I know we basically “stole” one from vs USCe, but man the USCw game stings now

That game was sooo frustrating because we were clearly the better team and more talented on both sides of the ball. It’s like we were sleep walking and weren’t close to ready. We should have beaten them by 3-4 touchdowns.

So frustrating.

The defense wasn’t quite gelled against usc.

If we play them now we win by more than one TD.

It’s not only shocking but also disgusting.

We should be thankful that game happened in week 1. The team realized they weren’t where they needed to be, and improved significantly since then. Losing that game may end up being the best thing that could’ve happened to this team.

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“stole” from vs USCe

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we didn't steal anything. That's a loser USCe fan mindset.

they blew a 17-point lead
They didn't close the door on us when they had a chance.

suck it up, Cocks.

the USCw game week 1 hurts right now because they kinda suck.

We had burns at deep safety, sage at cb, Alexander wasn't back yet, weeks was a backup that played 12 snaps, swinson was a backup to shand. Perkins was sitting flat footed at mlb.

The coaching staff did a very bad job at assessing the teams talent, when all of the above were players on last year's team.

What they've done a great job of since, is utilizing guys to where they are better football players (burns at star and blitzing, covering flats, sage deep safety not cb, shand to dt even if due to injury, weeks, durham, and swinson common sense after how they pop on plays and film and in games).

We lost to usc because the staff didn't have the guys in right positions to start the season. They didn't see swinson, weeks, durham were best players on team in spring and or summer. Tough to do that in practice reps, simulated scrimmage, etc. So credit to them for adjusting really well, and scheming to the teams strengths.

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we’d be a virtual lock for CFP if hadn’t lost to Trojans.

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if the USCw loss doesn’t happen who’s to say this team is mentally tough and ready to grind out wins against Ole Miss and USCe? losing week 1 was actually the best thing to happen to this team because it put there backs against the wall.

Horrid game preparation and got out coached big time in 2nd half

Miller Moss was super sharp against us. He has not looked as good since. In addition, our defense has improved since then, and the oline has as well. We finally started fast offensively, and the end result is much different.

Learning experience. Life is full of them. No regrets.