USC Football: College Expert Impressed By Trojans' Strong Defensive Showings
Story by Matt Levine •1h
USC Football: College Expert Impressed By Trojans' Strong Defensive Showings (msn.com)
So far through the first three games of the new college football season, one thing is clear about your USC Trojans. It’s that their defense is much better than last season, and that makes this team very dangerous going forward.
The biggest question surrounding the Trojans entering the year was about how their defense would hold up. It caused major headaches a year ago, but so far, it looks the part of a title-contending team.
College football expert Joel Klatt of 247Sports has been impressed with the Trojans improvement on the defensive side of the ball this year, and he says that USC could really make noise now that their defense is up to par with the offense.
“This team is a lot better than last year’s team," Klatt said of the Trojans. “USC’s defense is actually trending towards good. That’s scary for the rest of the Pac-12. That should be scary for the rest of the country.”
If the defense continues to play lights out, the Trojans could easily find their way into the College Football Playoff. They need them to be around average, and they are playing better than that…
Until the D goes splat against a good mobile QB who knows how to exploit the edge.