LSU vs USC: Key Matchups & Analysis for Ranked Game

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00:00So, as we build the hype and excitement for Sunday, it is our

00:09third ranked versus ranked matchup that we have. LSU and

00:13USC. The Tigers thirteenth in the country. USC twenty-third.

00:18Lazy guy, when this line opened, it was closer to a

00:20touchdown in favor of the Tigers. It has come down to

00:23only four and a hook and I think most people will look at

00:27the total first and foremost. Sixty-four and a half. High

00:31powered offenses a season ago. Terrible on the defensive side

00:35of the football but new defensive coordinators in both

00:38spots. What are your early thoughts for tomorrow night's

00:40game in Las Vegas? It's gonna come down to the trenches and

00:43you heard LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell come out and he

00:47said, we know what to expect, Ben. We're gonna expect a

00:50street fight, right? A fist fight. Whichever team I think

00:52can run it and stop the run ultimately wins this ballgame.

00:55You have two different and new defensive coordinators in terms

00:59of Blake Baker for LSU, Kev, and Linda comes over from UCLA to

01:04take part and really shore up that USC defensive front and we

01:08have two quarterbacks, right? Miller Moss for USC and Garrett

01:10Nussmeier but again, it comes down to Brian Kelly, in my

01:14opinion, a much better head coach than Lincoln Riley. We

01:17could debate that. He's thirty and fourteen dating back to his

01:21days at Notre Dame on the road or on a neutral field site. He's

01:25lost back to back road games. It's year number three and I

01:29just think LSU has way too much talent. Uh when you look at the

01:32running backs, Caleb Jackson, you look at John Annmarie and

01:35Josh Williams, I think they run it right down USC's throat in

01:38this matchup. So, I think because we're gonna we have all

01:41this time. Yeah. Yeah. We're all the time. All this time. I

01:44think Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley are two guys that I would

01:46rank inside the top five active head coaches in college football.

01:49No doubt. So, Brian Kelly respect is not something that

01:52that I have beef with whatsoever. I don't understand.

01:57I I still don't. The way and you're not gonna get out of

02:01this even though he's the one who said it. The way you two

02:04have talked about Lincoln Riley since he left Oklahoma. Yes.

02:06We think you were both born in Norman. Uh I I don't

02:09understand it. I I know they fell short last year of all

02:14expectations. But this the way you two were didn't start in

02:18the middle of last season. He showed up at USC. You sold the

02:22whole thing. He went to a Pac twelve title game and Caleb

02:25tore his hamstring in the first quarter. Yep. So, alright. So,

02:29I'm gonna I'm gonna rebut that because what is the big game

02:32that Lincoln Riley's won? And and wait a second. We talk

02:34about Ryan Day being born on third base, right? Taking over

02:37the program for Urban Meyer. Well, what did Lincoln Riley do?

02:40He lost in regards to the college football playoff in the

02:43second half with an eighteen point lead against Kirby Smart

02:46got out game planned, right? He had Baker Mayfield. He loses to

02:51Matt Campbell at home against Iowa State and loses the ball

02:54game outright. He loses in the Pac twelve championship game

02:57with Caleb Williams. Goes what? Six losses last year. Where is

03:02the marquee win for Lincoln Riley on his resume? Where? I

03:06mean, they did go to Ohio State and beat that team back in

03:09twenty-seventeen. Look, I, again, I, a lot of Notre Dame

03:12fans dislike when BK left. I still like BK but again, when

03:16you tell me, he's ten times better the coach than Lincoln

03:19when everybody's told me, Notre Dame was a fraudulent

03:21program who can't beat anybody. But he went to the college

03:23football playoff that one. So did Lincoln! But he had that

03:26program was only going there! The guy produced is nothing but

03:30number one overall picks at the quarterback position. Born on

03:33third base. Are you the one who gave Malati Nelson the advice

03:36to go to Boise? I did. I gave him the bag of cash too. It's

03:40gonna be fun tomorrow. That's all I gotta say, right? For

03:43that marquee matchup and we will get further into the debate.

03:46Lincoln Riley, one of seven active FPS head coaches that

03:50has an 80% win percentage or better in college football.

03:54Seventy-four and eighteen in eight years as a head coach and

03:58they are still great on the offensive side of the football.

04:00Miller Moss, now the heir apparent. Two guys that kinda

04:03bode their time in their respective programs. Garrett

04:05Nussmeyer takes over for LSU.

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