Hawai'i is pretty bad fellas. Most of the June Jones players are gone, and McMackin can't recruit. The majority of the top talent in Hawai'i and Samoa goes mainland these days, to where at least June would retain a decent chunk of it. UH put up good offensive #s last year, but only 4 returning starters on offense (1 on O-line), and a D that can't stop bigger teams that can push them around. Plenty of time for USC to get there and get acclimated, and the crowd still doesn't measure up to what USC deals with every other week. Sure both teams may be trying "really really hard", but you can throw that angle out AFAIC. UH wants to impress in the opener, but USC is gonna have a massive chip on their shoulders all year similar to what Auburn had years ago, and they're gonna run it up when they can.

I see USC dealing with a short field most of the time and running away with this one. Got two units on it already.