yes but which Offense of the 2 can hold onto the ball thus keeping the Duck's offensive machine off the field. Hopefully they havent been letting the grass get long like Stanford did last year to help slow the game down.
Of course this is the team that has lost what, 3-4 home games in the last 10 years? USC at home on grass instead of turf, and USC will have this game as the only worthwhile event that can make their worthless season have some meaning, and will be coming off of a bye week to prepare for that Oregon offense. I'd say USC wins this game 9 times out of 10.
While I may be one of the people who tries to tone down how well the Ducks are doing.. I cant go as far as a 90% chance that USC wins. I have to put this one as a 50-50 toss up IMO.
This isn't the Matt Leinart (or even Mark Sanchez) Trojans. I watched them against UW, and their D was nothing to write home about. It would've been worse if the UW receivers hadn't had a significant case of the dropsies. I don't watch much UO football (I did see a lot of the UCLA game) but I think that the UO front line will have their way with the D-line of USC...and if you can incorporate more of the flywheel run from the pistol you'll make a lot of hay...UW did, and their OLine isn't much to write home about. I also don't have much confidence in Lane Kiffin as a master game-planner. Honestly, if it wasn't for the extremely young and inexperienced Dline of UW, i'd say that there's a better chance (like 15%) of UO losing to UW than losing to USC on a long week.
Uhm, Oregon is going to slaughter the Trojans. Barkley throws the ball a lot, which will not keep Oregon's offense off the field. And the Trojan defense is horrible. The spread, I bet, will be at least 10.
This is USC's chance to say F U to the Ducks, the PAC 10, the rest of the country and most importantly the NCAA for banning them from postseason play. They're going to come out fired up and give the Ducks their best shot. And of yeah, they've had 2 weeks to prepare for the game. Going to be a tough, tough game.
USC has been playing better then when the season started. I think the Ducks will win, but it will be the toughest team they've faced so far... especially considering its @ USC.
