No-1 Southern California Trojans (1-0 SU, 0-1 ATS) -9 ½ (-115), o/u 50 ½, SBGglobal.com, -10 (-110) BoDog.com, 8:00 p.m. ET @ No.14 Nebraska Cornhuskers (2-0 SU, 1-1 ATS), ABC: The most recent betting trends show 90 percent of public money placed on the Trojans ATS while 73 percent anticipate the total to go OVER. The value of a side wager on SC increases as the line drops; however, the price of the bet tends to increase. The Trojans beat the Cornhuskers by 18 points last year in Los Angeles.
Southern California Trojans head coach Pete Carroll has one birthday wish as he celebrates his 56th at Nebraska at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Neb., tonight. Carroll, America’s winningest active coach, would like to leave Lincoln with another notch in his belt, but he knows the Trojans will have Nebraska’s full attention as well as the 80,000 screaming fans red-clad fans up in the stands. when his top-ranked Trojans battle
"These big games have come along earlier in the year every year, whether they're the opener or not, said Carroll. “They've always imposed a tremendous challenge for us. We look forward to it, knowing that we need to go out there, get in the situation, find a way to win a football game, and then get the heck out of there.”
Callahan hopes and expects the crowd noise to be a factor against the Trojans.
“I know this. They (the Trojans) are going to come in, and they are going to try and audible and check. They do a lot of things at the line of scrimmage, so our fans, our fan base, our stadium; it has to be revved up ” Callahan said Sunday on his weekly TV show.
“It’s got to be amped up like it never has before to really try and diffuse those checks at the line of scrimmage,” Callahan said. “So, the louder, the better; and hopefully, this will be the loudest stadium ever in the history of Nebraska.”
The Trojans had an off-date for week-two following their pedestrian effort against Idaho in their opener on Sept 1. SC defeated Idaho 38-10 but looked sluggish the whole game. While the Trojans handily won the game they didn’t have the same zip expected of the nation’s top team. The Trojans failed to cover ATS as a -49 ½ point home favorite.
After picking up an easy 52-10 opening day SU and ATS (-21 ½) win and cover over Nevada Sept 1 the Huskers pulled out a hard fought 20-17 SU victory at Wake Forest last week. Nebraska did not cover as a -9 ½ point favorite at Wake Forest.
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