What about their first opener against Virginia? Sarcasm aside, I have to credit USC for continually playing actual football teams in their non-conference schedule, which is more than can be said for the vast majority of other big-time programs. You ain't kidding. They play the best schedule I've looked at yet. It's even more impressive after I took a second look. They play a Pac-10 schedule (which isn't great but is far from a cakewalk), then they play @Virginia, Ohio State and Notre Dame out of conference. Not one cupcake to be found (obvious joke about ND being a cupcake inserted here).