Here's my take about this game from another thread.
I would take USC (-18). There are many angles here, but the biggest one is this... SC has bigger and better players than Fresno State. Some say Fresno will be in revenge mode because SC killed them in the bowl game last year in Las Vegas. My take? They will kill them again. Some say Freso State's team is loaded with players who were rejected by SC and will play extra hard because of that. My take? If they were so good they would have been offered a scholarship to SC. Some say the distractions of the two cornerbacks will alter the course of this game. (One lied about saving his nephew from drowning and the other guy quit and called the coach a racist.) My take? The other SC players are glad these guys are gone and have said so in several ways. The Trojans are ready to perform this afternoon at the Los Angeles Coliseum to show their fans they are BACK ! They are quietly happy UCLA is getting all the love right now in L.A. while they wait in the weeds to show the southland they are back! Seeing that line come down from 21 makes this play even more enticing. Look for an SC rout !