Former Alabama QB, current ESPN football analyst believes in USC

Former Alabama quarterback and national champion Greg McElroy said this week on the “Always College Football” podcast that USC’s month of October will be the most important in the Trojans’ upcoming college football season.

McElroy broke down USC’s schedule this fall during a recent episode of “Always College Football.” To him, their year will come down to the four-game stretch in the midst of conference play from October 5 through October 26.

“I think the second part of the schedule for ‘SC is more manageable than even the first month of the season,” said McElroy. “In October, you have at Minnesota That’s a game you can absolutely and, hopefully for ‘SC fans, you do win. You got Penn State at your place. That’s a game that I think that can be won. I would lean Penn State at the moment but I think that is a game that can absolutely be won. You’re at Maryland– going to be a tough road trip, for sure, but one that can be won without question. Rutgers comes to you – another game that can be won.

“Those, to me? October is going to define USC’s season because there are winnable games on that part of the schedule,” McElroy said.

“It felt like rock bottom for SC there at the end of the regular season. They had a good bowl performance, and now they’ve fortified their defensive staff,” McElroy said. “So, I’m feeling like the arrow is pointing up for the Trojans.”

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