I suppose when they score 45 on o and don’t turn the ball over. Ring up 515 yards. And we are talking about their offensive struggles?
when they get two to and hold the opponent to 17 and we talk about their challenges on d? Times have changed.
usc loses that game last year.
usc has knocked out two qb in 3 games.
two rb ran for 100 yards.
Raleek brown for a cameo
marionwilliams was the one angry at Caleb for not seeing him open downfield. Repeatedly.
caleb obviously held the ball too long too often. Wanted to go downfield. He’s not elusive but once he has a seam he can move. He took some shots and needs to stop that.
4 penalties. Ineligible man downfield while usc was on the Fresno 5. hard to do. Offensive pi. Roughing the passer. And a defensive pI I think. Maybe a hold. 4 penalties total. Combine that with a 3rd straight game of no TO and you’ve got mistake free football being played.
the above means usc converts. For years usc would run up and down the field. Ring up 500 yards. And score 24 points. Or 30. This team executes in the red zone. Gets points. And the one place on the field they really play tough d is red zone. If you’re gonna have weaknesses and strengths those are the ones to have
Coliseum looked great. Drunk kid in front of me yammered all game to the guy beside me about every topic on the planet. Usually drunks get sleepy and wander off. This guy didn’t watch any game. Just motor mouthed for 4 q. Didn’t even breathe. Crowd was pretty apathetic. The new design means half the people can hang out in the concourse or other common areas and they do Seats looked half filled but the entire game there were lines filling tunnels concession stands. Bathrooms. Weird. Like hey people there’s a football game here to see when you’re done drinking and peeing. So yeah. Pretty dead atmosphere.
usd band super obnoxious. As usual. seated right next to fresno band. Every time fresno band started to play the usc band would hurry in a song and play louder to drown them out. Think usc band had mikes and amps too. They played conquest after every single play of a Fresno drive right up to the next snap. Just being jerks.
overall 45-17 is a solid win. Looks good for pollsters. Maybe I’m getting snooty But I think this team is showing weaknesses and top teams will beat up usc. Their d is porous. Their qb can be pressured and rattled. And their receivers can be covered. And usc can be stubborn.
usc ol moved the pile and is good. I felt usc out talented Fresno last night. Didn’t win because of brilliant scheme or coaChing. Though might be unfair. Penalties and to are coaching.
kick coverage is poor.
FSU left Dye and Jones open in the flat all night, but Caleb got bored throwing to them. After USC got the big lead, he kept waiting for the receivers to get open downfield instead of going for the easy first down. Dye started to express his frustration. This will be easily corrected vs beavers.
USC is a top 10 team but not top 5. Georgia , bama and probably The Ohio State beat us now. But in a year? I think we will be able to play anybody. By the way, the official name of Ohio State University is in fact “The Ohio State University.” this name change was made official by the Ohio state legislature in 1878 way before football. FYI
My minor quibble is that I feel there were times we should have just run the ball. Felt like we could have run the ball 60 times for like 400 yards. certainly when they dropped 8 and had the three man rush we could ave popped 7 or more all nigh. I know we aren’t that team, but i agree with you Java that Williams wanted the deep ball a bit too much. Receivers were not as open as last two games
USC defense in the 2nd half is starting to develop a trend. Rice didn’t score after halftime. SC 35-0 , Stanford didn’t score in the third quarter, and only 14 points after the half, Fresno only scored 7 points after half and got shut out in the 4th quarter. 24-7 USC after the half. I like that trend. who else used to adjust like that at halftime. , oh yeah, “checkers”. hahaha
5 stars are out and enjoying the greatest show in town.