True, I noticed that when I went to Corvallis last year to see the Utes play Ore. St. Playing them in August in Corvallis has to be a lot different than playing them in, say, late Oct-early Nov.
One advantage to this though is that you get them on Sept 25, albeit on a Thursday night. I do remember though that even though there were pockets of empty seats when I was there last year, Reser Stadium gets loud! Obviously SC will be used to that—or they should be by now—but it impressed the hell out of me.
USC will have to have bad weather, a slick football, and then just be out of synch to lose to Oregon State this year.
It could happen. I wouldn’t bet on that, but in college football most anything can happen.