Any amount of success that will come for USC in 2025 will need to see the run game be established. Particularly in short-yardage situations, the ability of a team to pick up a key conversion is what tends to ultimately separate a good team from the bad ones.
This is an aspect that frustrated Trojan fans last year in particular. Traditionally, teams would unquestionably run the ball during downs that only require a short amount of yards. Yet increasingly, many are just as likely to throw a 20-yard fade route during a third-and-one scenario, rather than running it up the middle.