USC vs. TCU prediction, picks, odds, spread: Trojans, Horned Frogs finish off season at Alamo Bowl

USC vs. TCU prediction, picks, odds, spread: Trojans, Horned Frogs finish off season at Alamo Bowl

USC vs. TCU Prediction, Picks, Odds, Spread: Trojans, Horned Frogs will end the season tonight here at the Alamo Bowlcourt in what I think will be a very happy ending for everyone.

Nate Michelin throws it in the air and the Valero Alamo ball is on. Riley Wormley is just off the returnable goal line, and he's about 24 yards out

And My Lemon is definitely the headliner for the Bitnikov win. Sohre's Mawa long throw to the outside on time. Jaden Richardson. That's a third-down conversion for the Trojans.

You could see Ken Sales get his first start tonight for his dream school, TCU. But he's played a lot of football before that

Because he hands the ball. And. It's a good start. Jeremy Payne also goes around the corner for seven yards. So Jaden Mayaba has a lot of turnovers, but he's handing it off to King Miller for a while.

Off-play action. Takes it to his head, shoots a scene, and it's taken by Tono Hines. Slow down. Runs right behind his twin brother. He's going to try it again.

Cutback lane. King Miller is back in the secondary. Callon Miller No. 60 finalist for the Broza Award. Had a great season of 17 of 21 on the year. And now he's 18 of 22 from 40 yards out.

Gives USC an early lead. What could be the prognosis? And it's just a three-man rush. He's out of the pocket. He'll try to get into the arms of Braylon Shelby.

Easy catch. First down. Marachi gets loose. It's a mysterious tight end. Play action corner from Miami. It can be stopped. Is Jamal Johnson drafted? They're going to give him the catch.

It's an interception. I think he was expecting to break that ball and turn it inside the hash, but Jamal Johnson read it well. He got a good break.

Was able to get down low enough and get that ball up off the turf. That was awesome for this offense, too. The tackle only runs through contact, and he has nine yards up the sideline.

This ball is down the field. It's passed by Denman. Finally brought down at the USC 40-yard line, but he has 16 yards. Slip the screen into the right flat.

DJ Rogers tight end. He's got another first down. Playing middle court safety off. Sales are tough to handle. He's going to get down against a man.

Another interception inside the 5-yard line. He jumped on Jaden Walker first. Like Ken Sales, Jaden Walker is a linebacker who goes down with his head in the flat dunks.

He doesn't see what he's going to hit. Match up with the safety properly. Freshman Demon with a great cutback, finds the end zone,

And TCU has the upper hand on the defensive tackle and just sees him clear across the hash. And then you see John Denman with those sweet feet and that vision.

Blindside blitz coming and just taking it away and putting it on junior Jaden Mayaba. Split second before he blows. Corner fire from under the screen. This is freshman Gil Jackson defensive coordinator

Who gets to the edge with a cut in plus territory? Breaking tackle gets a few extra yards to TCU's 37-yard line. Gone, and this time they change it up a little bit and use a guard

And then use a tight end or H back off the ball and pull it. Just the same concept, just different guys doing it. His favorite team was USC. His favorite player was Reggie Bush.

Reggie wanted to model his game after Bush. Bea takes a shot. This is Sunderland thrown. Adjustment is trying to finish it as Hines, and he gets it to the one-side line this time.

Miller gets to the goal line, and SC gets a touchdown. Trent Battle Wheel out of the backfield. First down. Perfectly executed. Jaden Walker knocks him out.

You look so different with the guy on your side. Shot ball on the sideline for a first down. What was Terry Shelton's catch, true freshman? Knocks a defender off the walls for 22.

Another long catch radius player. By the way, No. 88, Floyd Bard, who grew up playing hockey in Montreal. A little slip pass to Major Everhart. Hammer John Daymond back in the game.

Fourth down and two. That's a jet sweep. Everhart to five through the pylon. Out of bounds. That's a first down. He didn't reach the pylon. Knocked out by Mitch Crush.

You see the right knee hitting the ground. The ball is right on the plane. Every heart is showing you the wheel he has. Quick handle. Now look at the keeper.

Guess who scores the touchdown? It's KenSeals. His dream starts with his boyhood team. Look, they built this place right.

They have the top features on this football team in the secondary and midfield, and with the first down in this football game. Surprisingly, it's a yard below average.

Mawa takes a long step back and throws the seam to the top, and it's right on target. When he was first transitioning from quarterback to coach that he's smart

And in his future it's. Tipped and falls incomplete. Almost squeezed it into Cory Sims just a shade late. 28 yards out to make it a one-point game.

It's down the middle. Dan Man and Jeremy Payne are right behind with 22 yards. The play action is fake. Sells buys some time. He's in a football playoff and looks like he was bailed out.

Carson Bruno, the right tackle, recovered the fumble after Sells. And you'll see him come on the screen here and put Ken Sells over his shoulder.

He's a big linebacker with all kinds of athletic ability. It's a joy to have him announce his arrival on the air during this football game and get stopped.

So after Sells coughs, his teammates recover. Christian Pearson tips the ball. Carroll gets the pick. He's one of those playmakers they're counting on to show up.

Christian Pearce, you see him there. His hands get under the football. Keeps it safe all the way to the ground. Don't think there's any doubt

That. This is a clear interception. The flag was thrown back in the secondary because he shot out of bounds. And pushing on the USC sideline, and some Trojans thought

That I shot him in the head, he went out of bounds. Paul Ove was in pursuit. I think you'll see him here at the end. You're looking at Kylen Jackson's safety

You'll see here that it's a clean pocket. But he looks like he's dealing with the big number 95. Marks 65 325 pounds late, and you see how he gets away with the throw.

He leans on his right foot to his defense to see if they can get that ball back to their offense through that screen. And again, it was Desmond Stevens

Who was ready for it, and not before allowing two touchdowns and almost 100 seconds. Cameron Crawford offers 10 minutes of bouncing off the glass as the offside.

I mean, they have varieties on this defense. A lot of athletes to work with. It's all from the goal line. Steals the buy time and spits it out to Mallister.

His first catch in the second half. Yeah, he's a player who's usually out of bowl games in terms of his ability. He didn't have any of that.

And on third and 10, they won't take action. He wants a bomb. Zeno has it. Real freshman on the bomb from my Alva. Set up USC at TCU's 23 yd line.

This is quarterback coverage. The cornerback is sitting out. The safety cuts into that TCU secondary. He's really crowding the football. How about another one?

Amazing catch by Jaden Richardson. Oh, he even got one foot down for a touchdown. Man, Jaden Richardson put it on one. Are you kidding me?

Look at that one-handed snap. Left foot like OBJ is in bounds. He controls it with just one hand all the way to the ground. He doesn't need to put his other hand on it.

Oh, he taps it a little bit with his left hand, but he's in the field to play his left hand clean. A ball is coming down. They have a blue top and a tight end. Little button hook in the end zone, and it's a seven-point lead for USC.

KJ Johnson is looking for a cutback layer. The door finally closes. Anel Denver brings him down, but he had all the help. Offense. See

Can they score the game-tying touchdown? Dropped moving to the new. How good did Maimeld get out of the pocket? Room to get to the sideline. Fires the kids through one on the sideline.

Reaching back. Incomplete to Riley Wormley, but a fantastic effort. Are all those methods yours? I have my sources. And a record-setting one too.

And now it's a two-score lead for the men of Troy. Up goes the middle paint. A yard short of a first down. McKister appears on third down. USC is trying to rip the ball,

But he's moving forward. Another four-man rush. Maher tries to get out of the pocket, and this time he goes down. He fights as long as he can.

Even in a two-score game, there's a lot of time on the clock. The only four-man rush that's picking up the first down is Mallister. And if you're USC

It's all about communication. Don't give anyone slack in the deep end of the field. Payne. Good move. And another in those secondary. Cycle in the red zone.

What a run by Jeremy Payne. He's beautiful. He's beautiful. Just look at that 180lb running back like he's 225 lbs. A little slip in the 1 2 flat.

15. Stumbles inside the 10yd line. Can he get it out of the fire? Run again. It's P, and he's got the end zone and a TCU touchdown, and we've got another sore game.

DJ Harvey at corner number two asKen Seals hands this ball to Payne. Just look at how he gets it to his left, and it angles center Colton Derry to block it.

And then I pull it with eight on the play clock. Swing pass. Here's Warley. He gets loose. Ankle tackle. Stay away from the punter if you're a TC.

Nine-drive kick from Sam Johnson. Fielding. Fair catch at the 31-yard line. You've got to put pressure on him. Nomiscommunication. Fiveman rush sells hand in the back end. Ball pops out. Watch his arm come forward. They're going to rule

That I believe is a scoop and score touchdown. When Shelby picked it up and took it home. No signal from the officials yet. They're going to get together.

Cameron Crawford. This order on the field is an incomplete pass. It's third down. We need to reset the game clock. Unbelievable. We need to reset the game clock.

It's coming forward. What an incredible rush off the edge. They throw it right back to Jeremy Paye. He's so close to a first down. And by the way, that's enough for a first down for Jeremy Payne on a two-minute timeout.

So stepping up, Sale trips up. He goes down. Seconds for USC. Abasiri is there again. Play action for Sale. Just a three-man.

Rifles one of the 50, and Joseph Manjek scoops it up. Great for a first down. Sale's high throw is pulled in. What a catch by Everhart.

The flag is also brought down. That's an incredible effort. Look, look at how he lifts that ball over Christian Pierce's outstretched arms.

Quarterback run. And Sale stumbles near the 20-yard line. It's coming. Sale throws it behind him. Makes a sliding catch, I'm sure, DJRogers. Sale wants Mallister incomplete. Breaks into the end zone. Oh man.

Carlos Nicholson one-on-one with Mallister for high school quarterback. Just watch him here. Hedo doesn't even have a vision of the throw, and at the last moment, he gets it in his right hand.

This is big time. Four-man rush. Sealing the beech. Manjack is at about the nine-yard line. You have to think that timeout number two will be called here. He's going to have a favorable matchup.

Seals are looking left. It's a pain out of the backfield. No way to go from the 27 to keep the game alive. KyleLimmerman leads, and he's down the middle. So TCU's 10-point lead was erased in the fourth quarter. Long checkdown. Miller is in the flat. Weird step stays in bounds. All downs. This time, the goal may not be to flag any play

Gil Jackson didn't get away from a true freshman on a true freshman. And the ball in the end zone of the doubting defense at 38 Waller's end zone got so much hand fighting at the two-yard line, an automatic first down, that he got to the point

Where he combined to win the ground and get to the point to win. Launch a soft touch pass. Instead, it's Miller. He tries to bounce it

And it. Gets right back to the 5-yard line. In the end zone. He tried to squeeze one for Jaden Richardson and USC's field goal record.

So SC scored points, but they weren't about to get three when it was first and scored. That's it. The goal is to go to TCU. Joseph Mann's catch was caught. He had to walk a tightrope. Just look at his left foot. That's what comes out of there. Review. The receiver did not maintain control of the ball while heaving.