Andrew Luck lived up to his billing on the first drive as he calmly led the Cardinal down the field in a 10 play, 83-yard drive.

Here’s the video of Lee Corso’s tree dance this morning during College GameDay.

ESPN analyst Kirk Herbstreit started off GameDay with this quote on USC: “This is their bowl game.”

A big crowd, two ranked teams, GameDay. Marquee QB matchup. The stage is set when USC meets Stanford today.

USC coach Kevin O’Neill stressed the importance of point guard Maurice Jones during Pac-12 media day.

Here’s a fact from the venerable Gold Sheet: “Stanford has now won and covered 10 straight games by 26 points or more, with its overall winning streak at 15.”

Here’s Kevin O’Neill on USC basketball practices so far: `Sometimes we look good and some days we stink. We’re going to have to figure out where to go for points.”

USC coach Kevin O’Neill on why how valuable sophomore point guard Maurice Jones would be this season.
“If Mo gets hurt, we can’t even really play the games if you think about it. We’d be starting two freshmen, and one would be a point guard. And that is kind of a recipe for disaster starting a freshman point guard.”

USC coach Kevin O’Neill said today that forward Evan Smith is out 6-8 weeks with a shoulder injury.

We haven’t provided this outlet for comments lately. But both local schools host Bay Area schools as underdogs. Who has the better chance for a victory?