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USC vs Utah Prediction, Game Preview

USC vs Utah prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 9

USC vs Utah prediction, game preview, how to watch: Saturday, October 9

USC vs Utah How To Watch

Date: Saturday, October 9
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, CA
How To Watch: FOX
Record: USC (3-2), Utah (2-2)
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USC vs Utah Game Preview

Why Utah Will Win

It’s been a rough, rough run for the Utes – more on that in a moment – but football-wise, the team has been off for a few weeks after a desperately needed 24-13 win over Washington State.

The running game started to kick it all in against the Cougars with a season-high 219 yards. This week it has to pound and pound some more against a USC defensive front that’s been fine against the mediocre, but failed against the Oregon State ground attack.

It’s a horribly inconsistent Trojan team – which you might expect considering the early season coaching change – with way too many penalties, not enough defensive plays behind the line, and too many turnovers.

The three against Washington State made it tough early, and the four against Oregon State were devastating. Utah is 2-0 when it comes up with multiple takeaways, and 0-2 when it doesn’t.

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Why USC Will Win

Can the Utah passing game work?

USC’s defense has been hit-or-miss, but it should be able to hold up against the Utah running attack that’s not taking over games – Wazzu being the exception.

QB Charlie Brewer left the Ute program, and backup Cameron Rising has been okay. He threw for three touchdown passes in the loss to San Diego State, but in his two main appearances he hasn’t been able to generate enough  of a push down the field.

The Utes are miserable on third downs and they’re not doing anything to control the clock. A few early Trojan scores should end this.

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What’s Going To Happen

It’s been a heartbreaking year for Utah.

Last year’s leading rusher Ty Jordan died in an accidental shooting in December, and a few weeks ago the program lost defensive back Aaron Lowe in a shooting incident. Obviously, this will be a tough, emotional game considering all the Utes have been through.

On the field, USC will get off to its usual unsettled start. The Utah lines will be great right away, and the Trojan offense won’t look sharp, but that will all change in the second half with a scoring run.

Utah doesn’t have the passing game to mount a comeback as the game slips away early in the fourth.

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USC vs Utah Prediction, Line

USC 30, Utah 17
Line: USC -3, o/u: 52.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 4

Must See Rating: 3

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USC vs Utah Prediction, Game Preview: Pac-12 Tournament

Pac-12 Tournament: USC Trojans vs Utah Utes prediction and college basketball game preview.

Pac-12 Tournament: USC Trojans vs Utah Utes prediction and college basketball game preview.

USC vs Utah Broadcast

Date: Thursday, March 11
Game Time: 8:30 ET
Venue: T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas, NV
Network: Pac-12 Network

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USC (21-6) vs Utah (12-12) Game Preview

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Why Utah Will Win

Utah seemed to be cruising right along for a while in the Pac-12 Tournament first round against Washington, but it turned into a wild firefight in a 98-95 Ute win.

Utah’s defense might have struggle, but the offense was devastating from the outside, hitting 14-of-26 from three and now it has to bomb away and push a USC team that can play D, but isn’t always a rock at stopping the three.

The Utes have won three of their last four games and one was against the Trojans, hitting everything from the outside and stuffing the USC three point shooting in the 71-61 win.

The ability is there to pull this off if the threes are dropping, but …

Why USC Will Win

Utah can’t rebound. It’s one of the worst teams in the country at hitting the boards, and it showed in the first meeting with the Trojans – a 64-46 USC win – going -11 in rebounding margin.

USC might be struggling a wee bit lately offensively, but the defense has been enough of a wall to step up and make up for the loss a few weeks ago. It starts by owning the boards, and continues with the defense cranking up the intensity now that the lights are on.

What’s Going To Happen

USC has had a big, big problem stopping the three.

Three of the last four teams hit 55% or better from the outside, and that includes Utah. The Utes will connect on their shots from three to stay in the game, but they’re not going to hit enough of the other shots to pull this off.

It’ll be ragged, but USC will survive late as the Utah O goes cold in the final few minutes.

USC vs Utah Prediction, Line

USC 73, Utah 65
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Line: USC -6.5, o/u: 141.5
ATS Confidence out of 5: 2.5

Must See Rating: 3

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USC vs Utah College Basketball Game Preview

USC Trojans vs Utah Utes prediction and college basketball game preview.

USC Trojans vs Utah Utes prediction and college basketball game preview.

USC vs Utah Broadcast

Date: Saturday, February 27
Game Time: 8:00 ET
Venue: Jon M Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City, UT
Network: ESPN2

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USC (19-5) vs Utah (9-11) Game Preview

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Why USC Will Win

Utah has fallen off the map.

It was on a good run and looked like it was about to make some noise, but the brutal run of seven road games in eight dates seems to have beaten the team down.

The offense just doesn’t score enough – it hasn’t hit 70 points in any of the last four games – and it’s not manufacturing enough points with steals, big defensive plays, or getting to the rim.

The Trojans should own the boards against a Ute team that just doesn’t get anything on the glass.

Why Utah Will Win

Speaking of free throws, USC is bad at it. It gets to the line, but it only hits 65% of the time – that was a problem in the losses to Arizona and Colorado.

For Utah, though, it has to get hot from the field again. It’s not always great from three, but that matters. This isn’t a team that can overcome a bad shooting night, and it’s going to take hitting 50% from the field to do this.

It was 3-1 during a great run of shooting, and it’s 0-4 over the last four games when it hasn’t been able to get past the 45% mark. USC lost on the road a few days ago to a Colorado team that hit 47% from the field and 55% from three. The Trojan D might be great, but it’s struggling a bit lately.

What’s Going To Happen

USC’s defense is going to be too good and too strong, and its ability to hit the boards will overcome a rough shooting day to get over the clunker in Colorado.

Utah won’t generate enough USC mistakes to stop a few good scoring runs.

USC vs Utah Prediction, Line

USC 72, Utah 66
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Line: USC -5.5, o/u: 138
ATS Confidence out of 5: 3

Must See Rating: 2.5

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USC vs Utah Prediction, Game Preview

USC Trojans vs Utah Utes prediction and game preview.

USC vs Utah prediction and game preview.

USC vs Utah Broadcast

Date: Saturday, November 21
Game Time: 10:30 pm ET
Venue: Rice-Eccles Stadium, Salt Lake City, UT
Network: ESPN

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USC (2-0) vs Utah (0-0) Game Preview

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Why USC Will Win

USC hasn’t played all that well, and it’s still been able to get to 2-0 with late heroics, a good enough passing games and with just enough control of the game and the clock to at least stay alive late.

That’s hardly what was expected out of the Trojans against two teams – Arizona State and Arizona – they should’ve beaten easily, but in this weird year that’s so disjointed, just getting to 2-0 is good enough.

Utah has yet to get its first game out of the way as the only team left who’s expected to play who hasn’t been had a game yet. This is going to be a strong Ute team, but it lost nine of its top 11 tacklers and has a new starting offensive backfield that needs to be broken in. As long as the USC pass rush continues to be strong, and if there aren’t a ton of mistakes, everything should be okay. However …

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Why Utah Will Win

The USC defense hasn’t been good enough.

Arizona State was able to run well – and it took a miracle for USC to get out alive – and Arizona hit on too many big shots to almost hit 300 yards through the air. Utah might be changing a whole lot on both sides of the ball, but it has the lines that Arizona State and Arizona don’t.

Utah should do a better job of blasting away, and the run defense should hold up against a USC ground game that’s fine, but hasn’t been quite strong enough to get into a grinding battle.

More than anything else …

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What’s Going To Happen

Something is missing with USC.

Again, 2-0 is 2-0 is 2-0, but the energy hasn’t quite been there over the first two games, the team isn’t sharp, and even though Kedon Slovis is hitting 71% of his passes and he threw for over 700 yards in the first two games, he hasn’t been quite right.

Utah has a certain level it’s been able to maintain over the last several years, and the loss of so many starters shouldn’t matter all that much, but the secondary is going through an overhaul against a team with a big passing game and two warm-up games.

It’s not going to be easy, but USC will slip out with a third straight close-call win in what should amount to the Pac-12 South championship.

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USC vs Utah Prediction, Line

USC 26, Utah 24
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USC -3, o/u: 58
ATS Confidence out of 5: 1.5

Must See Rating: 3.5

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