USC vs. Minnesota Preview: Trojans Favored by 8.5 Points

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00:00to Minneapolis. They go. The Trojans, eight and a half point road favorite against the

00:08Golden Gophers. So, Joe, let's start there. USC lay in eight and a half. Some have looked

00:12at this spot. USC on the road two weeks ago against Michigan. They lost outright. Tested

00:18early last week back in LA by Wisconsin. They blanked the Badgers in the second half. They

00:24win thirty-eight to twenty-one and even cover the spread. What do you think Lincoln Riley's

00:29Trojans have today in the Twin Cities? You know, the more and more I think about this

00:33game, I think USC rolls in regards to this matchup by double digits. Again, I just don't

00:38know if the offense for Minnesota can go toe to toe with Miller Moss. Now, they got a slow

00:43start against Wisconsin, fell behind by lock, and then in the fourth quarter, they just

00:48turned it on. I understand that Minnesota very good in regards to the back end. They

00:52forced eight interceptions on the year. Only you have given up one passing touchdown all

00:57season long, less than sixty percent completion percentage. But again, speed kills baby in

01:03on the road in regards to this match. I just don't see any way Minnesota's competitive.

01:08They got it out of the way last week with Michigan covering that line. I think USC rolls

01:14and it's a bad matchup, I believe, for Minnesota's defense. As somebody that was on Wisconsin

01:19last week, that was tough. That was tough to watch. Yeah, guys in fourteen and a half

01:23on that a way to lose that game. But I think it kind of then it informs me that USC should

01:28be on high alert heading into this game against Minnesota, that they cannot come out slow

01:33because they almost got caught last week. They were down double digits at the break

01:36to the Badgers. I backed away from this game, but they had no props up. Sometimes that's

01:42just an alarm. Is there an injury we don't know about? It threw me off a little bit.

01:46Trojans has the numbers all out there and available. Miller Moss, Darius Taylor, Woody

01:50Marks. So it shouldn't be. I backed off. But this is a spot for me. I would agree with

01:57Lacey. I lean Trojans don't love the game. Yeah, it's an interesting spot. No doubt.

02:02Minnesota best passing defense in the country. The only passing defense allowing less than

02:06one hundred yards per game. But their toughest competition has been in Big Ten play a Michigan

02:11team with the Danger Man and the Iowa Hawkeyes who threw for less than one hundred. In fact,

02:16Minnesota has played three FBS opponents. They've been a dog in all three. They are

02:21oh and three straight up a cover last week against Michigan, but just one one and one

02:27against the spread. And I expected the Gophers to be great on the ground with Darius Taylor

02:31second worth rushing offense in the Big Ten at just over a hundred and one yards per game.