{"id":5774,"date":"2009-09-26T10:22:00","date_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/fsn-college-football-handicapping-washington-state-vs-southern-cal\/"},"modified":"2009-09-26T10:22:00","modified_gmt":"2009-09-26T15:22:00","slug":"fsn-college-football-handicapping-washington-state-vs-southern-cal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/fsn-college-football-handicapping-washington-state-vs-southern-cal\/","title":{"rendered":"FSN College Football Handicapping: Washington State vs Southern Cal"},"content":{"rendered":"<table cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" >\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" style=\"font: inherit;\">\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Washington State Cougars and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 45-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 56. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> fought to force overtime than took a 30-27 win over SMU at Martin Stadium in Week 3. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">WSU covered as a 4-point home underdog while the final score played under the 58.5-point total. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Aaron Corp threw for just 110 yards and one INT in USC&#8217;s 16-13 loss to <st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in Week 3. <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">The Trojans had been favored by 19.5 points on the road in that contest, while the combined score fell well UNDER the day&#8217;s posted total (52). <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Team records:<br \/><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Washington<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>State<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place>: 1-2 SU, 1-2 ATS <br \/><st1:place>Southern Cal<\/st1:place>: 2-1 SU, 1-2 ATS <o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Washington State most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 3-7<br \/>When playing on grass are 2-8<br \/>After being outgained are 3-7<br \/>When playing within the conference are 1-9<\/p>\n<p>Southern Cal most recently:<br \/>When playing in September are 8-2<br \/>When playing on grass are 10-0<br \/>After outgaining opponent are 9-1<br \/>When playing within the conference are 8-2<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">A few trends to consider:<br \/>The total has gone OVER in 5 of Washington State&#8217;s last 7 games when playing Southern Cal<br \/>Washington State is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games when playing on the road against Southern Cal<br \/>Washington State is 4-9 ATS in its last 13 games on the road<br \/>Washington State is 2-10 SU in its last 12 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home<br \/>Southern Cal is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing Washington State<br \/>Southern Cal is 12-1 SU in its last 13 games <br \/>Southern Cal is 8-1 ATS in its last 9 games at home<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<div><font size=3><font face=\"Times New Roman\">Next up:<br \/><st1:State><st1:place>Washington<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> State at <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 3<br \/>Southern <st1:State><st1:place>Cal<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> at <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, Saturday, October 3<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<p class=MsoBodyText style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 6pt\"><o:p><font face=\"Times New Roman\" size=3>&nbsp;<\/font><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div>&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><a\nhref=\"http:\/\/www.offshoreinsiders.com\/\"><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>OffshoreInsiders.com<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Washington State Cougars and the Southern Cal Trojans will both be gunning for a victory on Saturday when they meet at Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum. Oddsmakers currently have the Trojans listed as 45-point favorites versus the Cougars, while the game&#8217;s total is sitting at 56. Washington State fought to force overtime than took a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/2009\/09\/fsn-college-football-handicapping-washington-state-vs-southern-cal\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">FSN College Football Handicapping: Washington State vs Southern Cal<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5774\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5774"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5774"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.joeduffy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}