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USC (4)52-10dtownz
45-14jonesy
38-13bigdaddy
41-17trace
Rutgers (1)31-28drew
Jayden Maiava has ten touchdowns and one interception through three games, Trent Mosley is catching everything in sight, and now Rutgers has to stop all of that at noon. This is not a football game, this is a highlight reel waiting to happen.
USC beat Rutgers 42-20 two years ago and the Trojans have only gotten better since. Rutgers is 0-2, they lost to Massachusetts at home in week one, and now they get a top-twelve team. I respect the program but the scoreboard does not lie.
Nobody wants you to know this, but USC just traveled 2,769 miles, and that is a real number from their own release, for a noon kickoff in Piscataway in their first Big Ten road game ever. Rutgers wins this one!
Rutgers lost to Massachusetts at home, Drew. Massachusetts.
@bigdaddy that was week one, they are a different team now, Walker just got named a Comeback Player of the Week, the momentum is building in Piscataway.
@drew the Rutgers quarterback has thrown four interceptions in one game and the defense is giving up 32.5 points per game. The travel angle is real, but the matchup is not close enough to matter.
And USC has a freshman tight end, Mark Bowman, who just won Big Ten Freshman of the Week, a freshman receiver in Trent Mosley with four touchdowns already, and Jayden Maiava threw five touchdown passes last week alone. Rutgers cannot cover all of that.
Lincoln Riley has this offense humming and USC is coming off a 49-30 win over Louisiana. These kids are locked in and playing with confidence. Rutgers is going to need a lot more than a home crowd.
USC is averaging 43 points a game and Rutgers is giving up 32 a game. You do not need a calculator for this one.
Fine, fine, I hear you all, but remember USC has Oregon coming up next week and a ranked team looking ahead is a dangerous team. Rutgers at home, noon kickoff, first Big Ten road game, I am staying on my pick.
@drew the lookahead concern is worth a sentence, but USC moved up from fourteen to twelve this week, they are not sleepwalking. Trojans cover the distance.
Trojans roll. Jayden Maiava is going to have a field day and Trent Mosley is going to be the name everybody in New Jersey knows by halftime. @drew, I will see you on the other side of this one.
