...last year.

#1 Eason is a nice QB but might not be the best QB we've faced so far this year. He does great against crappy defensive teams like Eastern Wash or Hawaii but had a sub 100 Pass Eff Rtg vs Cal. While we're not as good defensively as Cal, we're certainly more comparable to them than we are EWU or Hawaii. The USC QB looked like an All Pac12 QB vs STanford and then vs our D he struggled.

#2 - Your OL, we've faced as good or better so far vs Utah and USC. I'll wager though that you haven't faced an NT like Khyiris Tonga. He dominated the interior of the OL vs USC last week and for fun lined up in the backfield as a FB and blew open the right side of USC's defensive front on a goal line 1 yd TD. He is 340lbs and runs a 4.9 forty

#3 - I figure this will be a defensive battle. USC lit up Stanford for 45 pts the week before and we held them under 30 (with one TD a bogus replay call), forced 3 TO's and tipped a couple more but couldn't secure the ball.

#4. - we have speed too and kept up with the speed of USC, Tennessee and Utah just fine. It won't be a problem.

#5. TOP - This stat can be a little decieving, our D employs a bend but don't break philosophy and then looks for opposing offenses to make mistakes they can capitalize on. Through 3 games vs Pac12 and SEC competition (2 of the opponents were top 25 teams) we are limiting teams to 356 yds of Total O a game and they've had to go on long drives to score. We're really good at not giving up chunk yardage plays but in reverse have been successful this year in getting chunk yardage plays from our offense. We also have a great punter who routinely flips the field with booming 50 yd punts and due to this and our amazing kick coverage, we're one of the best teams in the nation at avg starting field position. So making you work the clock on long drives actually works in our favor.

Vegas has Udub favored by less than a TD. It likely will be another close game that comes down to the wire.