USC recruits, fans, and players all enjoyed Las Vegas against LSU

One of the especially great aspects of USC’s win over LSU: Big-time recruits were watching. We noted this earlier in the week:

Remember this one simple point about USC’s win over LSU on Sunday: It was the only game in town. It was the only game on television. It was the only game, period. There were no other games played Sunday night. There were no other college football games played on Sunday. This was a solo stage. USC and LSU had this 3.5-hour game window all to themselves. You better believe top college football recruits were watching. They wanted to see if USC was for real. They wanted to see if USC really was a changed football program. They really wanted to find out if the talk from the coaches and the salesmanship had real substance behind it.

The answer was very clear. USC delivered.

The Trojans had a lot to prove going into this game.

If you thought recruits enjoyed the game — which they did, given how they reacted to USC’s victory — I certainly was able to see up close how much the 2024 USC players relished the occasion against LSU. Enjoy these photos I took of the game. USC football is back … and the fun of Sunday night in Las Vegas was a feeling we hope to feel many more times in 2024 and beyond: