live Stats

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🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 66 points!

The Trojans scored 66 points on two occasions in the last two seasons. In 2022, USC put up 66 against Rice in the first game of the year and in 2023, the Trojans scored 6 against Nevada for the second win of the season.

⚔️ Have a great Monday, everyone!