Fast Forward Wk 1 Western Michigan vs. USC “Inside The Numbers”

during the 2017 Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual at the Rose Bowl on January 2, 2017 in Pasadena, California.

Western Michigan vs. USC
Notes:
Western Michigan had 12 wins against FBS schools in 2016 with a combined overall record of 64-84 or .426%.

 
Former Western Michigan quarterback, Tim Lester, new head coach taking over for P.J Fleck (New Head Coach at Minnesota).

 

 
Since 2006, the Broncos are 1-10 vs. Power 5 schools (Indiana, Michigan (two times), Michigan State (three times), Illinois, Nebraska, and Purdue) and have lost those games by an average margin of 20.4 points per game.

 

 

 

Western Michigan’s lone victory during that span was their road win last season over Northwestern on the road 22-21.

 

 
USC had 10 wins in 2016 against FBS schools with a combined overall record of 50-65 or .434% (Utah State, Colorado, Arizona, CAL, Arizona State, Oregon, Washington, UCLA, Notre Dame and Penn State).

 
Since 2006, USC is 10-1 on week one of the college season and has won those contests by an average margin of 31.8 points per game. The Trojans lost last season to Alabama 52-6 breaking the string of consecutive week one games.

 

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About Joseph Lisi

Joseph Lisi is a member of the FWAA (Football Writers Association of America), the Maxwell Football Club and the National Football Foundation. He is the owner of the website: www.goforthe2.com and hosts a weekly college football radio show on SB Nation Radio and FNSTY Sports Radio from 10-12pm EST every Saturday morning. Listen live at: www.sbnationradio.com or www.fntsy.com/radio. Joseph is a former college football researcher for ABC Sports and has been featured on: SportsXRadio with Ken Thomson, ESPN Radio, Sirius XM Radio, FNTSY Sports Network, the Sid Rosenberg Show (640 AM Sports-South Florida), 1560 AM CBS Sports Melbourne, FL and multiple media outlets throughout the nation. Joe appears every Friday with Ken Thomson on SportsXRadio for the Football Fiasco in which every game on the college board is broken down during the show. Follow Joe on Twitter: @goforthe2

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