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Early Odds for Week 1 (2016) Games of Note
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I think it'll be a very good game. The wildcard in my mind will be Noel Mazzone. How will his offense look at TAMU? Will it even be his offense? Or will he be calling Kevin Sumlin's offense (the 2 are nothing alike)? Also, Mazzone literally just left UCLA to go to TAMU. He knows all of UCLA's personnel..their strengths, their weaknesses. What will UCLA do to get away from tendencies?
I like this game. And I can't pick a winner. Both of these teams are teases. Full of freak athletes every year but underachieving.
John Chavis's defenses are traditionally no frills. He's going to play man to man on the back end and put as much pressure as he can on you on the front end.
And with UCLA wanting to air it out it'll be priority to keep Rosen upright unless they can take a page out of Bama's book and run at them so they can't pin their ears back. I'm not overly familiar with UCLA's roster, does anyone know what they have in the way of a rushing game or is that a laughable question for this offense?
They have a trio of very talented RBs but it starts and ends up front as you know. They don't know what they have in the interior of the o-line yet.
I will predict that the Trojans capitalize on some busted coverages by young Bama DBs.
USC is a team against whom you do not want your DBs saying to each other, "I thought you had him."
True. Soso Jamabo, Nate Starks and Bolu Olorunfunmi are all three talented backs, and the addition of Kennedy Polamalu as their OC (who was poached from USC) reinforces at least their desire to be a physical, running team. As another poster accurately stated, talented running backs are only part of what is needed for a successful, physical running game...
Great insight by all who have replied - thanks!
This one still makes me scratch my head. I know S Carolina went downhill badly last year but to think they have sank lower than Vandy is eerie. It is not like Vandy still has Franklin. If Vandy does beat them I would think BOOM is on the hot seat right from the get go..... and should be.
I think that has more to do with us not liking Muschamp ( I certainly do not) but I have feeling he's been softening up superiors by letting them know they have a lack of talent and shouldn't hope for a good season.
That and the fact that Vandy's defense is legit. If their offense does anything to keep them off the field, Vandy can beat SC.
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Chavis' attempt to stop Alabama last year was one of the more poor choices he has ever made. How good are USC's runningbacks?
Very talented. But again, only as good as their o-line. I like our talent to win out there in the trenches
The answer is the same. Very talented runners (3 of them), but unsettled offensive line
It appears now they'll be missing their starting LT or, if he plays, he'll be less than 100%. I think his replacement is an inexperienced soph...
Good point.
Harrison, Fitzpatrick and Humphrey have a year (or more) under their belts.
Eddie Jackson has three.
The challenge will be if Bama has to sub some of these (due to injury or conditioning/cramps), the experience two-deep is lean.
You remember Shipley's long TD against Bama in Pasadena, I remember two Bama DBs giving each other the "hey, I thought you had him" look. And that was in game 14 of that season. Saban's defensive schemes can be awfully complex. And I believe USC's receivers are capable of exploiting small mental errors by DBs.
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