OK...time for the square pick of the week.
Current line - USC -20 / Total 57
This game will be played in Denver at Mile High stadium so it is not an actual home game for Colorado. Colorado is 0-5 in Pac-12 play this year giving up an average of nearly 45 ppg while scoring an average of around 15 ppg (44.8-14.8). Overall they are just 1-8 on the year with the only win vs a pretty bad Colorado St. team. Their last 4 games have been losses to Stanford by 41 pts, Washington by 28 pts, Oregon by 43 pts and Arizona St by 34 pts. In their possible defense (sort of), 3 of those games were on the road. They do get back a couple of important offensive players for this game (lead RB Rodney Stewart 113 carries for 471 yds and 1 TD and leading WR Paul Richardson 30 catches for 488 yds for 5 TD's) for what that's worth. Last time I checked they don't play on the defense which is giving up 185 yds rushing and 250 yds passing per game, and has only generated 7 TO's in 9 games.
USC has huge advantages on both sides of the ball. I don't know if they are expected to have a let down after that Stanford OT loss but I think they'll beat Colorado by at least 3 TD's.
USC -20
Current line - USC -20 / Total 57
This game will be played in Denver at Mile High stadium so it is not an actual home game for Colorado. Colorado is 0-5 in Pac-12 play this year giving up an average of nearly 45 ppg while scoring an average of around 15 ppg (44.8-14.8). Overall they are just 1-8 on the year with the only win vs a pretty bad Colorado St. team. Their last 4 games have been losses to Stanford by 41 pts, Washington by 28 pts, Oregon by 43 pts and Arizona St by 34 pts. In their possible defense (sort of), 3 of those games were on the road. They do get back a couple of important offensive players for this game (lead RB Rodney Stewart 113 carries for 471 yds and 1 TD and leading WR Paul Richardson 30 catches for 488 yds for 5 TD's) for what that's worth. Last time I checked they don't play on the defense which is giving up 185 yds rushing and 250 yds passing per game, and has only generated 7 TO's in 9 games.
USC has huge advantages on both sides of the ball. I don't know if they are expected to have a let down after that Stanford OT loss but I think they'll beat Colorado by at least 3 TD's.
USC -20
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