Oct 18 | USC

Irish#1

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After getting throttled by IU, I wasn’t surprised Illinois beat them at home. They had something to prove.
 

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Rooting for USC to route Michigan will be the easiet thing I've done. Helps us and I hate Michigan far more than any of our rivals.
Yeah, I wasn't anticipating USC losing to the Fighting Illini. I was praying for the meteor, but now I fear we really need USC to win out for the sake of the schedule. It's certainly easier rooting for the Trojans over the Skunkbears, but not by much.
 

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Michigan game should essentially be a pick em since they have home field advantage. Not sure how much that really exists at the colosseum.
 

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For anyone who fishes, how will the salmon and steelhead runs on the St Joe be in mid Oct?
 

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Opened as a 2.5pt favorite against Michigan this weekend.

Outside of increasing our SOS, the Trojans winning would help knock out Michigan from playoff contention. Unfortunately would be nice for them to pull this out.
 

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Opened as a 2.5pt favorite against Michigan this weekend.

Outside of increasing our SOS, the Trojans winning would help knock out Michigan from playoff contention. Unfortunately would be nice for them to pull this out.

At home gets you what, 4 points?
 

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They’ve under Lincoln played like a Top 15 type team at home.
 

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Anyone got a single ticket they're looking to part with? Contemplating making the trip out for this one
 

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Wx forecast only going through the 17th so far, but trend for the game is looking like 60-ish for prime time kickoff and 50-ish by the end of the game.
This is the way.
 

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Wx forecast only going through the 17th so far, but trend for the game is looking like 60-ish for prime time kickoff and 50-ish by the end of the game.
This is the way.
It’s rarely, if ever; cold for that game. Now I could see it being rainy but temps will be tolerable.
 

Dale

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Nobody USC has played as dared play man or blitz:

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BoredIrish

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Nobody USC has played as dared play man or blitz:

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My fear is that Ash over-thinks things and returns to his tendencies. If the second game vs Caleb taught us anything its that you gotta play aggressive and take the defense to them and force them to make mistakes.

The only way to play SC is to punch them in the mouth and then watch them fold.
 

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I hope the boys are focused on NC state and not overlooking them. But I pray we win this one. If the nattie or even the playoffs aren’t in our future I want this one.
 

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Last year, USCs whole strategy seemed to be identify the 1v1 matchup and hope they can win 50/50 balls. It eliminated our pass rush and they won more than their fair share of tossups, until they didn’t at the end.

If we sit back in zone, Maiava will carve us up.

We’ve got to get pressure on him and get him off platform.
 
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