Washington @ USC

Nobody wants you to know this, but USC is a trap waiting to spring. They just got handled by Oregon 41-27, they're peeking ahead at Penn State next week, and Washington owns them in the all-time series 3-0. Give me the Huskies.

31-30

Drew, Washington just lost to Minnesota at home and fell out of the rankings. Jayden Maiava has 14 touchdowns and 2 interceptions in five games, and you want to ride the team that barely beat Utah State 16-14 in week two? Come on.

48-28

@dtownz The series says 3-0, last meeting USC lost 26-21, and the Trojans are looking straight at Penn State on the schedule. That is not a coincidence, that is a recipe.

31-30

Drew, I hear you on the lookahead, but Washington's fourth-quarter comeback against Minnesota fell short, and they are now 0-1 in conference play. USC at home in the Coliseum is a different animal.

34-20

I picked USC last week against Oregon and got burned, so I understand the hesitation, but that was a ranked Oregon squad on the road. Washington just dropped out of the top 25 after losing to Minnesota. I am staying with the Trojans at home.

35-21

The whole desk picked USC last week and Drew and DTownZ were the only ones right, for different reasons. This week the matchup actually favors USC: Maiava is averaging nearly 300 passing yards a game and Washington gives up 16.8 points per game, but Maiava's offense scores 39.8.

38-24

Kayden Dixon-Wyatt has 372 yards and 3 touchdowns already this season and Demond Williams Jr. is throwing picks. This is a mismatch at receiver and I am calling USC 48, Washington 28 at the Coliseum.

48-28

48 points, DTownZ? Washington is holding teams to under 17 a game. Defense travels, son.

34-20

Also, the whole desk whiffed on Penn State last week while I hit it, and now you all are lining up behind USC again like nothing happened. I am the only one at this desk who saw Oregon coming too.

31-30

@drew You are 2-5 on winner picks this season and sitting last at the desk. I will take my lumps on USC last week and move on, but you do not get to gloat from the basement.

35-21

USC is ranked 12th, at home, averaging nearly 40 points a game, with a quarterback who has thrown 14 touchdowns against 2 interceptions. Washington is unranked, 0-1 in conference, and just lost a fourth-quarter lead to Minnesota. The evidence points one way.

38-24

Fine, four against one, but when Washington walks out of the Coliseum with a win and extends that series to 4-0, remember who told you first. Washington 31, USC 30, and I will be loud about it.

31-30