USC hype video before LSU game excites college football fans

Nothing gets football fans excited for game day like a well-made hype video, and USC's social team accomplished that goal on Sunday with the video it released before their Week 1 game against LSU.

The video begins by showing Trojan warriors on a battlefield before the camera zooms in on a giant Trojan Horse in the background to reveal a glimpse inside where more warriors are hiding, revealing themselves to be USC football players. When the camera zooms out again, the players are in a plane and one jumps out and lands in the middle of the LA Memorial Coliseum.

Ready and waiting for battle.

it is the arrival of the Trojan.

✈️🗡️✌️🔥 pic.twitter.com/pwThLPYTum

— USC Football ✌️ (@uscfb) 1 September 2024

The video is really well done. If that doesn't excite you, I don't know what else will.

There is one problem with the video, however, and some fans couldn't bear to enjoy the awesomeness of the editing: there were never any Trojans inside the Trojan Horse.

In fact, according to mythology, the Trojan Horse was the downfall of Troy. The Greeks constructed the giant horse to advance into Troy during the Trojan War. Once inside the city, the Greeks opened the gates inside the horse to let the Greek army in and take the city.

USC didn't let that stop them from making a good hype video, so the reactions were mostly positive, with a little confusion in between.

This is spectacular. I have never seen such a sports hype video.

— Nicole Auerbach (@NicoleAuerbach) 1 September 2024

This is crazy. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

— Chris Vernon (@ChrisVernonShow) 1 September 2024

I love it when a hyped video ends up being noticed by the community. pic.twitter.com/4w34Fdnvjx

— Sickos Committee (@SickosCommittee) 1 September 2024

The USC video team will win a national title this season, no matter what the football team does

— Josh Pate (@JoshPateCFB) 1 September 2024

Wait, you do realize that the Trojans weren't the ones in the horse, right?

— Rivers Hughey (@RivsHughey) 1 September 2024

I am speechless. I feel sorry for all the recruiting teams and schools that don't have the budget and the leading film school in the country attached to their brand. Good luck emulating that. Well done @Radmen and team, wow …

— Orah Garst (@OrahGarst) 1 September 2024

Hard scene. pic.twitter.com/c2sk11ZfPv

— College Sports Only (@CollegeSportsO) 1 September 2024

Wait, does USC think the Trojans were in the Trojan Horse?

— Brian (@BrianJNBA) 1 September 2024

Which Hollywood studio is involved in these pre-game hype videos because WHAT THE HELL is awesome!!!

– Pablo Escobarner (blue check) (@PabloEscoburner) 1 September 2024

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— The Legion (@TheLegionUSC_) 1 September 2024