The USC Trojans are making the trip to Reser Stadium on Friday night for an ESPN college football Pac-12 matchup and the game will start up on ESPN2 at 9:00 PM and will be streaming online on the Watch ESPN website.
The Trojans are trying to pull things together this season after Lane Kiffin was fired and now they will face Oregon state on the road after a tough game against Utah that ended up a victory and they will try and get a two win streak going after alternating wins and losses the past few weeks. The team won two in a row over Utah State and Boston College, but after that they lost to Arizona State in the game that got their coach fired and then the team won against Arizona. The Trojans then lost on the road to Notre Dame and now after defeating Utah they will matchup against Sean Mannion and the Beavers in what could be a very entertaining game.
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The Beavers come in with the best passing offense in the nation with over 400 yards per game and Mannion has been the driving force behind that and now the team will try and improve to 7-2, including 5-1 in the Pac-12 with a win and it would be a big one, as the Beavers lost their last game to Stanford and will be looking to get back on track on Friday night. USC is trying to claw its way up in the division standings, but it will be tough to do it, while Oregon State is now chasing both Stanford and Oregon, as both have more wins in the conference currently. Stanford took the advantage with the win and now Oregon looks like they have the inside track.
Arizona State is tops in the South division over Arizona and UCLA as well as USC and after playing against the Trojans, the Beavers will play against Arizona State on the road. Oregon State has it in their hands though, as if they win out, it means they will face Oregon in the final game of the season on the road and that could help decide the division in the Pac-12. The Beavers come in after losing their second game of the season after winning six in a row and now they have the chance to rebound with USC. The team is averaging over 60 yards on the ground as one of the worst in the nation, but they don't need it, while the offense is scoring over 40 and the defense is allowing under 30 points.
USC is coming into not the game after the tough loss against the Irish and then the win over Utah and they have the chance to get something going with just a few games left in the season. The team has three of the next four on the road with Cal, Stanford and Colorado and then they will finish the season against UCLA at home in a huge matchup. The team comes in with just over 200 passing yards per game for 84th in the nation while they are scoring less than in the past with 24 points per game and allowing just under 20. The team is going through a tough year but with the Pac-12 conference game on ESPN Friday night college football, they could change all that.
