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By the way, let me throw this at you.

USC Michigan.

Who do you like?

I like Michigan, Colin. You got to point me in the direction of when USC is being the team

under Lincoln Riley. They could push around in the trenches. The answer I think is never,

Notre Dame four years ago maybe, but Notre Dame wasn't what they are. I just got to see it,

man. I have to see it from USC. We know what Michigan is, right? They're going to run the football. They're going to have two, three, four-yard carries and hit a 75-year touchdown. We know offensively. Underwood is really, really good, but he's young. He's going to make some mistakes. He's also going to make some explosive plays. On the flip side, right, the U.S.'s offense line's a little beat up. I think Page is back.

Though, page is really good. It's a big addition back for them. But Michigan can punch them in the mouth. How do they play against a defense like that? So USC is certainly talent enough to win this game, Colin. But they haven't won this game in years. And so I will take Michigan until proven otherwise. I said this is a referendum game on Lincoln Riley because they go to Notre Dame next.

They go to Oregon in a few weeks. They're not winning those games. This is going to be a signature game. We're going to look at this game. And if USC can't win it home and they're healthy now up front, we're going to look at this and go, we have to come to terms with Lincoln Riley. He's not the culture builder. He's a recruiter. He's a coach. I think if they lose this game,

it's like James Franklin. You just come to the realization, he's not good situationally in big

games. I think if Lincoln loses with Notre Dame and Oregon coming up, you have to kind of

acknowledge what Lincoln is. Am I wrong? I don't think you're wrong. I know USC fans will point to a rebuild into year four, which is what it is, but we know they're rebuilding that defense sort of on the fly here. But you have everything sort of in your way, right? You're off a by, okay, so you have time of repair. You mentioned they're healthier along the front than they were against Illinois, but also USC has played better at home than on the road, right? The road has been the issue for them. So if you can't win this game with Michigan, we've seen a lot of teams that come out west make these big, you know, these big trips have struggled a little bit. And again, you are facing a true freshman quarterback. Now, the Coliseum

is not Oklahoma, right? You're going to have a ton of Michigan fans there, but still a big atmosphere, it's 100,000 fans. It's a giant stadium. It's the history of USC. So there is that on your side. And you think you have to, because you mentioned, if you don't win this game, you're probably not being Notre Dame, you're not being Oregon. Now you're looking at eight wins again.

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