Notre Dame vs. USC
Free Pick: USC -10.0 -110 odds – point spreads
Sat October 17th 2009 3:30p
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Notre Dame is an improved team this season, but they are still no where close to USC in terms of talent. The Trojans have dominated this series the past two years with easy 38-0 and 38-3 wins and it is doubtful that Notre Dame has suddenly closed the gap enough to compete today.

Notre Dame has a solid offense, but they will now be facing an excellent USC defense that permits just 8.6 points per game and only 3.7 yards per play this season (versus opponents that average 23.5 ppg and 5.1 yppl). USC has held the Irish to just 91 and 165 total yards in the past two meetings. The Trojans have a tendency to letdown against inferior opponents, but USC normally comes ready to play in big games.

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