The USC Trojans will take on the Stanford Cardinal in the Pac-12 championship game Friday night. These teams met Sept. 9 in Los Angeles, a game USC won 42-24 as a 3.5-point favorite, and I think they'll come out ahead this time as well.

The Trojans have had two weeks to prepare for this game and they had already clinched their Pac-12 title berth before they defeated UCLA 28-23 (as a 14.5-point favorite) on Nov. 18.

Stanford meanwhile battled Notre Dame hard last Saturday and came through with an 18-point victory as 3-point home underdogs. It was however outgained 415-328 in yardage despite the 38-20 victory and gave up 261 yards in the air.

Here the Cardinal will face USC quarterback Sam Darnold who completed 21-of-26 passes for 316 yards and four touchdowns in the first encounter this season, and I expect him and the rest of the Trojans to tear up Stanford's secondary once again.

My selection is an 8* play on USC Trojans.