USC is a good team, yes. And they beat Ohio State two years in a row, yes.
But this year, all I know is Ohio State's headed to the Rose Bowl and USC is going to the Holiday bowl. And don't even use the excuse of a true freshman starting at quarterback, we made a BCS bowl last year with at true freshman playing at QB, and he didn't even have the benefit of coming in for spring ball.
Oh.. and for the second part of this witty comment: in their last two big games, Ohio State is 2-0 with wins in back to back weeks over #11 Penn State and #10 Iowa. USC is 0-2 with blowout losses to Stanford and Oregon.