What is ours? Asking for a friend....

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Not ready to play when he came out to the field and he was not dressed properly,,,
How can you be ready to play if your heads not in the game,,,
I figured we were in trouble right then,,,
Bad JUJU,,,

Lynch the grinch!

"Yeah, it was an injury from the Cal game. We kind of found out mid week that he wasn't going to be available. I thought the guys stepped in and played well. I thought the O-line did some really good things against a very talented front. Obviously, Austin had a productive game, Darwin came in there, Raleek came in there, guys did a nice job filling in for MarShawn."

We are dead last in the Pac12 in rushing defense. Dead last!

USC, a football school that for decades was synonymous with tough, hard-nosed, run stopping defense, is surrendering 172 rushing yards per game! UCLA, a team coached by Chip Kelly, is giving up about 1/3 that total per game. Oregon State, a program that has a proud history of 2-9 seasons, is allowing only 2/3 that amount.

I'm sorry to belabor the point, but why, why, why does Alex Grinch still have employment with University of Southern California football!? And what does it say about Lincoln Riley that he is tolerating these kinds of results? My answer: Lincoln Riley is a cut-rate head football coach.

and we will be back in the national championship hunt. Michigan and Ohio State better cower to our Grinch.

They just did what EVERYONE does against our defense…..

300+ rushing
200+ passing
500+ total

Ho Hum. Every Week. Every Opponent.
(except maybe some weeks it’s 200 rushing and 300 passing)

Oregon might hit 700 yards and 70 points…..
and they won’t even pull the starters.

What is this program selling its alumni and fan base? This is a program in decline with a top 5 paid coach. Why should anyone care next year? The school makes it very expensive to attend a game and it’s almost impossible to tailgate and have fun. It’s a complete failure . We, as alumni and fans, can only pray Riley leaves on his own. He is not a decent head coach.

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You've heard of the saying "... paralysis by analysis...". I believe that's what is plaguing our defense. Guys are not playing loose and free, or fast, they are overthinking plays and making really dumb mistakes every week. They've become little Grinch robots who can't seem to find the ball or even tackle in open space, plus the missed angles, over-pursuits etc etc . I don't believe for a second we have the 115th worst players on defense. What we have is a near last ranked defense due to a net effect of lack of confidence, instinct, and ability to just execute basic defensive principles. I guarantee if I our guys just played with instinct and athleticism the results would be better. The week after week debacles are PROOF that the players are just not on the same page as Grinch. That is 100% on the coaching. When week after week your defense continues to make the same mistakes that's on the coaches. If I had at least seen weekly improvements I'd be more patient with Grinch but the broken record of mistakes and problems is itself the problem. I really hope in these last 3 games our defense just can at least get out of the robotic/paralyzed mode and at least play with more instinct, aggression and clarity. That will at least give our team a chance to be competitive in our remaining games.

Plot twist! One of us didn't pick USC to win this week ...

Let's fire it up!

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Not real confident but can’t pick against us.

SC 41
UDub 38

Both sneak by today. Booooo.

... from this list before I hand-deliver our DC candidates to Heritage Hall?
And before you fire back, let's assume all these guys will be available come season's end.

• Dave Aranda; Baylor HC
• Jim Leonhard; Illnois analyst
• John Heacock; Iowa St. DC
• Tony White; Nebraska DC
• Pete Golding; Ole Miss DC
• Gary Paterson; currently not coaching
• Phil Parker; Iowa DC
• Joe Rossi; Minn. DC

Reminder, PFF adjusts these middle of the week upon further analysis, but here is what they have initially ...

OFFENSE -- snaps (PFF grades)

QB Caleb Williams -- 84 (91.0)
LG Emmanuel Pregnon -- 84 (64.8)
LT Jonah Monheim -- 84 (63.4)
C Justin Dedich -- 84 (62.8)
RG Mason Murphy -- 84 (56.9)
RT Jarrett Kingston -- 75 (57.5)
WR Tahj Washington -- 62 (75.3)
WR Dorian Singer -- 52 (53.3)
RB MarShawn Lloyd -- 52 (62.0)
TE Lake McRee -- 51 (77.4)
WR Kyron Hudson -- 42 (69.7)
WR Brenden Rice -- 42 (60.6)
RB Austin Jones -- 37 (58.0)
WR Zachariah Branch -- 32 (52.1)
WR Michael Jackson III -- 28 (53.6)
WR Mario Williams -- 14 (58.5)
RT Michael Tarquin -- 9
TE Jude Wolfe -- 7
WR Duce Robinson -- 1

*That's the second straight week Mario Williams has played a significantly reduced share of snaps (11 last week vs. Utah) while that was Michael Jackson III's second-most snaps of the season (41 vs. Notre Dame)

Here were the O-line stats:
Monheim -- 3 pressures (0 sacks), 1 penalty
Pregnon -- 2 pressures (0 sacks), 1 penalty
Dedich -- 0 pressures, 0 penalties
Murphy -- 3 pressures (0 sacks), 0 penalties
Kingston -- 4 pressures (1 sack), 0 penalties
Tarquin -- 1 pressure (0 sacks), 0 penalties
(I thought I recalled a penalty on Murphy, but maybe I'm mistaken)

WR drops: Branch 2, Mario W 1

DEFENSE

S Calen Bullock -- 87 (67.3)
CB Christian Roland-Wallace -- 87 (66.4)
CB Domani Jackson -- 87 (57.7)
NK Jaylin Smith -- 82 (42.7)
LB Mason Cobb -- 79 (67.2)
LB Eric Gentry -- 70 (90.3)
S Bryson Shaw -- 65 (65.8)
DE Solomon Byrd -- 60 (59.4)
DT De'jon Benton -- 50 (63.6)
DT Bear Alexander -- 49 (65.9)
RUSH Jamil Muhammad -- 49 (70.7)
DT Kyon Barrs -- 28 (68.9)
DE Anthony Lucas -- 24 (49.9)
RUSH Romello Height -- 24 (62.8)
DT Tyrone Taleni -- 23 (65.1)
S Zion Branch -- 22 (69.1)
LB Tackett Curtis -- 17 (38.4)
RUSH Braylan Shelby -- 14 (65.9)
DT Elijah Hughes -- 12 (53.9)
DT Stanley Ta'ufo'ou -- 12 (61.8)
LB Shane Lee -- 8
S Tre'Quon Fegans -- 5
DL Jack Sullivan -- 3

*Gentry had played just 15 snaps vs. Utah and 2 vs. Notre Dame. His previous season-high was 36 vs. Stanford. I look forward to asking Grinch/Riley what prompted his sudden change in role. His usage has been the biggest curiosity to me all season because he's usually effective when in there.
*This was Curtis' second-lowest snap count (16 vs. Nevada).
*And, of course, no Raesjon Davis. I don't know why he's the odd man out.
*This was Hughes' most snaps since Week 2 vs. Stanford. He'd only played in one other game since then (Notre Dame), per PFF.
*Benton played his second-most snaps of the season (54 vs. Colorado) after playing only 14 vs. Utah and 10 vs. Notre Dame. Alexander having to sit the first half obviously gave him more opportunity.

USC had only 7 pressures, which is surely among their lowest totals of the season (I'll go back through the past games later this week when I update the PFF data). Pressures came from: Byrd 3, Alexander 2, Curtis 1, Gentry 1.

Missed tackles (12): Curtis 3, Cobb 3, Smith 2, Alexander 1, Bullock 1, Shaw 1, Jackson 1

CB coverage stats:

Jackson -- 3 receptions for 37 yards on 4 targets, 1 pass interference penalty
Roland-Wallace -- 3 for 43 yards on 6 targets, 1 pass interference

Geez....talk about committing hari kari, not to mention political suicide dooming Pubs in '24!!! This probably wont play too well in Peoria, nor other mid-lower income states (the majority of which happen to be MAGA). Those dumb fvckers supporting him and this gladly support sawing the branch off the tree their dumb, po' asses are sitting on a hundred feet above the ground!

ROE + SS + Donald Chump = BIDEN four more years. And it won't be close, not because anyone love Sleepy Joe, but because more people hate Orangeman than who love him. Mike Johnson just making things easier.

I cover a lot of ground here ...

I went much longer and more in-depth on this one in breaking down the Huskies ...

It sounds like another knee injury, but Riley wouldn't get into specifics other than to say he's out for the season. Zachariah Branch also didn't really want to talk about the situation (not the specific injury, but the situation in general -- understandably).