USC confirmed Thursday night that it will submit a bid to host an NFL team at the LA Coliseum in 2016.

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“USC will be responding to the NFL’s RFP [request for proposal] and we hope to welcome an NFL team into the Coliseum starting in the 2016 season,” USC’s senior vice president for administration Todd Dickey told the LA Times.

The NFL asked USC, as the operators of the Coliseum, the Rose Bowl, Dodger Stadium, Angel Stadium and the Stubhub Center to submit bids in preparation for the arrival of one or more NFL teams to Los Angeles.

One potential hiccup with regard to NFL arrivals is a restriction in the Coliseum Commission’s lease agreement with USC against hosting more than one team at the Coliseum, according to the LA Times.

Yesterday the Rose Bowl declined to submit a bid, which means USC will very likely end up hosting a team. If a second team comes along as well, they will be relegated to the use of one of LA’s two baseball stadiums or the woefully undersized StubHub Center.

At the moment, there are three candidates for relocation — the Oakland Raiders, San Diego Chargers and St. Louis Rams. All three of those franchises have called the Coliseum home in the past.