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Las Vegas - Iowa, at 9-3, had another superb season while USC, at 8-4, came on strong after a couple of early stumbles. Clay Helton, head man in Los Angeles, was given a vote of confidence, and will be back next season. Maybe because he found a QB, freshman Kedon Slovis, that blew the doors off the Pac 12. After a rocky start, Slovis wound up with 3,242 passing yards, 28 TDs and 9 INTs. Oh yea, he was also named Pac 12 Freshman of the Year. Will he have a tough time against the Hawkeye defense that was 10th in the country against the pass? We looked into that ranking, and
it doesn't scare me. And it will not scare the Trojans. Iowa built that ranking in the Big 10 against teams that were NOT pass-happy. The Big 10 had only one QB in the Top 25, while the Pac 12 had four. Easy to build glossy stats against teams that don't pass much. Give Southern Cal the home state edge with the game in San Diego, and put me down for a BEST BET on SC BAABBEEE!!! FIGHT ON!!!