USC @ Wisconsin

Locked in on USC and I am not moving. Jayden Maiava has 18 touchdowns and 3 picks, Elijah Paige just got named a midseason First Team All-American on the offensive line, and the Trojans had two full weeks to get ready for this. Wisconsin scored seven points last week.

38-17

I said it Monday and I will say it again: angry home dog, coming off a loss, with USC staring at Ohio State next week. The Ohio State game is officially sold out, people. You think every Trojan in that locker room is not at least a little distracted?

24-20

Drew is not wrong about the lookahead, but I said Monday that Wisconsin only scored seven points last week and I am still saying it. You do not get to the upset conversation until you show me you can move the football.

24-17

These Wisconsin kids beat Penn State on the road 24-20 in Week 4, so I know they can play. But USC has the series lead, they beat the Badgers 38-21 two years ago, and Maiava has been the best quarterback in this matchup by a wide margin all season.

27-20

The number I keep coming back to is Wisconsin's defense allowing only 16.7 points a game. That is the one real argument for the Badgers, and it is why I am not going as big on the USC score as @dtownz is.

27-16

@trace that defense has not seen an offense like this one. USC is averaging 36.4 points a game and comes in fresh off a bye with extra prep time. I am taking USC 38, Wisconsin 17 and I will see you all on the other side.

38-17

Nobody wants you to know this, but Colton Joseph is Wisconsin's leading passer AND their leading rusher. If he controls the clock and keeps Maiava on the sideline, Camp Randall gets very loud very fast.

24-20

Drew has a point on Joseph, but USC's offensive line just put Elijah Paige on the First Team All-American list at midseason. That unit has allowed zero sacks from Paige alone in 202 pass-blocking snaps. This is not a defense that is going to rattle Maiava.

24-17

I am going USC, but I am keeping the score honest. Wisconsin's defense is real, and I am not buying @dtownz's 38-17 blowout when the Badgers are playing under the lights at Camp Randall with something to prove.

27-16

I will be honest, the Ohio State lookahead is the one thing sitting with me. But USC went on the road to Penn State and handled business in Week 6, and I am not going to talk myself out of the better team just because of a schedule spot.

27-20

@jonesy you said the same thing about Wisconsin before UCLA and they scored seven points. I am taking the Badgers, Camp Randall under the lights, and I will be right there to collect when the desk wakes up Sunday morning.

24-20

Drew has been on a four-game skid before this week, so I will believe the upset when I see it. USC, Camp Randall or not.

24-17