Hey Everyone-
I've been doing a lot of thinking about this USC/Stanford game coming up, so I figured I would contribute what I've got so far..
Trends:
Stanford is 12-3 ATS in their last 15 home games.
Stanford is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games following an ATS loss.
USC is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a road dog (of 3.5-10 points).
What USC Must Do to Win:
Run the Rock, Control the Clock- Standford's D is 84th in Rushing D (over 169 yards per game).
What Stanford Must Do to Win:
Air it Out- USC is a porous 116th in pass D, allowing over 288 ypg passing (not to mention 99th in total D, just shy of 420 ypg).
Conclusion
Both of these teams are coming off of tough losses. USC is a solid team, and Allen Bradford (RB) had a bit of a coming out party last week...but at the end of the day Stanford has all of the weapons needed to win this game. Luck will look to pick apart the Trojan secondary. Once Stanford gets up (and they almost certainly will), USC will have to stop doing what it's been doing best lately (running) and rely on the arm of Matt Barkley. This is not to say that Barkley isn't having a terrific campaign in '10. He has 12 TD's to only 4 interceptions. However, 8 of those 12 TD's have come against Hawaii and Wash St who are not exactly defensive power houses.
Prediction
Stanford 37 - 24 USC
BOL everyone.
I've been doing a lot of thinking about this USC/Stanford game coming up, so I figured I would contribute what I've got so far..
Trends:
Stanford is 12-3 ATS in their last 15 home games.
Stanford is 7-2 ATS in their last 9 games following an ATS loss.
USC is 4-0 ATS in their last 4 games as a road dog (of 3.5-10 points).
What USC Must Do to Win:
Run the Rock, Control the Clock- Standford's D is 84th in Rushing D (over 169 yards per game).
What Stanford Must Do to Win:
Air it Out- USC is a porous 116th in pass D, allowing over 288 ypg passing (not to mention 99th in total D, just shy of 420 ypg).
Conclusion
Both of these teams are coming off of tough losses. USC is a solid team, and Allen Bradford (RB) had a bit of a coming out party last week...but at the end of the day Stanford has all of the weapons needed to win this game. Luck will look to pick apart the Trojan secondary. Once Stanford gets up (and they almost certainly will), USC will have to stop doing what it's been doing best lately (running) and rely on the arm of Matt Barkley. This is not to say that Barkley isn't having a terrific campaign in '10. He has 12 TD's to only 4 interceptions. However, 8 of those 12 TD's have come against Hawaii and Wash St who are not exactly defensive power houses.
Prediction
Stanford 37 - 24 USC
BOL everyone.