It's at home and USC is without Dye, their heart soul and first half MVP Williams is second half MVP.
Trojans D has been awful without Gentry and I can't expect him to suddenly change all that.
UCLa has a power team, and I don't see USC having the speed to disrupt as UA did. I don't see USC having the power to stand toe to toe with the UCLA O. I am sure Caleb Williams will put on a show but if they clock him it's over. I also expect them to score about half their possessions, which would mean what, about 35-42 points? If they are all TD. But I just don't see USC holding UCLA under 45 . I don't think they score 60 but I absolutely see a 52-42 game.
Charbonnet will get his yards. He got almost 200 vs AZ and it wasn't enough.
Caleb has to shine. Has to make the most of every possession.
Wonder if the Grinch will sell out to stop the run like he did vs Utah, spy DTR, or put someone on bozo. My guess is he will try to stop the run and it will be a shootout between DTR vs Caleb. sc
I think usc with dye is a complete toss up. Like the difference would be penalties or turnovers or mistakes.
dye is worth 7-10 pts a game imo. Usc also doesn’t have a great fg kicker.
dye doesn’t get hurt and this thing is super compelling and we all just guess with no clue.
I mean we are still guessing but I think Austin Jones and Raleek brown pass protection is awful. Really bad. think it really plays out here. Having said that. Brown is explosive and if Williams dumps the ball off to him under a heavy rush it could be a quick 80 And if Williams decides to take off a lot? Could spell trouble for both teams. Ucla because how do you stop that. USC because if he gets hit once we are looking at Miller moss
Let’s be honest the refs are going to give this to the brunes. There’s no arguing about it. It’s going to be a jobbing talked about for years
Not really an upset. USC is now 1.5 point favorite but the FPI gives USC a 60% chance to win.
It's at home and USC is without Dye, their heart soul and first half MVP Williams is second half MVP.
Trojans D has been awful without Gentry and I can't expect him to suddenly change all that.
UCLa has a power team, and I don't see USC having the speed to disrupt as UA did. I don't see USC having the power to stand toe to toe with the UCLA O. I am sure Caleb Williams will put on a show but if they clock him it's over. I also expect them to score about half their possessions, which would mean what, about 35-42 points? If they are all TD. But I just don't see USC holding UCLA under 45 . I don't think they score 60 but I absolutely see a 52-42 game.
Because UCLA should be favored in this game. Giving them 2.5 pts is a total gift.