Southern Cal lost 52-6. Some perspective guys.

[TheStateUofMS]

I'm as hurt and pissed off as the rest of us. We lost yesterday bc our players didn't show up and our coaches woefully under prepared or didn't prepare at all. Our position groups were terrible, our play calls were terrible, some of our best players weren't on the field!


Our WR grouping is a joke. Myles should not be our vertical threat. He should be a slot guy. Couch should be our big WR (I think we call this the X). Holloway shouldn't be our every down RB. He should be a third down and situational back. He's a play maker, but Areis looked good and I am so pissed he didn't get about 5 more carries. Offensively was the worst I've ever seen under Mullen in terms of a game plan and play calls and player groupings. My 6 year old could have done better.

Why didn't Peters play why?

Back to my original thought, USC who recruits top 10 every year and it's US 17'n C lost 52-6. 52-6! At least Mullen hasn't given us that (yet).

There's several big name teams and SEC teams playing like ***, so let's just put this one behind us, and thank God this wasn't the S.Carolina game. USCe thinks they can beat us now and our team better wake the 17 up.

If they do I think we'll be alright and win 7 games still. We did not lose from lack of talent. Hell a 4 star wrapped up their RB in the end zone for a solid 2-3 seconds and he broke it (Traver Jung) and then ran over Richie Brown before a 50yd run.

 

[msstate7]

We've got to get couch or a bigger wr on the field if for no other reason than blocking. Our wr blocking was bad and we need wr blocking to hit the edge

 

[TBone.sixpack]

That missed tackle cost us the game. Way different outcome. 9 point swing there.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

Agreed but the one play shouldn't cost you the game. Really there is about 10-15 plays that changed the game and even a couple for them on their missed FG.

Lob pass in triple coverage in that back corner of the EZ was a once in a life time throw for that QB as well.

But the bottom line, our coaches putting our personnel in the places they did, caused us to have about 10-15 plays that were just killers mainly on offense. On D not playing Smitherman and Peters was a head scratcher and on offense having smaller WRs play in front of bigger WRs and Holloway being an all purpose back instead of situational among a litany of other mistakes.

Mullen's mantra is put the players in position to be successful. On offense, only our OL was like that and on D, it was put together nicely and I liked our D other than super soft coverage and no Peters or Smitherman when the other guys weren't marking up. Why we can put guys on islands again USA WRs is beyond me. Instead we played 10 yds off like we usually do and gave up underneath 10yd plays all game and a few 15+ over the middle.

 

[TBone.sixpack]

Oh for sure. I just think the outcome would have been way different had he made that tackle.

He didn't and now we know of all the glaring issues we have with our football program.

 

[StillTbonewannabe]

There was also several 3rd and long we gave up. Damian is just barely a better passer than Relf as a sophomore. No chance we are successful trying to run the same offense as last year with Dak.

 

[EngDawg]

USCw lost to a certain team with four national titles in the last seven years. Big difference to loseing to a literal nobody.

 

[DocHolliday.sixpack]

Perspective? We 17n lost to SA.I'm still too pissd for comprehensive break downs

I say that half tongue in cheek. Losing to Bama like that is indeed embarrassing by USC. But for the love of Moses.......SOUTH ALABAMA. In case anybody missed it, they've had a football program for a whopping 5 years. Yep.....5. Compare that to the perspective of AL and their football history. Apples vs Oranges. I'm with ya bro, time to move on. But good grief this is sickening.

 

[TheStateUofMS]

I'm not excusing it, I'm just saying let's not overreact and fire our coach for losing one game.

 

[coachnorm]

Southern Cal, as an institution has never been hungry for football. USC has not hired a feature coach at the time of the hire. Pete Carroll was not a first choice. USC Football is Pete Carroll and not the institution called USC. USC is blessed with the Los Angeles hype which gives it the geographical edge in recruiting. Their stadium upgrades will be paid for by the LA Rams 3 years of rent. The current USC Head Coach, whatever his name is, is not primetime and it reflected on Saturday. The current USC AD has never held an AD position before? The President of USC is a born foreigner who grew up loving soccer: our game is foreign to him by culture? Before Pete Carroll, a 94,000 seat venue was seating less than 50,000 and the Leadership did not care because USC is rolling in money not sports related. Perfect Storm?