MIT Simulator - CFB Saturday Colorado vs Southern Cal Winner
MIT Simulator Score - Trojans 34.14, Buffaloes 30.19 - Projected Margin of Victory: 3.95 - Current Line: 14 - Variance to Line: 10.05 - MIT Simulator shows Edge Factor of 10.05 points. Value in double digits! Projected box-score shows Colorado passing edge of 28.94 yards in excess of Southern Cal passing total. Key factors noted: USC off of key win over Arizona and they have rival UCLA on deck. Overlooking 5-5 Colorado is the issue for the Trojans here. The Buffaloes have a bye week on deck and will go all out here as a highly motivated home dog. Colorado has averaged 349 passing yards their past two games. USC has allowed at least 278 passing yards in 3 of their 4 road games. In the one game the Trojans didn't it was because they were gashed for 377 rushing yards! The Buffaloes are hungry to finally defeat the Trojans and, even though they've been coming up short on the field, they've been getting it done ATS as they've covered 3 of the last 4 meetings. The losses each of the last two seasons have come by a combined 7 points. Southern Cal is 0-4 ATS this season when off of 2 or more consecutive wins and also 0-3 ATS as a favorite in a range of 10.5 to 21 points. The Trojans win here but, just like the last two seasons, it is projected to be a tight victory. Projected box-score shows Trojans rushing edge of 73.36 yards in excess of Buffaloes rushing total. Net edge of 44.42 total yards for the big favorite equating to victory by only 3.95 points per MIT Simulator. Play: COLORADO