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LSU vs USC: Key Matchups & Analysis for Ranked Game
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8/31/2024
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So, as we build the hype and excitement for Sunday, it is our
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third ranked versus ranked matchup that we have. LSU and
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USC. The Tigers thirteenth in the country. USC twenty-third.
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Lazy guy, when this line opened, it was closer to a
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touchdown in favor of the Tigers. It has come down to
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only four and a hook and I think most people will look at
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the total first and foremost. Sixty-four and a half. High
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powered offenses a season ago. Terrible on the defensive side
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of the football but new defensive coordinators in both
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spots. What are your early thoughts for tomorrow night's
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game in Las Vegas? It's gonna come down to the trenches and
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you heard LSU offensive tackle Will Campbell come out and he
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said, we know what to expect, Ben. We're gonna expect a
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street fight, right? A fist fight. Whichever team I think
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can run it and stop the run ultimately wins this ballgame.
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You have two different and new defensive coordinators in terms
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of Blake Baker for LSU, Kev, and Linda comes over from UCLA to
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take part and really shore up that USC defensive front and we
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have two quarterbacks, right? Miller Moss for USC and Garrett
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Nussmeier but again, it comes down to Brian Kelly, in my
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opinion, a much better head coach than Lincoln Riley. We
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could debate that. He's thirty and fourteen dating back to his
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days at Notre Dame on the road or on a neutral field site. He's
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lost back to back road games. It's year number three and I
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just think LSU has way too much talent. Uh when you look at the
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running backs, Caleb Jackson, you look at John Annmarie and
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Josh Williams, I think they run it right down USC's throat in
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this matchup. So, I think because we're gonna we have all
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this time. Yeah. Yeah. We're all the time. All this time. I
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think Brian Kelly and Lincoln Riley are two guys that I would
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rank inside the top five active head coaches in college football.
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No doubt. So, Brian Kelly respect is not something that
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that I have beef with whatsoever. I don't understand.
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I I still don't. The way and you're not gonna get out of
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this even though he's the one who said it. The way you two
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have talked about Lincoln Riley since he left Oklahoma. Yes.
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We think you were both born in Norman. Uh I I don't
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understand it. I I know they fell short last year of all
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expectations. But this the way you two were didn't start in
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the middle of last season. He showed up at USC. You sold the
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whole thing. He went to a Pac twelve title game and Caleb
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tore his hamstring in the first quarter. Yep. So, alright. So,
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I'm gonna I'm gonna rebut that because what is the big game
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that Lincoln Riley's won? And and wait a second. We talk
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about Ryan Day being born on third base, right? Taking over
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the program for Urban Meyer. Well, what did Lincoln Riley do?
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He lost in regards to the college football playoff in the
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second half with an eighteen point lead against Kirby Smart
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got out game planned, right? He had Baker Mayfield. He loses to
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Matt Campbell at home against Iowa State and loses the ball
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game outright. He loses in the Pac twelve championship game
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with Caleb Williams. Goes what? Six losses last year. Where is
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the marquee win for Lincoln Riley on his resume? Where? I
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mean, they did go to Ohio State and beat that team back in
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twenty-seventeen. Look, I, again, I, a lot of Notre Dame
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fans dislike when BK left. I still like BK but again, when
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you tell me, he's ten times better the coach than Lincoln
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when everybody's told me, Notre Dame was a fraudulent
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program who can't beat anybody. But he went to the college
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football playoff that one. So did Lincoln! But he had that
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program was only going there! The guy produced is nothing but
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number one overall picks at the quarterback position. Born on
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third base. Are you the one who gave Malati Nelson the advice
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to go to Boise? I did. I gave him the bag of cash too. It's
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gonna be fun tomorrow. That's all I gotta say, right? For
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that marquee matchup and we will get further into the debate.
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Lincoln Riley, one of seven active FPS head coaches that
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has an 80% win percentage or better in college football.
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Seventy-four and eighteen in eight years as a head coach and
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they are still great on the offensive side of the football.
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Miller Moss, now the heir apparent. Two guys that kinda
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bode their time in their respective programs. Garrett
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Nussmeyer takes over for LSU.
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