[quote author="USCTrojanCPA" date=1253546852][quote author="Nude" date=1253539572][quote author="USCTrojanCPA" date=1253530603]The game was a perfect example of what can happen if you don't have a good QB running the team.</blockquote>
You mean 0/10 on 3rd down conversions? Turnovers killed you, sure. But USC seems to be missing a defense... oh, wait... that's right:
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Defense isn't the issue...not having an experienced QB and a case of the fumbles are the big issues.</blockquote>
I somewhat disagree. In prior years the SC defense has stopped teams when it needed to. This time Locker just marched down the field easier than SC did against Ohio state last week. There is no way Maualuga, Mathews and Cushing allow that drive to succeed. The QBs have sucked the big one all year (outside of the cupcake game against SJS).
I think a big part of the problem is the play calling is too conservative, they just need to let Barkley play, Carroll did the same thing to Sanchez last year, the play calling was horrible. With that said, since we now have our one loss and i think the national title pressure is off (we needed to go undefeated to go to the title game since they will take a one loss SEC or Big 12 team ahead of us) i think Carroll will open up the playbook and let the kids play and use their superior athleticism to their advantage.
we will see. Also, now i see why Carroll went with Barkley over Corp. Corp sucks.