Of course they did. This coincides with the move to the B1G. Very foolish to play this game when you already have at Notre Dame on your OOS schedule and still have a B1G slate that includes at Michigan. They also first started this before even knowing what the full conference schedule would look like can you imagine if OSU or Oregon were part of the conference rotation.
If the OL comes together, USC will surprise people this year. If not, it will be 7-5.