Unprecedented Times

Once the doctors gave the green light, USC football sprung into action so that the Trojans could salvage their 2020 season. Interviews with Amon-Ra St. Brown, Mike Bohn, Brandon Sosna and Joseph Wood.

While everyone was focused on physical health and well-being in 2020, USC student-athletes were suffering mentally, removed from their teammates and sidelined from their sports. Interviews with Angela Kulikov, Dr. Robin Scholefield, Anna Cockrell, Rai Benjamin, Amon-Ra St. Brown and Brandon Sosna.

Stuck at home amid a global pandemic, USC Athletics had to face the issue of racial inequality in America after the death of George Floyd sparked a new student-athlete activism organization. Interviews with Anna Cockrell, Dr. Julie Rousseau, Amon-Ra St. Brown, Mike Bohn and Jason Hart.

For USC and the Pac-12, science led the way in all its decision-making around Covid-19. This is the behind-the-scenes story about how the Trojans went from not playing in 2020 to playing, starting November 7, thanks to the medical breakthroughs around coronavirus. Interviews with Dr. Seth Gamradt and Russ Romano.

A century ago, USC Football was in a similar bind, battling the Spanish Flu while trying to prepare for the 1918 season. From the ashes of that global pandemic, the Trojans rose into the national power that we know and love today. Interviews with Jim Rainey, Mike Glenn and Richard Shmelter.

"Unprecedented Times" is an in-depth look at all the challenges the Trojans faced in 2020 and how the athletic department plans to move forward.