USC-Colorado comes closer, and it’s time to say what we really think

The game is coming closer. What do you really think about USC-Colorado — not what you want, but what you expect?

USC fans certainly hope that when their Trojans go to Boulder on September 30, their defense will be ready for Colorado and Deion Sanders. USC fans hope this game won’t become the 48-45 free-for-all we witnessed against UCLA last year, in which the Bruins had the rock late and owned a decent chance of winning before Korey Foreman’s unexpected interception saved USC’s bacon.

However, what you hope for and what you expect are two very different things. What do you really think will happen in the USC-Colorado game?

A good way to measure expectations is to set the point spread. If you were to set the point spread for USC-Colorado, what would it be? We put that question to our Pac-12 football expert panel.

Here is what our panelists said: