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Overview:

On Saturday, November 19th, at 10:30 P.M. the USC Trojans will be on the road to take on the UCLA Bruins.

The Crowd

“The Crowd” projects a final score of USC 34.8 – UCLA 23.7 with an over/under of 58.5.

2016-17 Statistics (127 total teams):

Passing offense: UCLA 316.0 YPG > USC 266.8 YPG

Rushing offense: USC 202.0 YPG > UCLA 87.2 YPG

Scoring offense: USC 31.4 PPG > UCLA 27.5 PPG

Scoring defense: USC 22.5 PPG > UCLA 25.8 PPG

Passing defense: UCLA 195.8 YPG > USC 223.9 YPG

Rushing defense: USC 139.5 YPG > UCLA 160.3 YPG

Turnover Margin Per Game: USC -0.1 > UCLA -0.2

Strength of schedule:

USC is (7-3) with wins over Washington, Utah State, Arizona State, Colorado, Arizona, California, and Oregon.  They were defeated by Alabama, Stanford, and Utah.  UCLA is (4-6) with wins over UNLV, BYU, Arizona, and Oregon State.  They lost to Texas A&M, Stanford, Washington State, Utah, and Colorado.

Summary:

UCLA is really in a tailspin having lost four of their last five games.  Despite their six losses the Bruins have been in every game with ten points being their largest margin of defeat.  UCLA has one of the best quarterbacks in the country in Josh Rosen who is throwing for over 300 yards per game.  Rosen should be able to put up big numbers against a questionable USC secondary.  Unfortunately, the UCLA offense is one dimensional, as they average the second fewest rushing yards per game in the country.

USC is on fire winning six straight including last week against a top five team in Washington.  Since USC made the change to Sam Darnold as their full time quarterback they have won six of their last seven.  Darnold is completing over 68% of his passes with 22 touchdowns to just 6 interceptions.  USC is playing great football right now and I like them to beat UCLA on the road.

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