On this episode of the Peristyle Podcasts hosts Ryan Abraham and Coach Harvey Hyde are back breaking down the huge news that was released last week from the Big Ten, their Flex Protect Plus football scheduling model that will allow all 16 of the teams in the new-look B1G to play everyone in the conference at least once every two years and visit all 15 of the other venues at least once every four years. It also allows for protected rivalries that would be played every year and for the USC Trojans the obvious choices was the UCLA Bruins, keeping that long standing rivalry going.
Coach Hyde talks about that new model and also what the USC football schedule will look like going forward in 2024 with the Trojans facing off against LSU in Las Vegas, home games against Notre Dame, Michigan, Iowa and Wisconsin plus a road test against Penn State. Then 2025 is fun with Georgia Southern (and potentially Clay Helton), Ole Miss, Nebraska and Penn State in the Coliseum with road games against Ohio State, Wisconsin and Notre Dame.
These schedules are exciting for the fans, and Coach Hyde thinks the Big Ten did a nice job. He would like to see the conference go one step further and make sure that USC and UCLA were not hosting huge games during the same weekend 20 miles apart. He would like to see that schedule alternate so the Rose Bowl hosts a Big Ten game one weekend then the Coliseum hosts one the following weekend. Overall he thinks these huge games will help both USC and UCLA recruit nationally and generate a lot more exposure for both brands.
Coach also gives his thoughts on the shocking departure of Mike Bohn, a move he feels will impact the entire athletic department. Bohn and Brandon Sosna were the guys who brought in Lincoln Riley and now both of them are gone. With the success Riley has already had, is will be up to USC to bring in an athletic director that will work with Riley and get on the same page, not the other way around. Football drives the bus and USC needs to bring in a great leader and administrator, but also one that knows the football program is already rolling in the right direction and can't be derailed.
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