USC will travel to Indiana on Friday.

Now this is funny, or maybe pathetic. But USC reportedly could not find hotel rooms on Thursday night because of a band convention in Indianapolis.

When USC goes to Notre Dame, it actually stays around 35 miles away where it’s easy to get rooms and there are no distractions.

Couldn’t USC find hotel rooms 35 miles from Bloomington?

This usually falls on the director of football operations but USC’s graduated from college in 2024, so I’m putting this squarely on the shoulders of Lincoln Riley. He’s the veteran coach and makes $11 million. So he should have sorted it out.