USC at Stanford Prediction for Week 2
Odds, best bets and analysis for this college football matchup
By Matthew Horner – Sep 7, 2022, 11:18pm
The Trojans could finally be back to being on of the premier programs in college football under new head coach Lincoln Riley. It has been a while since we have seen them do much of anything, over 10 years even, but there is finally hope in Southern Cal. The skill parts are tremendous for this team, and the talent level is through the roof with the influx of all the transfer portal players coming in with Riley. He's a massive upgrade at coach compared to anything else USC could have gotten, and it just might put them back on the map.
Not only is Riley going to improve an offense that was decent, but former Oklahoma defensive coordinator Alex Grinch should work wonders with improving a flawed Trojan defense that will need help on that side of the ball.
The Cardinal defense is completely starting over, there wasn't any semblance of a pass rush with this team, and the offense has to prove it can consistently get things moving against a good team. This isn't Colgate anymore, fellas.