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Game Thread tOSU at USC, Sat. Oct. 31st, 7:30 pm ET, NBC

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DaddyBigBucks said:
If we disagree at all, it is only in how much we can draw from that Wisconsin game. In saying that you “expect them to get more than 7”, you make it clear that you are reasonable enough to acknowledge that game as an aberration. The question then is, was it a small aberration that is the first evidence of the wheels coming off of the Trojan season, or was it one of those aberrations that should be discarded entirely as having no predictive power for the future.

I would love to believe that this is the start of a trend. The problem is, I have no reason to believe that. To me, the most telling thing here is the sheer size of the aberration. For the Trojans, especially Miller, Raymond, Noa, and Maiava, this was an Iowa2017/Purdue2018 level no-show. I’m sure that those games made Ohio State’s next opponents feel better about their chances, but they didn’t mean a thing.

No one would be happier than me to see the Buckeyes hold USC to 17 or less tonight. I just don’t see a reason to expect it if Timmons can’t go.



Edit: I’ve been away longer than I realized and had forgotten the level of thick skin that is expected here on BP. I bent over backwards to be polite here, when this entire wall of text could be boiled down to what BN27 said directly or what Jax said sarcastically.
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USC will be like a wounded animal.

Expecting a team that has no resemblance to the Wisky game.
 
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Jaxbuck said:
He has to avoid taking those back (or elbow) breaking sacks and being 50/50 on TD or turnover when they get after him. The completion percentage doesn’t tell enough of the story.

Even if he looks awful tonight it’s not enough to go on. It’s his first game. He won’t be the same guy even a week later.

Everything is still in reach no matter what happens tonight.
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No doubt, but having to win out is a tall order with a true freshman. The defenses only get harder from here.

Totally agree with everything you say here
 
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