Despite the LSU Tigers program under Lane Kiffin essentially blowing up the college football model by adding NFL players in order to make their team better and pivotal week one storylines to track, the only topic of discussion around the sport this week has been the attendance at USC's home opener.The Trojans hosted San Jose State at the LA Coliseum on Saturday at noon, a game time that made little sense for everyone other than NBC.SC entered the game as 38-point favorites, temperatures were in the mid-90's with extreme, and unusual, humidity for Southern California, and the kickoff time ensured there'd be no shade or relief from the miserable conditions.USC FOOTBALL RIPPED FOR PATHETIC CROWD AT HOME OPENER: 'ABSOLUTELY EMBARRASSING'USC Trojans mascot Traveller trots through the end zone before a college football game between the USC Trojans and the San Jose State Spartans on Aug.
29, 2026, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, Calif.(Icon Sportswire via Getty Images)Unsurprisingly, many chose to stay home, rationally deciding that they could simply wait for the weather and a more favorable kickoff time to deal with the atrocious LA traffic, elevated parking prices, long walk, and terrible security lines.
This has sparked days of outrage and clickbait videos from commentators and analysts in comfortable studios who are certain they'd sit in the heat to watch a full game that was over within 15 minutes.All while ignoring the many examples of other big schools, like the Florida Gators, that have struggled to fill seats for noon games in August.Now we can add the head coach of the Texas Tech Red Raiders, a program known for its moral character, to the list of complainants.At a news conference on Monday, Joey Maguire explained, just before taking a shot, that he did not want to "take any shots," before saying he's excited to play in front of a sold out crowd in Lubbock this weekend."Not to take any shots because I have a lot of respect for USC and Linc...