Today is a bit of a trap game. Minnesota is well-coached, has a good home atmosphere and has shown flashes that it can cause problems.
Some people point to their pass defense being one of the best statistically but I’m less impressed because they played Iowa and Michigan.
USC is clearly the better team but are they overwhelmingly better? Remember, Lincoln Riley likes an overwhelming advantage.
I think this game could be a problem, however. So I’m taking USC, 31-24.
What about you?
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
Every game poses problems but SC has more fire-power.
And YUCLA did its job giving Penn St a bit of a game at 27-11
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We should probably note that UCLA scored its lone [garbage] TD with 16 seconds left in the game….
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Given that Penn St. is a deck. I would also label it a trap game. Some would also refer to it as a “look ahead” game.
BEAT THE GOPHERS
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“on deck”***
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27-15 USC
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Who came up with Gophers as a mascot? It looks like a rodent. Hawks and Falcons are good mascot names. They eat Gophers. Right up there with Irvine Anteaters.
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It is hard to top the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs
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Minnesota can’t move the ball, they are 127th in total offense, and have a particularly bad running game. They somehow are 5th in total defense but that is partly explained by a game versus Rhode Island and playing a 1940s throwback Michigan team that never threw.
How can a gopher beat a Trojan?
USC 28, Minnesota 13
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I am not picking a score, but USC wins by at least three touchdowns if the O-line can keep the pocket clean
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What’s the over under on Riley mis managing the clock ?
Not having 11 players on for the kickoff or punt or extra point ?
Moss getting mauled ?
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Over/Unders
2 Riley clock mismanages
2 having too few/too many on the field on special teams
3 Moss getting mauled
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Okay. We can win even if you take the overs….
#AsLongAs”GettingMauled”Doesn’tLeadTo”GettingHurt”
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Scooter,
If Riley stays home and let the rb coach call the game then SC wins 42-21. If Riley goes with the team then SC31 – wackamoles 21
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Ha! Harsh, P. T.
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Didn’t we use to joke about locking Helton in the basement during games?
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What would the score be if you called the game?
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Better question: What will the score be if Big Tens refs continue to make 2024 the year of The Inexplicable Call….?
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The announcers for the Penn State game were openly criticizing the Big Ten officials.
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XXXX,
With no coaching experience, I would do a better job with time management. I would run between the guard tackle tight end gaps iwth a fullback or extra lineman. run play action and hit the tighend. on the first play run play action and go for the bomb. Run power I, crosss routes, counter, and rpo with the qb rom unlv.
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So 1960’s football is the ticket?…sweet!
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ELON MUSK: “The true test of someone’s character is how they behave under fire. We had one president who couldn’t climb a flight of stairs and another who was fist-pumping after getting shot! FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!”
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Upset alert: Bama losing to crummy Vandy!
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How can you be “crummy” beating the #1 team in the country?
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When you are 2-2 and lost to Georgia State?
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