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New "Inside the Trojans' Huddle" Thursday (Nov. 24) edition: Previewing Notre Dame, "Big Ten" USC/ND rapid fire, SC looking past the Irish?, and Pac-12 Conference and non-conference predictions

Greg Katzby:Greg Katz11/24/22
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In Thursday’s Thanksgiving “Inside the Trojans’ Huddle”, panelists Marc Kulkin Chris Arledge, and Greg Katz preview the Notre Dame game, a new USC-Notre Dame special “Big Ten” rapid-fire “over and under” segment, the Trojans looking past the Irish to the Pac-12 title game, and the panel gives their weekly Pac-12 games predictions.

In the third quarter, the panel previews in depth Saturday’s opponent, the No. 13 Notre Dame Fighting Irish. The panel gives various thoughts on matchups regarding the offenses versus the defenses of each team and what to expect from Irish quarterback Drew Pyne, and, boy, does Arledge unload on the ND QB. Let’s just say when the old boy draws comparisons between Caleb Williams and Pyne, no punches are pulled.

After the lighting of the WeAreSC Coliseum torch between the third and fourth quarter, the panel gives rapid-fire, “over and under” answers to USC/Notre Dame “Big Ten” questions. Some of the “over and under” questions include team statistics. One question asks will the Trojans win by the opening 5-points odds, “over or under”? You might find some real descent amongst the panel.  Will USC’s rushing average per game be “over or under” against the Irish defense? Will the Trojans passing average per game be “over or under” against the Irish secondary? Will USC have more penalties than their average or will Notre Dame have more penalties than their seasonal average?

In the fourth quarter, the panel gives their opinions if the Trojans could be possibly looking past the Irish towards the Pac-12 Championship Game the following Friday? The panel answers are fascinating and rather bold. Another question is what are the chances of the Trojans getting into the Top 4 College Football Playoff seedings after this weekend’s upcoming games, which includes No. 1 Georgia hosting Georgia Tech, No. 2 Ohio State entertaining No. 3 Michigan, and No. 4 TCU surviving at home against Iowa State?

In Overtime, the panel gives their opinions on the weekend’s Pac-12 conference and non-conference regular season games, and a lot of attention is paid towards Saturday’s Oregon at Oregon State rivalry. Another big rivalry game is Washington at Washington State. Does weather play a factor against the Huskies in Eastern Washington? You’ll want to hear the logic on these two games.

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