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College Football Fans Absolutely Loved USC's Epic Hype Video for 2024 Season
The USC Trojans got a primetime slot for their first game of 2024, taking on No. 13 LSU on the Sunday night of Labor Day Weekend. Ahead of the Top 25 contest the school's social media team dropped a hype video for the new year.
Even the biggest Trojan detractors would have trouble denying it's pretty cool.
cleared for takeoff and ready for battle.
— USC Football ✌️ (@uscfb) September 1, 2024
it's the Arrival of the Trojan.
✈️🗡️✌️🔥 pic.twitter.com/pwThLPYTum
College football fans absolutely loved it. Even non-USC ones.
This is spectacular. I’ve never seen a sports hype video like this. https://t.co/dvvs0K6NYd
— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) September 1, 2024
This is crazzzzzy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ https://t.co/vxSu2nUGVm
— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) September 1, 2024
https://t.co/qzRwRObXw8 pic.twitter.com/rjXLXPPRFe
— The Legion (@TheLegionUSC_) September 1, 2024
This deserves this year's Oscar for Best Short Film. pic.twitter.com/a9cPhTp23W
— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) September 1, 2024
That guitar riff of Conquest might be the hardest thing I've ever heard https://t.co/dL4D8bRXfw
— Troy Wullbrandt✌️ (@Troy_ROTK) September 1, 2024
LSU fan but this shit is a highly creative edit
— Hold The Mayo (@snowlikejonn) September 1, 2024
USC video team will win a national title this season no matter what the football team does https://t.co/y0dWnHsRKd
— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) September 1, 2024
I ran outside and tried to tackle a stray cat. This is incredible
— Jay from Thessalonica (@JaySonTafari) September 1, 2024
Nah even as an oregon fan this one of the hardest football video edits ive ever seen what😭😭😭😭
— 🌴Ҝ乇ᐯ⚡️ (@biglovekevin) September 1, 2024
Very cool stuff.
The Trojans are ranked 23rd entering the 2024 season and are hoping to bounce back after a letdown of a season in 2023. They'll be doing so without Caleb Williams, who went first overall in the NFL draft to the Chicago Bears. But presumably there will be some improvement on the defensive side of the ball after a really tough 2023 for that unit.
USC starts the season with a big test. The social media team, at least, is ready to go.
Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He has been in the industry as a content creator since 2017, and prior to joining SI in May 2024, McKeone worked for NBC Sports Boston and The Big Lead. In addition to his work as a writer, he has hosted the Press Pass Podcast covering sports media and The Big Stream covering pop culture. A graduate of Fordham University, he is always up for a good debate and enjoys loudly arguing about sports, rap music, books and video games. McKeone has been a member of the National Sports Media Association since 2020.