Good to know

•With USC and UCLA slated to join the Big Ten in 2024, Colorado might have only two more chances to get its first win against the Trojans. In addition to this year’s visit to the Coliseum, the Buffs are likely to host USC in 2023.

• Josh Henson was hired in the offseason as the Trojans’ offensive coordinator and line coach. He spent the past three years as the offensive line coach at Texas A&M and before that was the offensive line coach at Oklahoma State (2016-18). For seven years, from 2009-15, he was the offensive coordinator/line coach at Missouri.

• Defensive coordinator/safeties coach

Alex Grinch followed Riley from

Oklahoma. Grinch spent the past three years coordinating the defense at Oklahoma. Prior to that, he was the defensive coordinator at Ohio State in 2018 and at Washington State from 201517. He was also on Missouri’s staff with Henson from 2012-14.

• The Trojans loaded up on receivers in the transfer portal, with Addison, Terrell Bynum (Washington), Brenden Rice (Colorado) and Mario Williams (Oklahoma). In addition, USC returns two of its three starters, in Tahj Washington (54 catches for 602 yards) and Gary Bryant Jr. (44 catches for 579 yards and seven TD).

• Four of the five starting offensive linemen are back from last year, including All-pac-12 caliber players in Andrew Vorhees (left guard) and Brett Neilon (center).

• Mekhi Blackmon and Brenden Rice were both key players for Colorado last year. Rice was the most explosive player on a poor offense, finishing with 21 catches for 299 yards and three touchdowns and averaging 27.6 yards on kickoffs. Blackmon was exceptional in coverage and finished with 50 tackles and six pass breakups.

• USC has been to the Pac-12 title game three times (2015, 2017, 2020) and won the championship in 2017. That was USC’S only conference title in the last 13 seasons.