Good morning! Last weekend, the Trojans traveled to Las Vegas for the season opener against the LSU Tigers. Check out some of the best quotes and highlights from USC football’s huge week one win in the latest episode of Only USC — Touchdown In Vegas.

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

🏈 Preview of USC’s home opener
🤽‍♂️ Men’s water polo season outlook
⚔️ And much, much more!

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Coming Home. After 9.2 million viewers watched USC win the fistfight against LSU at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas with a 27-20 victory, the Trojans are ready to host Utah State in the Coliseum and show the world that USC is the pLAce to be. The No. 13 USC football team is 6-0 all-time against Utah State, and in home openers, the Trojans are 102-19-7 all-time. All of the contests against Utah State have taken place at the Coliseum with the most recent encounter in 2016 ending in a 45-7 USC victory.

🏆️ See which USC defenseman is heading into the home opener with a Lott IMPACT Trophy Player of the Week award under his belt

📝 How to watch, listen and follow the game this Saturday

🔼 Season Outlook. USC's three team captains — Max Miller, Carson Kranz and Stefan Brankovic — will be leaders in and out of the water for the 2024 Trojans as they look to extend USC's run of NCAA Tournament appearances to 20 in a row. It all begins this weekend as the Trojans head to La Jolla for action at the Triton Invitational to set the stage for their 2024 campaign. This weekend will also mark the USC debuts for three powerful new additions to the Trojan roster in Brankovic, Jack Martin and Robert López Duart.

📚️ Read the full 2024 season outlook for USC men’s water polo

🔼 Successful Shut Out. The Women of Troy closed out San Francisco with two second-half goals to record the 2-0 victory. Maria Alagoa and Kayla Colbert provided the goals and the Trojan defense held up for the full 90 minutes for the first time since week two against CBU. The Trojans move to 4-0-1 on the year as the team will look to carry momentum into Sunday’s match against top-ranked Stanford.

🔼 Put Up A Fight. The No. 20-ranked USC women's volleyball team fell in a hard-fought four sets to Creighton in the first match of the Creighton Classic. Gala Trubint led all players with a season-high 22 digs and reached double-digit digs for the 51st time in her career; her 15th match with 20 or more digs while Mia Tuaniga put up 41 assists to go with seven digs, three kills, a block, and a service ace.

Today’s Top Tier Performance presented by ARCO goes to Caleb Williams and Reggie Bush. Both former Trojans winners had both of their jersey numbers officially retired, joining the six other USC Heisman winners’ banners at the LA Coliseum.

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The Standard is the Standard. Trojan men’s water polo will begin their quest for another NCAA appearance this weekend at the Triton Invitational.

🗣️ "Our teams are known for competing for national championships. We are always trying to be consistent from beginning to end, and our goal is to secure another spot in the NCAA Tournament." - Marko Pintaric, head coach

Our question today: how many seasons in a row has USC men’s water polo reached the NCAA Tournament?

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

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📅 THE WEEKEND AHEAD

Friday, September 6
🏐 Volleyball vs. Kansas State @ 2 p.m. in Omaha, NE | FloVolleyball

Saturday, September 7
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. Long Beach State @ Noon in La Jolla, CA
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. Cal State Fullerton @ 6:30 p.m. in La Jolla, CA
🏈 Football vs. Utah State @ 8 p.m. in Los Angeles, CA | Tickets | Big Ten Network | Listen

Sunday, September 8
⚽️ Soccer vs. Stanford @ 1 p.m. in Stanford, CA | ACC Network Extra
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. UC Davis @ 2:30 p.m. in La Jolla, CA
🤽‍♂️ Men’s Water Polo vs. Westcliff @ 6:30 p.m. in La Jolla, CA

⚔️Click here to view the full USC Trojan Athletics Calendar

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: 20 seasons!

In December, the waves will settle out in Palo Alto, where the Trojans aim to make their 20th NCAA Tournament run and ultimately raise their 11th NCAA championship trophy. 

⚔️ Have a great weekend, everyone!