POLL #5 USC at #16 Washington State - who wins?

[iowajerms]

Friday, September 29
10:30 pm EST
ESPN

 

[AlaskaGuy]

 

[AlaskaGuy]

USC Trojans vs. Washington State Cougars Preview and Prediction

 

[Pariah]

Pirate rolls.

 

[olympicoscar]

Very big game. Upset is possible here. If Folk can get going, Wash St could win in a rout.

 

[DetroitFan*]

(The 4th and 6th choices are the same.)

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

Oh good, another fantastic game the Pac 12 doesn't want the East Coast to watch.....Conservatively, it will be over around 1:30-2am Eastern time.

But either way, USC is bad and they'll probably lose.

 

[WizardHawk]

Everyone wants to believe WSU will win this game and why not? Cougs haven't been on the road yet this year and this is their 5th straight home game. They have looked solid against teams clearly not capable of playing at their level. USC has struggled a bit in a few of their games, but found ways to win. That's what overpowering teams with a substantial talent discrepancy do. They don't have to always play to their potential to eventually win.

We don't know what WSU's defense is this year because it hasn't been tested. At all. Not even a little bit. Their offense has been very good, but against no one.

We also know that historically WSU finds ever increasingly more impressive ways of losing against highly ranked teams. You just can't trust them to put it all together on both sides of the ball for 4 full quarters.

 

[mcnabb7542]

Where is the option for : SC fans are shittin bricks cause the bubble is about to burst!

 

[Codaxx]

Everyone wants to believe WSU will win this game and why not? Cougs haven't been on the road yet this year and this is their 5th straight home game. They have looked solid against teams clearly not capable of playing at their level. USC has struggled a bit in a few of their games, but found ways to win. That's what overpowering teams with a substantial talent discrepancy do. They don't have to always play to their potential to eventually win.

We don't know what WSU's defense is this year because it hasn't been tested. At all. Not even a little bit. Their offense has been very good, but against no one.

We also know that historically WSU finds ever increasingly more impressive ways of losing against highly ranked teams. You just can't trust them to put it all together on both sides of the ball for 4 full quarters.

Whoever scheduled this year for USC should be fired. Stanford, Texas, @ Cal, and a short week for game @ WSU. That is rough.

 

[WizardHawk]

Whoever scheduled this year for USC should be fired. Stanford, Texas, @ Cal, and a short week for game @ WSU. That is rough.

For USC yeah, because for whatever reason they haven't looked good early in the season. For most other team? Get the tough ones out of the way before those more challenging teams reach their full stride. Particularly when you out talent them.

I wish UW had played Stanford and Utah early as both look more vulnerable now than they probably will be late in the season.

 

[Chewbaccer]

Friday night in Pullman? There's no way Washington State doesn't win this one.

 

[WizardHawk]

Whoever scheduled this year for USC should be fired. Stanford, Texas, @ Cal, and a short week for game @ WSU. That is rough.

And lol @ including Cal.

No one, not even Cal, thought they would be doing anything this well this quickly into Wilcox's tenure. They have to have looked at that game like it was a FCS level challenge going into the year.

 

[wazzu31]

Hmm, this is a game I don't think a single person could confidently pick one way or the other and if any handicappers say they are, they should be drug out back and shot.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Whoever scheduled this year for USC should be fired. Stanford, Texas, @ Cal, and a short week for game @ WSU. That is rough.

It's USC's own doing. The CAL-4 schools insist on playing each other every year instead of rotating like the rest of the PAC schools along with playing ND every year. With that said, nobody in college football schedules better OCC match-ups than SC.

 

[NolePride]

USC is due to be upset. And they probably will before the season is over. Those
guys can lose focus quick. BUT, I just have a hard time seeing WSU be physical
enough to compete with SC. SC will control the l.o.s.

btw, I've got USC this week in my Unbeaten pool, as I try to make a batting
order for winning that pool. This is a gamble.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

Oh good, another fantastic game the Pac 12 doesn't want the East Coast to watch.....Conservatively, it will be over around 1:30-2am Eastern time.

But either way, USC is bad and they'll probably lose.

 

[MAIZEandBLUE09]

They have played every single team close so far and have played some stinkers.

 

[AlaskaGuy]

They have played every single team close so far and have played some stinkers.

And they've won those games. SC has depth and that depth is going to show as the season wears on and injuries start to add up.

 

[Justin Tyme]

Pirate rolls.

Pirate walks the plank.