As you watch USC playing at Washington State today, you might see some of these interesting bits and pieces of information on your screen:
- USC is 3-0 (0-0 Pac-10), ranked #20 in the AP (ineligible for Coaches' poll ranking)
- After each of its three victories, USC has dropped two spots in the following AP poll.
- Washington State is 1-2 (0-0 Pac-Ten), unranked
- USC is favored by 22 points (and dropping)
- Kickoff: 12 noon PDT at Martin Stadium, in Pullman, WA
- Weather will be sunny with a high of 81°
- Broadcast: Prime Ticket, Bill Macdonald, John Jackson, Lindsay Soto
- This is the teams' 70th meeting, dating to 1921
- USC has won 86% of the games, including the last seven
- USC leads 57-8-4
- In Washington (Pullman, Spokane and Seattle), USC is 17-3-2
- USC has only lost at Washington State three times
- From 1958-1997, USC won 25 out of 26.
- Last game: USC 27-6 at LA in 2009.
- Last game in Pullman: USC 69-0 in 2008
- Last WSU win: 2002, 30-27 (OT) at WSU.
- That game decided the Pac-10 - USC went to the Orange Bowl and WSU went to the Rose
- In conference openers, USC is 65-18-5 (.767)
- WSU is 15-16-1 in conference openers
- At home, WSU is 9-9-1 in conference openers
- WSU head coach Paul Wulff is 0-2 against the Trojans, and is looking for his 5th career win
- USC head coach Lane Kiffin is trying to become the first since Jess Hill (1951) to start 4-0
- USC has only 73 players on scholarship.
- Washington State's roster has 113 players, including walkons
- WSU's rushing offense is #105 in the nation
- Its scoring defense is #113 in the nation
- Since 2000, WSU is 9-30 against ranked opponents
- USC has been ranked in the AP Top 25 for 99 of its last 100 games
- USC is 29-15-1 on turf
- USC has no players from Washington
- The Cougars have 42 players from California
- Today is the 23rd birthday for USC wideout David Ausberry
- USC plays Washington next week
- It will be the 8th time USC has played the Washington schools back-to-back
- USC QB Matt Barkley was USC's first ever true freshman QB to start an opener
- He is also the school's first-ever sophomore team captain
- USC QB Matt Barkley's 266 completions rank him 12th on USC’s career passing list
- Barkley has thrown a TD pass in 11 straight games
- Eight of USC PK Jacob Harfman’s 18 kickoffs have pinned foes within the 20, including 6 touchbacks
- All 5 of USC’s RBs average 4.6 yards per carry or more
- USC is converting 100.0% (8-of-8, with 7 TDs and 1 field goal) of its chances in the red zone.
- Passing is the only category in which WSU is in the nation's top 80 as a team
- Every game in the Pac-10 this week includes at least one ranked team
- Only Washington is not in action this week
- USC’s roster features 2 Gatorade National High School Football Players of the Year
- Both are QBs: Mitch Mustain (2005) and Matt Barkley (2007)
- USC has won 89 of its last 100 games
- The USC football program is on probation until June 9, 2014
USC's weekly football release.
Washington State's weekly football release.
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