USC Trojans in 2012-2013

The USC Trojan football team opens its spring practice in a couple of weeks, on March 6, leading up to its annual spring game on April 14. The highly outclassed University of Hawaii Warriors visit the Los Angeles Coliseum for the first game of the 2012 season on Sept. 1.

Finally free of the NCAA sanctions that prevented the team from participating in post-season games for the past three years, the Trojans, who ended the 2011 season with a 10-2 record, will be heavy preseason favorites to participate in the BCS Championship Game at the end of the year.

The Las Vegas odds-makers agree.

When I was in Vegas on Super Bowl Sunday, I visited a number of sports books to see what the futures line for the BCS game was. In all of them, the betting line placed the Trojans at either #2 or #3 to open the season.

Apparently, the early bettors agree as well.

At the Golden Nugget, the Trojans odds were 9 to 2 (or, 4.5 to 1) that they will win the 2013 BCS game. If you look at the photo, they are pictured third from the top. That means they opened in third place. However, because of the early betting, the current 4.5 to 1 odds moved them up between LSU and Alabama.

Interesting, huh?

I don’t usually place bets on USC because when I do, they either don’t make the spread or they lose outright. I think I jinx them.

Fight on!