{"id":19044,"date":"2011-11-01T10:44:49","date_gmt":"2011-11-01T15:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19044"},"modified":"2011-11-01T10:44:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T15:44:49","slug":"college-football-picks-week-10-usc-trojans-vs-colorado-buffaloes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-football-picks-week-10-usc-trojans-vs-colorado-buffaloes-19044\/","title":{"rendered":"College Football Picks Week 10: USC Trojans vs. Colorado Buffaloes"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC Trojans at Colorado Buffaloes
\nFriday, 11\/4\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 USC -21.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 USC -21.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 56.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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USC Trojans QB Matt Barkley is coming off a disappointing 56-48 triple-overtime loss to the Stanford Cardinal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

USC is coming off an emotional 56-48 loss to the Stanford Cardinal last week and will now play on the road in its first Friday game since 1999.\u00a0 There\u2019s no question that a letdown is expected after playing two major opponents on their schedule and the Trojans can\u2019t play in the Pac-12 Conference championship game or make a bowl.\u00a0 \u201cWe did everything we could to try to win this game,\u201d commented Trojans second-year coach Lane Kiffin.\u00a0 \u201cThey just made one more play than us.\u201d\u00a0 USC is 4-7 ATS as a road favorite over the last two-plus seasons and the \u2018under\u2019 is 8-4 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Trojans are led offensively by one of the best pass-catch combinations in college football, with quarterback Matt Barkley and wide receiver Robert Woods putting up remarkable numbers.\u00a0 Barkley completed 28-of-45 passes for 284 yards, while also throwing for three touchdowns and an interception.\u00a0 Woods came away with nine catches for 89 yards and a touchdown.\u00a0 USC has won all five of its meetings with Colorado, outscoring them by a sizable 138-24 margin.<\/p>\n

Colorado is having a difficult time in its first year inside the conference and will be looking to snap a six-game losing streak.\u00a0 The Buffaloes are coming off a 48-14 loss to the Arizona State Sun Devils as 32-point road underdogs, while also losing the total yardage battle by triple-digits in five straight games.\u00a0 \u201cWe don\u2019t like it, especially the seniors,\u201d commented quarterback Tyler Hansen.\u00a0 \u201cThere are some guys who are just okay with wearing the jersey.\u00a0 That\u2019s wrong and that\u2019s what has to change.\u201d\u00a0 Colorado is 10-14 ATS as an underdog the last two-plus seasons.<\/p>\n

The Buffaloes defense hasn\u2019t stopped many opponents this year, allowing four consecutive opponents to gain over 500 yards.\u00a0 Hansen will need to put up points and connect with big-play wide receiver Toney Clemons, who has caught seven touchdown passes in his career that have gone for 28.9 yards a score.\u00a0 All of the misfortune this season is a bit surprising when considering the team has turned the ball over just seven times in eight games, with five of those coming against Arizona State last week.\u00a0 Colorado will need to ride Hansen who comes in with 5,231 total yards of offense in his career, becoming just the seventh player in school history to go over the 5,000-yard mark.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Buffaloes due to their 6-2-1 ATS mark as a home underdog, while the Trojans are 2-6 ATS as a road favorite of 10.5 or more points.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college football handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

USC Trojans at Colorado Buffaloes Friday, 11\/4\/11, 9:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ESPN Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 USC -21.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 USC -21.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 56.5 Current Total:\u00a0 56.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker USC is coming off an emotional 56-48 loss to the Stanford Cardinal last week and will now play on the road in its […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":4008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[451,1089,5263,3384,5302,472],"class_list":["post-19044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-colorado-buffaloes","tag-matt-barkley","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-robert-woods","tag-tyler-hansen","tag-usc-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19044"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19045,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19044\/revisions\/19045"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}