Good morning! If you didn’t know that Trojan football starts tomorrow, get out from under your rock and head over to the pLAce to be to see No. 6 USC football open up the season at The Coliseum.

What all can you find in today's Brew?

🏈 So It Begins
👟 Keep ‘Em Coming
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🔼 Best of the Best. Two Trojans in QB Caleb Williams and S Calen Bullock were named to 2023 Preseason All-American teams ahead of USC’s debut on the gridiron tomorrow night. Williams was chosen as the top quarterback in the nation, gracing a spot on the All-American First Team, while Bullock was named as one of the top safeties in the nation after being selected to the Second Team.

🔼 Let’s Get Things Started. The No. 22 ranked Trojan volleyball squad is headed down to Houston to tip off their regular season in the Flo Hyman Classic. The team’s first three games will take place in South Texas where the Trojans will face off against Houston, Rice, and Southern Miss.

Good news for the Trojans - historically, USC is 31-6 all-time when playing in the Lone Star State, and 3-0 in the city of Houston. The good news keeps getting better as the Women of Troy are 13-4 in season openers played on the road.

🔼 Put On Notice. The Women of Troy rolled into Duke and pulled off the upset win over the No. 4 ranked Blue Devils after scoring three unanswered goals in a 3-1 victory. After falling behind by one goal to start the game, USC battled back with three straight, including a top-of-the-box strike from Angeles Escobar to give the Trojans the lead for good.

🎥 Catch the full game highlights from the Trojans’ upset win

🔼 Keep ‘Em Coming. More and more Trojans are coming away from the 2023 World Athletics Championships with hardware and solid showings as the championships roll on.

👟 Rai Benjamin wrapped up his championship run with a bronze medal showing in the 400m hurdle. Finishing with a time of 47.56, King Ben proved his abilities on one of the sports’ biggest stages.

👟 Anna Cockrell set a PR of 53.34 in the 400m finals and placed fifth to round out her championship.

👟 Andre De Grasse made it back to the 200m finals for Team Canada.

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Carry Over. The Trojans are coming off a historic season under the guide of Lincoln Riley, and with the season starting up tomorrow, seeing some of the records broken last season would be nice to carry over into this season.

Our question today — do you know which mark the Trojans achieved last season for the first time since 2017?

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

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⚔️ ONE BIG THING

It’s time Trojan Family! USC football takes to the field for the first time this season tomorrow night to face off against San Jose State at 5:00pm PT. A couple of things you need to know before the kickoff of one of the most highly anticipated football seasons in USC’s recent history…

🎥 Check out Quick Hits with Keely Eure to hear from both coaches and players on their thoughts heading into the season opener.

📺 Tune in to the nationally televised game on the Pac-12 Network

🎧 Listen to the game from anywhere in the world here thanks to Trojans All-Access.

🔍 Check out the scouting report on San Jose State as the Trojans look to best them for their 16th straight Coliseum-opening win.

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📅 LOOKING AHEAD

Friday 8/25

🏐 No. 22 Volleyball at Houston @ 6:00pm PT | Watch

Saturday 8/26

🏈 No. 6 Football vs. San Jose State @ 5:00pm PT | Purchase Season Tickets Today

🏐 No. 22 Volleyball at Rice @ 4:00pm PT | Watch

Sunday 8/27

🏐 No. 22 Volleyball at Southern Mississippi @ 9:00am PT | Follow

⚽️ No. 24 Soccer @ North Carolina @ 10:00am PT | Watch

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: Win streak at The Coliseum!

For the first time since the 2017 season, the Trojans went undefeated (7-0) when playing at home. Bonus points if you knew that last season tied the biggest one-season victory turn around after adding 7 wins from 2021’s total.

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!