re: Let's talk about the game tonight: The fighting Barkleys v The Mormons.

After watching the Stanford game and listening to the announcers talk about the loss of Holmes, I would say that if he is not playing then USC has no shot. Evidently Holmes also handles the outside pass rushers on both sides of the ball while handling both DT's. We shouldn't forget that if he Holmes plays the SC defense does not get gashed by the running game nor do they let tight ends run free down the seam.