1. USC
After two video games, the No. 7 Trojans are 8-0 within the turnover battle, which is nice. It means Caleb Williams is underneath management of the offense, the talent gamers are valuing ball safety, and the protection is forcing takeaways. USC performed so properly towards Stanford on Saturday night time that Kirk Herbstreit was prepared to purchase each field of Lipophedrine that Lincoln Riley had in his storage.
But in soccer, like in pyramid schemes, the satan is within the particulars, and misplaced in USC’s 41-28 win over Stanford was the Cardinal’s skill to maneuver the ball. The ultimate wasn’t as aggressive because it appeared — the rating was 41-14 in the beginning of the fourth — however David Shaw’s squad had 221 yards on the bottom, a good break up of the time of possession, and solely 60-some-odd yards much less in offensive manufacturing (505 to 441). Stanford had extra yards dashing towards USC than they’d in Week 1 towards Colgate and so they have been enjoying from behind.
I agree that USC’s offense is terrifying. Jordan Addison and Williams have already got chemistry. Addison, the Pitt switch, caught seven balls for 172 yards and two scores Saturday. There aren’t quite a lot of Pac-12 defenses, if any, that may cease and even reasonably disrupt the Trojans’ offense. That mentioned, we all know one of the best ways to cease an explosive workforce from scoring is to maintain them off the sector, and a sound working sport, plus a turnover-free efficiency, may very well be sufficient to tug off an upset.
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