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USC’s Odyssey Mix-Up and Football Odds | USC Trojans Football News
USC’s football team sparked laughs—and confusion—by tweeting, “Our Odyssey begins August twenty-ninth,” tying their season opener to Christopher Nolan’s new film. But here’s the twist: the original Odyssey is about Odysseus fleeing Troy, the very city USC’s Trojans nickname supposedly honors—only they were on the losing side of that war. The joke? The name’s been around since 1912, inspired by fighting spirit, not ancient myth. Fans are already joking they’re “lost” like Odysseus, while the real stakes loom: a brutal Big Ten schedule, long odds to win it all, and a season that’s got everyone…
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