USC Trojans discuss how they deal with outside noise.
Oct 14, 2026
Yeah, it's just a great week of preparation.
Katie just touched it and stayed in it.
You know, I tell them just be ready for it
when it comes and, you know, eat that one.
Yeah, I don't listen
to anything the fans chant.
I bet they're chanting something different now back in L.A.
It was just fun, man.
It was just, I think just taking it all in, you know, the environment.
It's kind of a moment you don't want to end.
What our team did here tonight is really,
really, really difficult to do.
and I just appreciative of our team again just
their willingness to to stay the course and
listen to what we've been preaching in between
the walls I was not surprised at all that we
that we played well I felt like we really had one
of the best weeks of prep that we've had since
I've been here I thought team had a great mindset coming
in and but just yeah appreciative to the
team because it's it's you know like I've told
you guys many times I've only been a head coach
at two schools they've both
been blue bloods there's always blue bloods are unbelievable
the advantages far that far outweigh
the disadvantages but the disadvantages of
blue bloods are the outside noise is always going
to be way over the top no matter what's happening
and your ability to deal with that as a coach
and then your team is critical if you want to
have success in these jobs and I thought
our team blocked out everything our team knows how good of
a team we have in that locker room and didn't flinch
and I was just uh yeah just soaking that
in the environment and what our team did out there tonight.

