Boston College - USC

Emerald Bowl December 26, 8:00pm San Francisco, CA

Boston College (8-4) _____________ ACC ___________ 137.57 ____ YPG = 314.4 (83%) PPG = 23.2 (92%) dYPG = 335.5 (91%) dPPG = 21.2 (81%) ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 Northeastern -507.98 W, 54-0 2 Kent St -138.94 W, 34-7 3 Clemson 149.95 L, 7-25 4 Wake Forest -53.61 W, 27-24 5 Florida St 71.14 W, 28-21 6 Virginia Tech 292.07 L, 14-48 7 NC State -70.92 W, 52-20 8 Notre Dame 23.90 L, 16-20 9 Central Michigan 257.98 W, 31-10 11 Virginia -207.42 W, 14-10 12 North Carolina 195.12 L, 13-31 13 Maryland -282.65 W, 19-17

USC (8-4) ____________ Pac10 ________ 227.93 ____ +21% ← YPG = 385 (104%)__________ +15% ← PPG = 26.7 (107%)__________ -1% ← dYPG = 342.5 (90%)________ -13% ← dPPG = 20.4 (68%)_________ ____ Wk Opponent oPts Score 1 San Jose St -289.14 W, 56-3 2 Ohio St 335.31 W, 18-15 3 Washington 19.13 L, 13-16 4 Washington St -302.11 W, 27-6 5 California 176.17 W, 30-3 7 Notre Dame 23.90 W, 34-27 8 Oregon St 189.28 W, 42-36 9 Oregon 385.85 L, 20-47 10 Arizona St -109.63 W, 14-9 11 Stanford 199.79 L, 21-55 13 UCLA 37.15 W, 28-7 14 Arizona 236.36 L, 17-21

The Trojans are in unfamiliar territory, not being in a big BCS bowl game against a top Big10 team, but at the same time they're better statistically in most categories. Are they already looking ahead to next year? Maybe. The Eagles on the other hand put up a very quiet 8-4 season in the ACC, beating all their red opponents and some of the blues too. Will they be able to catch the Trojans off guard? I have a feeling this one might be close...

The Line: Boston College +7

The Call: USC wins, but Boston College covers the spread

The Result: USC 24-13

The Trojans were missing a lot of playmakers, but Damian Williams made up for all of them with a huge night. Even though they'll lose more players to the draft this year like they did last, it won't be as many - the big question for 2010 will be whether or not they can get back to the top of the Pac10. BC's rough 2009 came to a close, and after all the turmoil, I'll bet they're just happy to have some time to process everything.