I couldn't believe we actually seemed to make adjustments after SC's initial TD. Just not throughout the rest of the game. (I almost said somethin')
That's why you can't really blame the players (although they seem to continue to just grab and hold on instead of driving through the ball carrier on tackles).
The same players were able to compete for a few series, until the better coaching staff made adjustments to counteract what we were doing..
Look at the 3rd Quarter box score ..... 7 14
21 7 vs. 7 3
0 21 .
USC outscored us 21-0 after the halftime adjustments.
You could say this was a fluke, but look at last season.
We outscored them in the 4th after the game had been decided..and it appeared they were feeling a little sorry for us.
I'm now watching a replay of the Texass/UCF game ...So far, the skill athletes (TX) look somewhat similar to USC but George O'Leary and his staff (UCF) keep adjusting as they go along..I took it for granted over the years that all Coaches were like that.
I'm not saying, "Fire our Coaches" but I wish someone would take them off our hands sometimes or that they would improve faster.
ALSO..I almost feel this Offense is handcuffing Keller.
I'd like to see more 25-35 yd passes like he used to pick apart LSU a couple years ago..He was scary accurate at that range and they were much easier to catch (receivers have time to blink a couple of times before catching it).
I'm not convinced this USC team will win it all, but that there O-Line play was insane..Reminded me of our Pipeline days.