USC Faces Difficult Challenge Against Favorited Oregon
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00:03 >> Pac-12 after dark at Oregon and Autzen.
00:06 That's gonna be USC and Oregon 10.30 PM Eastern start in this one.
00:09 Lining this game up from the Fandul Sportsbook, a 14 as the opening number as
00:13 a favorite towards Oregon has now turned into 14 and a half and
00:16 other outlets now showing 15 and a half.
00:18 So that line is on the move.
00:19 Also a total band opened up at 70 and a half now sits at 73 and a half.
00:23 And as it looks like here as we heard before from a certain coach at Oregon,
00:28 one team looks like they're playing for clicks in this game.
00:30 One team is trying to play for actual wins on the gridiron.
00:34 Oregon to me, I think has the best chance in the Pac-12 to win a national
00:38 championship, but you gotta get there in order to win it.
00:41 What's Oregon do to USC this weekend?
00:43 >> Yeah, Donnie, think about that spread first and foremost.
00:47 USC has been booked as an underdog three times in the two years under Lincoln Riley.
00:53 No spread has been north of three and a half points.
00:55 And now you are seeing 14, over two touchdowns,
00:59 14 and a half in favor of the Ducks.
01:03 It speaks to the dominance that Oregon has played with this year.
01:07 They are deserving of that number.
01:09 And it speaks to the idea that USC is completely out of the conversation,
01:13 both for the college football playoff and it would seem for the Pac-12.
01:18 Yes, they only have two conference losses.
01:21 Oregon has one, Utah has one, Oregon State has multiple, so on and
01:25 so forth, Washington, zero just yet.
01:28 But given tiebreakers for the Huskies over Oregon and over USC,
01:34 it would be pretty hard for the Trojans to get there past either the Ducks or
01:40 Washington.
01:41 There is still something to play for, and
01:42 there is that competitive fire in Caleb Williams.
01:46 What are we going to see out of a defense that no longer has their coordinator, but
01:50 rightfully so, in Alex Grinch?
01:52 Donnie, I'm not sure about laying more than two touchdowns with Oregon against
01:56 the talent that USC has, regardless of what that talent has looked like.
02:01 Oregon wins this football game.
02:02 I do not believe the Trojans are going to pull an upset in Austin.
02:06 If the game was at the Coliseum in LA, maybe it would change my mind
02:10 just a little bit.
02:11 But I'll tell you where I'm going to look, at the passing yards prompt for
02:14 Bo Nix, who his head coach Dan Lanning has said, we want him to win a Heisman
02:19 Trophy, the bodacious campaign is certainly trending toward that.
02:23 And knowing what USC gives up defensively,
02:27 how would Bo Nix not go over his number?
02:29 I think it's going to be lofty.
02:31 Then you would look at Bucky Irving, the running back for Oregon,
02:34 who consistently this year in Pac-12 play has rushed for
02:36 at least 85 yards on the ground.
02:39 Everybody runs on USC.
02:42 Dylan Johnson last week, 256 yards, a career best for
02:46 the tailback for the Huskies.
02:48 Bucky Irving and the rushing yards prompt, Donnie,
02:50 is probably going to be my favorite play of this game.
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