Utah State vs. USC: Assessing Football Match Dynamics

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00:00It's going to be really difficult to cover a four-touchdown number like this.

00:06Hard not to lean the Aggies way.

00:08One thing that I am interested in is does USC at all have a chip on their shoulder?

00:12No, again, a preseason ranking for USC barely inside the top 25.

00:16I mean, they're scratching and clawing with Kansas for a pole position in Kansas football.

00:21And I have people telling me that this is normal.

00:22I have people telling me Lincoln Riley's never done it before.

00:25I mean, could you believe people were saying such things?

00:28Here we go, we're going, I have to have been the college football player.

00:32No, and I know, because sometimes I think the genius brain of yours wins out over the

00:36nonsense you're saying around Lincoln Riley and USC showing them some respect accidentally.

00:42Here's my question.

00:43You want me to pray to the church of Lincoln Riley?

00:45No, I just want you to stop ranking, you know, Joe Schmoe's over him.

00:49Here's my story.

00:50No, no, no.

00:51Miller Moss.

00:52Yes.

00:53Okay.

00:54How much of it is him?

00:56How much of it is Lincoln?

00:58And does it matter?

00:59Because after one game, oh, by the way, Lincoln Riley has one of the 10 best quarterbacks

01:03in college football again.

01:04Well, I think Miller Moss is a very good quarterback.

01:07He proved that last year in regards to the bowl win over Louisville, 360 yards, 70 yards,

01:12six touchdowns.

01:13And that was a pretty good top 25 Louisville defense heading into that matchup with Jeff

01:18Brom.

01:19So he picked them apart.

01:20We know they have weapons and we know they could still score.

01:23I will say this, Miller Moss, what you see is what you get, meaning he plays within the

01:29scheme where Caleb maybe created too much just to make plays out of nothing.

01:34It's either going to be there or it's not with Miller Moss.

01:37He does a great job, great touch on his ball.

01:41And again, they have a rushing attack.

01:42Now the biggest thing for me, big picture, is their defense with Lynn.

01:47Big ball game, right?

01:48Big matchup.

01:50They can run the football what he marks.

01:52They can shut down the run the way they did against Louisville, LSU last week.

01:56And that's the difference in regards to big picture.

01:59I think they're going to be there.

02:00They're going to be a contender in the Big Ten.

02:02And I'll say this, Ben, 63 and a half for tonight's number, I think it's dead under.

02:07Because of that defense.

02:09Wow.

02:10Under 63 and a half.

02:11USC held LSU to only 113 rushing yards last week in Las Vegas, still four and a half yards

02:17per carry.

02:18But that's a statement for a team that gave up $1.84 per game a season ago.

02:22Utah State, albeit against FCS, Robert Morris ran for 303 yards last week.

02:29Another test, perhaps, for the Trojans.

02:32Just 9 and 13 against the number in the two years under Lincoln Riley when booked as a

02:37favorite.

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