Nov 1, 2008 - 6:50 AM
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LOS ANGELES (Ticker) -- Get ready for the Saturday Night Massacre, Part Two.
Sixth-ranked Southern California has been established as a six-touchdown favorite for Saturday's Pac-10 Conference contest against winless Washington, which announced Monday that coach Tyrone Willingham will not return as coach next season.
In a similar mismatch two weeks ago, the Trojans (6-1, 4-1 Pac-10) crushed Washington State, 69-0, equaling its largest margin of victory in a shutout since 1931.
Washington is the only BCS team without a win, and this game could be every bit as bad as the one two weeks ago in Pullman.
USC actually dropped two spots in the coaches' poll following last week's hard-fought 17-10 win over Arizona in the desert, and that could put the Trojans in a foul mood. And Washington (0-7, 0-4) may be powerless to slow down USC, which is bidding for a record seventh straight Pac-10 Conference title.
Here's another scary note for the Huskies - last week marked the fewest points the Trojans have scored in a win during the Pete Carroll regime.
USC snapped a 10-10 tie on Mark Sanchez's 30-yard touchdown pass to Stanley Havili midway through the third quarter and remained tied with Oregon atop the Pac-10 standings.
USC held an Arizona team that had been averaging 40 points a game to just 188 total yards. The Trojans lead the Football Bowl Subdivision in scoring defense, yielding only 8.1 points per game.
Conversely, Washington (0-7, 0-4) is 117th out of 119 schools in the FBS in scoring at just 16.1 points per game.
Last week, Willingham suffered a 33-7 loss to Notre Dame, his former team. Only a late score prevented the Huskies from being shut out at home for the first time since 1976.
In his fourth season at Washington, Willingham has an 11-32 record, but will be allowed to finish out the year.
Despite the apparent mismatch, Carroll should have no trouble getting get his players' attention this week in practice - all he has to do is bring up last year's game in Seattle. The Trojans escaped with a 27-24 win over Washington, overcoming three turnovers and 16 penalties.
From the Bleachers
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WASHINGTON: 0
USC: 56
Final
Nov 1 9:35 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
BRODERICK GREEN 6 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 56 8:02 LEFT, 4TH QTR
Nov 1 9:19 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
USC: 49
End of 3rd
Nov 1 9:05 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
BRODERICK GREEN 5 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 49 5:24 LEFT, 3RD QTR
Nov 1 8:51 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
USC: 42
Halftime
Nov 1 8:05 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
C.J. GABLE 6 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 42 3:04 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 1 7:57 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
STAFON JOHNSON 1 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 35 9:06 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 1 7:43 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
MARK SANCHEZ 1 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 28 10:37 LEFT, 2ND QTR
Nov 1 7:36 PM -
WASHINGTON: 0
USC: 21
End of 1st
Nov 1 7:24 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
C.J. GABLE 10 YD RUN
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 21 3:31 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 1 7:17 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
PATRICK TURNER 32 YD PASS FROM MARK SANCHEZ
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 14 4:29 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 1 7:10 PM -
NCAAF
TD USC
PATRICK TURNER 4 YD PASS FROM MARK SANCHEZ
(DAVID BUEHLER KICK)
WASHINGTON 0
USC (7) 7 10:14 LEFT, 1ST QTR
Nov 1 6:52 PM
