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The scoreboard could explode when USC and LSU collide tonight at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas.

These were the two highest scoring teams in the nation last season, and defense hasn’t been a strong suit for either the Trojans or Tigers.

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Remarkably, LSU has lost its last four season openers, including last year’s 45-24 thumping at the hands of Florida State. Does that streak come to an end tonight? TSN’s Bill Bender writes in his CFB Week 1 picks, “It’s a battle of beleaguered defenses, and LSU is trying to avoid a loss in the season opener for the fifth straight season. The Trojans are closer to home here, and Lincoln Riley can prove the hire of defensive coordinator D’Anton Lynn right here.”

USC, one of four former Pac-12 schools now competing in the Big Ten, hasn’t played an SEC opponent since it got thrashed by Alabama 52-6 back in 2016. LSU head coach Brian Kelly has won at least 10 games for seven consecutive seasons.

In the final analysis, Bender believes LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier “delivers in the clutch for the Tigers in a back-and-forth thriller” in a game that goes OVER the total.

Pick: LSU wins 35-28 and COVERS the spread

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Author(s)

Kris Johnson serves as lead writer. With more than 15 years in sports journalism, his work has been featured in Sports Business Journal, Sports Business Daily, The Sporting News, NASCAR Illustrated, and more. Johnson, who also wrote a sports betting novel entitled The Endgame, graduated from Middlebury College.