Each week of the college football season USCFootball.com will pose questions to an expert that covers USC's upcoming opponent. The Trojans are trying to finished the season with double-digit wins and will need to get a win against TCU to do so. We caught up with Jeremy Clark who covers the Horned Frogs for HornedFrogBlitz to talk about this Alamo Bowl showdown.
1. Bowl opt-outs are a way of life now in modern college football. Who are the key TCU players that won't be available for duty in the Alamo Bowl and how big of an impact will their absence be?
TCU has actually been extremely fortunate when it comes to opt-outs as many of their starters will be playing the game. Of course, the biggest story is the loss of Josh Hoover, who has decided to enter the transfer portal and will not play in the ball game.
Not having Hoover will obviously have a huge impact on the Frogs' offense. He's made over 30 career starts and has thrown for over 9,000 yards in his career. His backup, Ken Seals, has only appeared in nine games in two seasons after transferring from Vanderbilt. More on that in a bit.
Second-leading receiver Jordan Dwyer also had a foot injury in practice and will be unavailable for the game. Dwyer had 54 receptions for 730 yards with seven touchdowns in 2025.
Additionally, the Frogs will be without offensive coordinator Kendal Briles, who took the same position at South Carolina. Mitch Kirsch is expected to call plays for the offense in the bowl game.