USC and Texas A&M will face off in the SRS Distribution Bowl on December 27th, but both teams are grappling with significant roster changes due to the NCAA transfer portal.
USC will face off against the Texas A&M Aggies in the SRS Distribution Bowl on Dec 27. Kickoff is set for 4:30 p.m. PT on PT. Both USC and Texas A&M have experienced a mass exodus in the NCAA transfer portal: USC has had 19 players enter the portal and Texas A&M has had 20 players enter the portal. Oddsmakers don't trust USC coach Lincoln Riley: the Trojans are currently a 3.5-point underdog vs. the Texas A&M Aggies . The over/under is at 51.5 points.
This line has not shifted since it opened, likely due to the fact that both teams are experiencing overwhelming roster turnover. Most recently for the Aggies, three players decided to opt out of the bowl game. Texas A&M's top three defensive linemen - Shemar Turner, Nic Scourton, Shemar Stewart- will not play in the Las Vegas Bowl to instead prepare for the NFL Draft. Safe to say, Texas A&M will be undermanned. But so will USC. The USC receiving core has taken a huge hit. The Trojans have lost wide receivers. “It’s just kind of the new world that we live in,” Riley said. “The reality is you’re going to recruit some transfers to come in, you’re going to have people exit your program, it’s just apart of the world. I’ve learned to not really carry emotion with it. A lot of these are business decisions, I think like I’ve said before on both sides and when those things happen you have to understand it and understand that this is becoming more of a business obviously than it’s ever been. I don’t get too high or too low when good news comes across my desk or tough news comes across my desk”
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