It was Stanford’s game. They controlled both sides of the ball and looked much better against USC than Kansas State. Stanford made no stupid mistakes and had a comfortable lead throughout the game, and against USC, Stanford looked like the PAC 12’s best and a top ten team.
The first half was the Christian McCaffery show. He led both teams in rushing, receiving, and touchdowns, and with 195 all purpose yards in the first half, McCaffery looked really good and helped Stanford build a 17-3 lead. USC’s defense kept missing Christian McCaffery, and Christian made them suffer. Stanford’s first touchdown resulted from a Ryan Burns to Christian McCaffery 56 yard touchdown when McCaffery got lost in the USC defense and was left wide open.