After being knocked around at Oregon last weekend, the road does not get any easier for the Colorado Buffaloes as they take on another ranked Pac-12 team, the No. 8 USC Trojans.
USC has a group full of blue-chip athletes, including one of the best quarterbacks in the country. A great coach also leads the Trojans in Lincoln Riley, who owns a career record of 70-13 dating back to his days at Oklahoma.
Colorado has again been pegged as a big underdog for this game on Saturday, but the Buffs will benefit from playing at Folsom Field.
Here are five keys to CU capturing a huge upset win over the Trojans: