USC vs Colorado Prediction Game Preview

USC vs Colorado game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 11 game on Friday, November 11

USC vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch. Week 11, Friday, November 11


USC vs Colorado How To Watch

Date: Friday, November 11
Game Time: 9:30 ET
Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
How To Watch: FS1
Record: USC (8-1), Colorado (1-8)
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USC vs Colorado Game Preview

Why Colorado Will Win

The USC defense can be hammered on.

The run defense was the problem over the first part of the season, the secondary is suffering over the last three weeks, and worst of all, the takeaways have slowed down after making up for mistakes with lots and lots of big plays early on.

Colorado might not be having a ton of fun, but the passing game has been putting up yards and the ground attack hasn’t been that awful.

Turnovers are a big issue, but again, USC’s D has slowed with four takeaways over the last five games after coming up with 16 in the first four weeks.

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Why USC Will Win

The offense is relentless.

The defense might be hit or miss, and the O might go through a few stretches when it takes a little nap, but Caleb Williams will throw for over 300 yards, the running game will run for close to six yards per carry, and the attack has the ability to put this out of reach fast.

Colorado is dead last in the nation in third down stops and is the second-worst against the run. It’s been a little bit better after a brutal start, but it’s still a problem.

USC isn’t going to take a whole lot of chances. It’ll run, let the offensive line take over, and the O that only turned the ball over two times so far – the first lost fumble of the season came last week against Cal – isn’t going to give the Buff D any breaks.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s USC, so there will be moments when the team loses its focus and Colorado will look like it can play.

And then the Trojan offense will go off.

This will be the calm before the storm. USC get UCLA, then Notre Dame, and if all goes well, a shot at the Pac-12 title and a spot in the College Football Playoff after that.

Style points count now. There will be plenty of them.

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USC vs Colorado Prediction, Line

USC 49, Colorado 17
Line: USC -34.5, o/u: 65.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2
USC vs Colorado Must See Rating (out of 5): 2.5
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2:00, Pac-12 Network
Line: USC -7.5, o/u: 51

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Line: Cal -7.5, o/u: 52

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Line: Oregon State -2.5, o/u: 57.5

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Line: UCLA -3, o/u: 55.5

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USC vs Colorado Prediction, Game Preview

USC vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 2

USC vs Colorado prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 2


USC vs Colorado How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 2
Game Time: 2:00 ET
Venue: Folsom Field, Boulder, CO
How To Watch: Pac-12 Network
Record: USC (2-2), Colorado (1-3)
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Why USC Will Win

The USC passing game still works, and the Colorado offense doesn’t.

The Trojans can’t get the ground attack going over the last few weeks, and no matter who’s throwing the ball, the production is there with 754 yards over the last two weeks to make up for the other issues.

Colorado could run in the loss to Minnesota, couldn’t throw in the loss to Arizona State, and hasn’t thrown for over 100 yards in any of the last three games and only 102 against Northern Colorado. The Buffs are among the worst in the country in total offense, passing efficiency, and scoring.

USC has this if it just puts a few points on the board.

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Why Colorado Will Win

The defense has been able to make things interesting.

It got rolled over by Minnesota, but the pass defense was fine. It almost did enough to pull off what would’ve been a shocking win over Texas A&M, and it’s been able to grind things down just enough to keep things close – at least for a while.

For all of the good things USC is doing, it’s not pushing the ball down the field on offense, and the defense isn’t doing anything to get into the backfield. At the very least, the Colorado O will have time to work.

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What’s Going To Happen

Colorado will fight the good fight, but the offense just isn’t working.

USC will sputter along, it’ll start slow, and then it’ll all kick in just enough to pull away early in the second half. The Buffs won’t be able to keep up any sort of a pace.

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USC vs Colorado Prediction, Line

USC 27, Colorado 16
Line: USC -7.5, o/u: 51
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3.5

Must See Rating: 3

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Arizona St at UCLA | Fresno St at Hawaii
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7:30, ESPN
Line: Miami -4, o/u: 62

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