Michigan football vs. USC preview: Behind Enemy Lines

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🗓️ 8 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Michigan football travels to Los Angeles for a pivotal game against the USC Trojans. Led by Jayden Maiava and a bevy of talented skill-position players, USC will represent one of the U-M defense's biggest tests of the season.

Connor Morrissette of USCFootball.com joins Behind Enemy Lines to break down the Trojans. He shares the big names to know, the pertinent injuries, and how the Wolverines might leave this clash of blue-blood programs with a season-defining win.

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0:00.0	Hello everybody and welcome to a new episode of Behind Enemy Lines. I'm your host
0:04.4	Alejandro Suniga here from the Michigan Insider, Michigan.247Sports.com. On Behind Enemy
0:10.2	lines, we take a close look at the Michigan football team's upcoming opponent with a
0:14.0	beat reporter who covers that program. And this week we are previewing the USC Trojans as
0:19.2	Michigan heads out west for a 7.30 p.m. Eastern,
0:23.0	4.30 p.m. Pacific time kickoff at L.A. Memorial Coliseum. Both programs are four and one
0:29.1	entering this game, so this is very important for both teams college football playoff hopes.
0:34.0	And it's just the second time that the Wolverines have ever played at the LA Memorial Coliseum.
0:39.7	First time since 1957, obviously these two programs more frequently have met at the Rose Bowl
0:45.7	and last year at Michigan Stadium. Should be an exciting game, a sellout crowd at the Coliseum,
0:52.9	a lot of Michigan fans potentially in attendance, a lot to break down from this game, so letout crowd at the Coliseum, a lot of Michigan fans potentially in attendance.
0:55.7	A lot to break down from this game. So let's go ahead and dive right in. This is Behind
0:59.6	Enemy Lines, previewing USC. Our guest for this week's episode of Behind Enemy Lines is
1:05.3	Connor Morissette of USCFootball.com, part of our 24-7 sports network. Connor, this is a pivotal game for both Michigan and USC.
1:13.4	The Trojans enter at 4 and 1 with notable wins at Purdue versus Michigan State,
1:17.9	but then a road upset loss at Illinois before the byweek.
1:22.2	Lincoln Riley is in his fourth year with the Trojans.
1:25.5	Could be on the hot seat.
1:26.5	2023 and 2024 were absolutely disappointments compared to what USC standards are.
1:32.0	They have not made the college football playoff yet under Lincoln Riley.
1:35.9	But this game could propel USC back into that conversation.
1:40.7	ESPN says the Trojans are 30% chance of making the playoffs with a win.
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