Big Ten football was not supposed to happen at the Coliseum, and yet here comes Ohio State — one of the bluest bloods in the sport, scarlet and gray flooding into a stadium that has seen a century of history — for the kind of marquee nonconference-turned-conference clash that used to only happen in bowl games. USC under the peristyle on a fall Saturday is already one of the great American sports settings: the Trojan on his horse, the band's fanfare, eighty thousand people and the ghosts of a dozen Heisman winners. Add a genuine national heavyweight and it becomes appointment viewing. Saturday, October 31, 2026, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Tailgate in Exposition Park, get in early for the card stunts and Traveler's lap, and come watch two of college football's true giants collide in the cathedral of West Coast football on a Halloween night that will feel like a playoff game. A century of history is on the field and in the stands, and this is a Saturday you will be glad you did not watch from your couch.
Big Ten football was not supposed to happen at the Coliseum, and yet here comes Ohio State — one of the bluest bloods in the sport, scarlet and gray flooding into a stadium that has seen a century of history — for the kind of marquee nonconference-turned-conference clash that used to only happen in bowl games. USC under the peristyle on a fall Saturday is already one of the great American sports settings: the Trojan on his horse, the band's fanfare, eighty thousand people and the ghosts of a dozen Heisman winners. Add a genuine national heavyweight and it becomes appointment viewing. Saturday, October 31, 2026, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Tailgate in Exposition Park, get in early for the card stunts and Traveler's lap, and come watch two of college football's true giants collide in the cathedral of West Coast football on a Halloween night that will feel like a playoff game. A century of history is on the field and in the stands, and this is a Saturday you will be glad you did not watch from your couch.
Big Ten football was not supposed to happen at the Coliseum, and yet here comes Ohio State — one of the bluest bloods in the sport, scarlet and gray flooding into a stadium that has seen a century of history — for the kind of marquee nonconference-turned-conference clash that used to only happen in bowl games. USC under the peristyle on a fall Saturday is already one of the great American sports settings: the Trojan on his horse, the band's fanfare, eighty thousand people and the ghosts of a dozen Heisman winners. Add a genuine national heavyweight and it becomes appointment viewing. Saturday, October 31, 2026, Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Tailgate in Exposition Park, get in early for the card stunts and Traveler's lap, and come watch two of college football's true giants collide in the cathedral of West Coast football on a Halloween night that will feel like a playoff game. A century of history is on the field and in the stands, and this is a Saturday you will be glad you did not watch from your couch.