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Trojans vs. Cardinal Preview/Pick

On Saturday the USC Trojans face the Stanford Cardinal at 7 PM ET at Stanford Stadium in Palo Alto, CA. We preview and pick this week 12 matchup…

NCAA Football Sports Betting – USC Trojans at Stanford Cardinal

The USC Trojans (8-1 SU, 6-3 ATS) are looking for big revenge when they travel to the Bay Area on Saturday to face the Stanford Cardinal (5-5 SU, 6-4 ATS) in NCAA college football sports betting action that is set to begin at 7 PM ET at Stanford Stadium (natural turf) in Palo Alto, CA.

Saturday, November 15
BetUS NCAA Football Betting Odds: USC -23.5, Total 48

Here are some of the NCAA college football betting trends as they relate to this matchup:

* USC has covered ten of its last 14 games
* USC has won its last six games SU
* USC has played six of its last eight games UNDER the total
* USC has covered four of its last six road games
* USC has won 21 of its last 25 road games SU
* USC has played six of its last nine road games UNDER the total
* STAN has covered five of its last seven games
* STAN has played seven of its last ten games OVER the total
* STAN has won and covered its last five home games
* STAN has lost 18 of its last 25 home games SU
* STAN has played five of its last seven home games UNDER the total

Also…

* STAN has covered six of the last nine meetings
* USC has won five of the last six meetings SU
* Four of the last six meetings have gone OVER the total
* USC has won four of the last five meetings SU as the road team

Last year USC was a favorite of 40.5 points and wound up on the losing end of a 24-23 decision. But a look at the stats reveals that they dominated the game. The Trojans out-gained Stanford by a 459-235 margin, but they were victimized by five turnovers. Now they are primed for revenge, and they appear to have been working toward it. USC is leading the nation in scoring defense, giving up just 6.7 points per game. They have allowed a TOTAL of 13 points in the last five games, and 653 TOTAL yards in the last four (no one has gotten more than 188).

Mark Sanchez (24 TD’s, 7 INT’s, 65%) can make enough plays to create some distance between these teams, while his counterpart, Tavita Pritchard, has shown some more steadiness with no interceptions over the last couple of games, but he’s had only one effort of more than 182 yards this season. That could mean Stanford is overly reliant on running backs like Toby Gerhart, who pulled his hamstring against Oregon after gaining only 21 yards (he’s optimistic he will be able to play). Anthony Kimble stepped in with 106 yards, but Southern Cal is rigid against the run, allowing just 2.4 yards a carry.

So the Trojans should be able to make Stanford one-dimensional, one way or the another. And they are sixth in both polls, which means they’ll be out to impress somebody. We are going to go ahead and lay the points with USC, the 23.5-point favorite in the BetUS NFL pro football sports betting odds.

Our PLAY: USC -23.5 **

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