On Thursday, a minor theme from the days sports coverage seemed to be playoff contention.
College Spun’s Andrew McCarty tried to find the “only eight teams that can win the College Football Playoff in 2018” and USC football happened to make the cut.
That’s an elite group of programs including Alabama, Auburn, Clemson, Georgia, Michigan, Notre Dame, Ohio State and Oklahoma, but the Trojans fit in for a couple of reasons.
First, USC has recruited exceedingly well in recent years. Second, the Trojans have a playoff-worthy schedule with resume-builders against Stanford, Texas and Notre Dame.