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USC's two-game attendance stretch hasn't answered the question it raised

9/5/2026

USC football's crowd problem is real, and it isn't resolved yet.

14-ranked Trojans drew another thin house for their Friday night home opener against the Fresno State Bulldogs at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, continuing the pattern set in Week 0 when a sparse turnout against San Jose State sent social media into a roasting session.

A Big Ten program that looks capable of a solid year is still staring at rows of empty red seats at kickoff. The case for concern starts with what Week 0 produced.

USC won that game convincingly, 42-26 over San Jose State, but the story that traveled wasn't the scoreboard.