Depends on which offense shows up. UW's defense was good enough vs Oregon and pretty solid yesterday. However the offense yesterday was similar to the offense in 4 of their games last year. They won 2 and lost the other 2 then. They found a way to beat the Beavs despite offensive woes and beat Cal after a first half that resembled last night. ASU and UCLA took advantage of their bad play and turnovers and scratched out wins. USC now is better than both of those teams then.
Nights like that won't beat any of the teams left on their schedule unless the cougs have checked out. Even Stanford would do better if you gift them 4 turnovers.
I get the reason to favor UW. The teams they shouldn't be favored against have tough pass rushes and effective blitzing. It's been their weakness the last two seasons. USC doesn't appear to have that, at least not consistently. Still, bring that offense from last night and the games over in the first half.
