{"id":19432,"date":"2011-11-17T11:38:19","date_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=19432"},"modified":"2011-11-17T11:38:19","modified_gmt":"2011-11-17T16:38:19","slug":"week-12-college-football-picks-usc-trojans-vs-oregon-ducks-pac-12-conference-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/week-12-college-football-picks-usc-trojans-vs-oregon-ducks-pac-12-conference-preview-19432\/","title":{"rendered":"Week 12 College Football Picks: USC Trojans vs. Oregon Ducks, Pac-12 Conference Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

USC Trojans at No. 4 Oregon Ducks
\nSaturday, 11\/19\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -14.5
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -15
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 66
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 67.5
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Oregon<\/a>
The Oregon Ducks enter Saturday night on a nine-game winning streak<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

USC has won eight games for the 10th consecutive year and will travel on the road for the final time this season, seeking to revenge two consecutive losses to the Oregon Ducks, including a 53-32 defeat as six-point home underdogs last year.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s a very challenging week.\u00a0 They might be the hottest team in the country,\u201d commented Trojans head coach Lane Kiffin.\u00a0 \u201cBut the pressure is off, we\u2019re going to go up there and have some fun.\u201d\u00a0 The program will be seeking its first win in the state of Oregon since the 2005 season, dropping five straight games.\u00a0 USC is 6-3 ATS on the year and 8-8 ATS on the road the last two-plus campaigns.<\/p>\n

The Trojans are coming off a dominating 40-17 win over the Washington Huskies as 11-point home favorites, led by quarterback Matt Barkley, who has thrown for 1,663 yards and 19 touchdowns since Oct. 1.\u00a0 The junior ranks fourth in school history in passing and total offense.\u00a0 Offensively, the team may be searching for a new leading weapon come Saturday, as star wide receiver Robert Woods is questionable to play due to lingering ankle and shoulder injuries.<\/p>\n

Oregon has won nine games in a row since suffering a 40-27 season-opening loss to the LSU Tigers, out-gaining eight of 10 opponents on the year.\u00a0 The Ducks have scored a combined 100 points in the last two meetings with the Trojans, while bringing in a 19-game conference win streak.\u00a0 It\u2019s important to note that quarterback Darron Thomas is a perfect 15-0 when starting under center for the program against conference foes.\u00a0 Oregon is 15-9 ATS versus conference opponents and the \u2018over\u2019 is 17-8 in those contests.<\/p>\n

The Ducks are extremely happy that starting running back LaMichael James has bounced back from an elbow injury, ranking first nationally in averaging 150.8 rushing yards per game, as he looks to build upon the 422 rushing yards and four touchdowns he\u2019s tallied in two career games versus the Trojans.\u00a0 Third-year head coach Chip Kelly has registered a perfect 7-0 mark when hosting a ranked opponent inside Autzen Stadium.<\/p>\n

Bettors will likely back the Ducks due to the favorite being 6-1 ATS in this series, while the Trojans are 5-13 ATS following a spread victory.<\/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 No. 4 Oregon Ducks Saturday, 11\/19\/11, 8:00 PM EST, TV:\u00a0 ABC Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 Oregon -14.5 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 Oregon -15 Opening Total:\u00a0 66 Current Total:\u00a0 67.5 Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker USC has won eight games for the 10th consecutive year and will travel on the road for the final time this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":5044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[200,1444],"tags":[3242,2267,3713,1089,457,5263,3384,472],"class_list":["post-19432","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-football","category-headlines","tag-autzen-stadium","tag-darron-thomas","tag-lamichael-james","tag-matt-barkley","tag-oregon-ducks","tag-pac-12-conference","tag-robert-woods","tag-usc-trojans"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432","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=19432"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19433,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19432\/revisions\/19433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}