Big Ten Opener: Michigan vs. USC Face Off on Saturday

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00:00It's the Big Ten opener for both the Huskers and the Illini.

00:06It's the Big Ten opener for Michigan. The Rennie National

00:09Champs and the Big Ten debut of USC in the big house on

00:15Saturday afternoon in Ann Arbor and Joe will talk a lot about

00:18line movement. It's one of the themes for week four. This is

00:22not necessarily moving a ton in the last 48 hours but moved a

00:26ton from where it opened in the summer. Michigan was a nine

00:30and a half point favorite for the early look at this week

00:33four matchup in the Big Ten opener against Southern Cal. It

00:36is now five and a half points. Two touchdowns of movement in

00:40favor of USC. Is the move too drastic or does it feel fitting

00:45for where these two teams enter this week four matchup? I gotta

00:51say we have never seen a look ahead line like that and now

00:56here we go. Michigan again at home being an underdog getting

01:01five and a half points. We had the same conversation a couple

01:04of weeks ago about Texas, right? We said how in the world

01:07why are they're just begging you to take Michigan like

01:10they're begging you. Well, I think we're at the point now

01:15where you have to make a decision with this Michigan

01:17team. If they are an underdog at home, then there's probably

01:21a good reason for it. Coming off of by Lincoln Riley

01:25offensively, can they have success against this defense

01:30that's been on the field entirely too much so far this

01:32season. Yeah. For Michigan here, you got a quarterback

01:35change but the quarterback change just means they're gonna

01:38run the ball more and if they're gonna run the ball,

01:40that's the one thing that USC defense has not been good at so

01:44far this year but they know what's coming coming out of the

01:47Can they make the adjustments and win this game rather

01:51easily? I'm of the mindset. It's a down year for Michigan

01:55when they are getting points at home. They're getting them for

01:58a reason and chances are it's probably not enough. They were

02:02the underdog against Texas near a touchdown. The Longhorns

02:05brought the fight to the maze in blue. They held Michigan to

02:08only 80 yards on the ground. Davis Warren started that game.

02:12It is now Alex Orgy but Joe is right. It's a downfield rushing

02:16attack for Michigan in this matchup. USC did plank Utah

02:21State in its most recent game. That was week two. It was the

02:24first shutout Southern Cal has pitched since 2011. Can they

02:30stand the test though against a Michigan offense that ran for

02:33more than 300 last week against Arkansas State and that is

02:36going to be the theme. Run the damn ball for the maze in blue

02:40on Saturday.