In the first quarter, the QB and receivers were in a zone. I haven't seen the offense click under Callahan any better than this since he's been here. However, when he decided to run the ball umpteen times in a row it through their rhythm off and Keller through a couple pics. I think we all knew coming into the game that there was no way we were running the ball on USC's D unless the pass opened them up. I liked what I saw in the first 20 plays, but then I found myself going WTH in most of the second quarter. It's hard to look at anything in the 4th quarter as positive because it was garbage time.
We got molested because our OL is still not good. Our D, well there really wasn't one piece of the puzzle that played well at all last night. I can't jump all over the secondary because USC didn't pass much. However, if I see Bowman run beside a running back for 15-20 yards in the first quarter with over 12 minutes left trying to strip the damn ball rather than just making the tackle I'm going to puke.
There were definitely positives from the game. However, I think we really need to water down Keller's stats as most of those yards came in the 4th during garbage time when USC was playing their cheerleaders and also playing a prevent. The short passing game was there. The receivers were very sharp especially Purify. Who said Purify wasn't a short downage receiver anyway? I thought he looked good.