Of course, the Bulldogs are led by a familiar face. Fresno State head coach Matt Entz served as USC\u2019s linebackers coach during the 2024 season.<\/p>\n
Following the Trojans<\/a>\u2019 Tuesday practice, USC head coach Lincoln Riley discussed his relationship with Entz.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have a good relationship,\u201d Riley said. \u201cIt was great having him with us there for the year. It was great having another head coach in the room.<\/p>\n \u201cHe did a great job here. We were sad to see him go but happy for him to get the opportunity at Fresno, and seems like it\u2019s been a good fit for him. He\u2019s a really good football coach.<\/p>\n Need a news break? Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s one of the schools that other then a week where we\u2019re playing them, we all root for around here. I hope they win every other game except this one.\u201d<\/p>\n Kickoff between Riley\u2019s Trojans and Entz\u2019s Bulldogs is set for 6:00 p.m. Pacific time Friday on Fox.<\/p>\n Contact\/Follow\u00a0@TrojansWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of\u00a0USC Trojans<\/a>\u00a0news, notes and opinion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sept. 3, 2026, 5:26 p.m. PT After defeating San Jose State in the season opener on Saturday, USC…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":453180,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[243,112,114,113,129117,91058,13081,5727,5725,507,65397,3143,1350,11986,3390,129118,25943,32753,9202,83608,377,246],"class_list":["post-453179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-accessfree","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news","tag-sourcetrojans-wire","tag-sstssportscollegetrojansfootball","tag-sstsnfootball","tag-tagbig-10-hub","tag-tagbig-ten-conference-football","tag-tagcalifornia-gold-rush","tag-tagcgr-sports","tag-tagcollege-football","tag-tagcollege-sports","tag-tagfootball","tag-tagfresno-state-bulldogs-football","tag-taglincoln-riley","tag-tagncaa-big-ten-conference","tag-tagsan-jose-state-spartans","tag-tagsan-jose-state-spartans-football","tag-tagsouthern-california-trojans-football","tag-tagsports-news","tag-typestory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=453179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/453179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/453180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=453179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=453179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=453179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/91532686007-20260829-t-201648-z-1888198054-mt-1-usatoday-29692133-rtrmadp-3-ncaafootballsanjosestate.webp\")