College football analyst Joel Klatt isn’t high on USC
USC’s Steven Mitchell Jr. attempts a diving catch in front of Arizona State’s Lloyd Carrington during the first half Saturday in Tempe, Ariz.
Joel Klatt, the lead college football analyst at Fox Sports, didn’t mince words when he spoke about USC during a FS1 radio broadcast Wednesday.
“It’s a very talented team that’s not going to reach expectations,” said Klatt, who was a quarterback at Colorado from 2002 to 2005.
USC was picked to win the Pac-12 Conference in a preseason media poll.
“They aren’t going to win the South Division, they aren’t going to win the Pac-12,” Klatt said. “They’re just not tough enough.”
After opening the season with convincing victories over Arkansas State and Idaho of the Sun Belt Conference, USC stumbled in a 41-31 defeat by Stanford in their Pac-12 opener.
The Trojans, ranked 17th in the AP Poll, bounced back with a 42-14 road victory over Arizona State last weekend.
USC has an open date on Saturday and will host Washington on Oct. 8.
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