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Biggest difference between last season and this season .

Turnovers.

Same Caleb. Same head coach . Same soft players. Same predictable offense. Same confused poorly coached defense. Same special teams.

Lucky last year. Not so much this year.

Lots of hate for CLR on the board. surprising . He is who he is, and he isn't going anywhere.

SC doesn't have the money to compete with nil anyways. sc

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18 Comments

tdaniels

Nov 20, 2023

Riley will right the ship. It might take 2-3 more seasons but he'll shut a lot

Of people up, or he'll vanish. I'll put my money on him. I think he learns from this and grows as a coach. I wouldn't say this if he hadn't done so much offensively prior. He can hire a defensive staff and a special teams coord. Caleb had a bad oline but the ND game falls on him. And that's when the wheels came off. Then no stand up leadership on or off the field... he'd be smart to come back and mature but he'll go pro, make his money and be a Sanchez part deux.

Scottsdalepd

Nov 20, 2023

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Not if recruits the way he has. No shot.

firenze5

Nov 19, 2023

Return to mean on turnovers. The last two years USC is a .500 team talent wise. We are only 18-8 because of Rikey and Williams. Need to upgrade bith offensive and defensive lines and we will be fine.

Pasadena Trojan

Nov 19, 2023

Good call out. Way more TOers for CW and way less for the D.

Bad combo. As we witnessed

Fraud

Nov 19, 2023

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RAH RAH! Blame the players.

pistonslap

Nov 19, 2023

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A few times Riley mentioned that Caleb needed to trust the playcalls instead of changing them but for better or worse, he plays to the QB's strengths and gives them agency to run the offense. I think that does need to change going forward.

As for the part where his teammates didn't know what he was going to do, one of the OL mentioned that it could be difficult at times blocking for Caleb because instead of only needing to give him 3-4 seconds to throw the ball, he would pivot out and extend the play which in turn forced the linemen to have to block for longer periods of time. I have no doubt this led to unnecessary fatigue and disconnect as the more CW played outside of the system, the less synergy everyone had.

Glad we had him as our QB and I'm always going to be thankful that he pulled us up from that 4-8 season but I really hope the next guy is more disciplined and freelances less.

August West

Nov 19, 2023

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Playets have stated it. Riley has stated it.

ted.the.dawg

Nov 19, 2023

After the first game, I told all you boys, your D was weak. Not acceptable to put this on CLR, besides, you're right, he ain't goin no where!

Go Dawgs!!

MLK Blvd

Nov 19, 2023

schedule was easier last year. OL was much better (coached elsewhere, which I think is why Riley likes the portal over recruiting). Turnvers were huge, but a reversion to the mean was expected. Riley didn't do anything to try to cut down on them that I could tell.

SanClemente

Nov 19, 2023

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This season sure looked like teams have figured out his offense and how to stop it.

I was surprised that he doesn't seem to be able to adjust to this. sc

pistonslap

Nov 19, 2023

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OL looked better coached because 4 of the starters had come up in the program together, plus Dye & Addison gave CW reliable help at those 2 positions. Caleb not taking the easy completions and trying to freelance too much led to way too many turnovers on his end.

pistonslap

Nov 19, 2023

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His stats under pressure are one of the worst in the country. I think Utah exposed that in the CCG last year and with an offense that doesn't have a lot of reliable weapons along with an OL that never quite gelled together, that left some obvious ways in how to attack the offense. Audibling out of nearly every call led to some hurried and discombobulated plays too. Hopefully the next QB plays more within the system and takes the easy yards when they're available.

Fraud

Nov 19, 2023

RAH RAH!