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USC-Colorado Live Blog

Steven Montez never recovered from that concussion.

Kedon Slovis again finds Michael Pittman for a TD pass and it’s 35-31, Trojans.

Kedon Slovis finds Michael Pittman for a 44-yard TD pass. Colorado 31, USC 28.

End of third quarter: Colorado 31, USC 21. Graham Harrell‘s offense is pretty much a nothing burger for first three quarters.

Chase McGrath was 9 for 9 on field goals before that miss.

Does the USC defense ever defend the edge? Two big plays as Steven Montez runs it in for the TD. Colorado 31, USC 21.

USC comes right back as Slovis finds Tyler Vaughns for a TD and it’s 24-21.

#USC blitzed and Colorado gets a 71-yard TD off it. Thanks, Pendergast!

It’s halftime. USC is lucky to be down only 3 points. But some adjustments will be necessary. I don’t get why Graham Harrell is so scared to use Kenan Christon, especially when Kedon Slovis is not that sharp.

Kedon Slovis takes 3 big hits but stays in and throws a 3-yard TD pass to Kenan Christon. Colorado 17, USC 14.

Graham Harrell has no confidence in Kenan Christon early as USC is not running the ball. Harrell is probably happy about that too.

Colorado has its first lead since the fourth quarter of their game against Arizona on Oct. 5.

The USC defense doesn’t look sharp and the Buffs score a pretty easy TD as the pass coverage breaks down. Colorado 10, USC 7

USC is going right through the defense and then Kedon Slovis throws an intercpetion.

Who taught USC to tackle? Colorado gets a field goal but drove down the field too easily.

Did you see John Baxter had only 10 men on the field until the last second on the extra point?

USC makes it look easy as Amon-Ra St. Brown takes handoff and goes 37 yards for TD.

Did anyone try to catch the radio pre-game show? KABC had the Lilliputian-voiced Ben Shapiro radio show instead of the USC pre-game show, which it promoted would start at 4 p.m. Really, really sad.

That would never happen at Alabama. Here’s the promo that failed to deliver.

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Looks like cornerback Chris Steele (knee) is out.

It’s sunny in Boulder and there is no trace of snow inside the stadium at Folsom Field.

66 thoughts on “USC-Colorado Live Blog”

  7. Defense can’t tackle. Can’t get a 3 and out. The quick freshman almost breaks a long run on his 1st carry (13 yds), then Opie proceeds to pass the call 3 straight times until it gets picked. USC does NOT look ready to play

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    1. Just what I was thinking. [You know your team is in trouble when they’re not even trying to throw for 1st downs —-all the balls are short of the marker and Colorado is eating up our receivers as soon as they catch it —does Harrell have the brains he was born with]??

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  9. Ok call it even. Colorado got a phantom face mask call in the 1st quarter. USC just got a weak roughing the passer call. Pac-12 refs are a joke

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    1. Yes, Calabasas —Pac 12 officiating screw ups start to even out as the game wears on….
      #…ButIsThatACompliment?

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  10. Why do you run off your best QB who is built like Captain America when your offense & offensive line are actively trying to get whomever is playing QB killed?

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  12. Two observations.

    One is that playing for a Helton team is hazardous. It is not just strength and conditioning. The coaching is grossly deficient. The line cannot protect the QB. Slovis apparently has not been coached to slide.

    The other is that the Pac-12 is a caricature of itself. The teams. Larry Scott. The officials. It is a dangerous joke, because the quality of play is low, and too many guys are getting hurt.

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    1. Outstanding observation, 67. Larry Scott has dragged a top conference into the toilet. Someone asked if we’re lucky to have Helton (a droll question if ever there were one) —but it’s clear that Larry Scott is lucky to be reporting to 12 weak and lazy University Presidents [who obviously don’t give a shit about what they’re seeing all year round, year in & year out since Larry got here]……

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      1. A theme Dan Weber has stressed for years is how the Pac 12 powers that be seemingly can’t, won’t, or don’t care to grasp why the other conferences prosper: they have an acknowledged hegemon and are more than happy to cultivate that state of affairs…understanding that what’s good for Alabama in football and Kentucky (substitute Ohio State/Michigan State, Clemson/Duke-UNC, or OU-Tex/Kansas) in basketball, is good for everyone…as Captain Kirk said to Khan, “I’m laughing at the superior intellect”…

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    2. James and Michael, this boils down to a group of universities in which the university presidents and chancellors are stuffed suits who only care about making a quick buck from the kids on the field. They don’t care about the kids or their well-being. They don’t care about alums. They hold their noses about football and so they can get the $$.

      They don’t even care enough to spend 5 minutes and conclude that Larry Scott is the equivalent of Helton and should be fired.

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      1. I keep telling you….the whole thing is just one big country club where the administrators are incompetent do-nothings who can’t be fired and they want to make sure that this is the way things stay.

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    1. How can you say that?
      #….BasingYourOpinionEntirelyOnZeroWins?
      [Did you hear players complaining in mid week interviews about having to leave Los Angeles and wake up in a strange city to play football? Helton’s fear and excuses are rubbing off on them]…..

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    1. I don’t think you can have a coach who says “I love our new School President (and I love our old School President), and I love our legislature, and I love our governor and I love the NCAA Rules Committee” and not have the team think he’s full of shit…..

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      2. Can’t wait to hear all his excuses after the game…
        #OfCourseHe’llKnowHe’sDeadSoMaybeHe’llTellTheTruth….
        #[i.e., “ISuckAsACoach]…..

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      3. I’m curious MG, I can’t find the McGarrett bozo vs Colorado score prediction.

        I am, of course, reading a lot of standard Rah-Rah/pimps excuses, excuses excuses.

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      4. My friend Owns —Well, what would you do if you had a coach as piss poor as Helton ?
        #Oh,Wait….

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  16. Helton toast no matter what happens tonight. Feel badly for the players for another wasted season.

    The defensive coaching is just beyond bad. And Slovis is a good but not great QB. He will get better but he doesn’t see the whole field.

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      1. 67 —You know how Helton says we keep getting better each week? Well, we’re actually playing just a little worse than we did at BYU…..

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    2. Poor Clay doesn’t even know how much he hurts the team by looking scared outta his wits on the sidelines —-when a kicker gets those big eyes announcers always say “oh, watch out…!”…..
      #SameGoesForCoaches

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      1. As some of us have been saying for a long time – the Ass-triches have to pull their heads out of their…but apparently the stench of Helton hasn’t reached critical mass…

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      2. James — I’m amazed that Harrell didn’t come up with anything more imaginative than moving Slovis around in the pocket. I really thought that we’d be bringing in some lineman to run the ball or something out of the ordinary when we got inside the 10. Or throw lots of short stuff to Christon. Something other than the same plays to the same receivers…..

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      3. Brother MG – you knew better…
        Fortunately we have the makings of a great World Series in the works…
        And hockey season (too bad we couldn’t get Joe Sakic to become the USC AD in the off-season – he’s on the verge of building a dynasty just down the road from the scene of tonight’s latest Clay-yak).

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    1. Wish/hope you’re right…but if it was based on merit (or lack thereof), he would have been gone ages ago…so seems like we have to wait for a new AD – and hope that it’s not just a short-sighted bean counter who failed the chapter on sunk cost…

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  25. Somewhere there is someone with a voodoo doll wihich has a lock of Helton’s hair sewn into the heart. And the person with this doll (most likely a bruin fan) is slowly torturing the Trojan faithful by tweaking said doll just enough to distract Helton at inopportune moments which causes that oft seen look of a distracted street person with bird poop in his eye.
    The problem is this treatment isn’t enough to do anything more than aggravate Helton. His decision to practice in lady’s undergarments and helmets was a prime example of the effectiveness of this poppet.
    So here’s the plan; we the Trojan faithful and casual dislikers of the Clay doll must find this talisman and shotgun it into oblivion. (But not until that goat gets a bite or two) According to the anonymous book of voodoo dolls this action should cause enough discomfort for the Claymeister to make him retire voluntarily. I have never wished a person ill will, but in Helton’s case I’ll make an exception.

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  27. Helton’s stranglehold on the Pac-12 South slipping away…any guesses on what the spin will be? Reaching a bowl is critical to get extra practice days (which he wouldn’t use properly if at all anyway) because it’s such a young team?

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    1. I suspect there are few goats who would let him get anywhere close…although he does resemble one of Roger Waters’ sheep…

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  33. Can we just get rid of Helton tomorrow. We need to start over and save our recruiting class .. Give Urban whatever he wants bc this is flat out embarrassing

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      1. What if the other team kicks 46 field goals and gets 14 safeties to go along w/ their 4 TDs, Mike Guano?

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  35. They could still blow it with 1:27 left, but otherwise, Scottie the Sage saw this one as much, much closer, with Colorado running up a lot more points than any of us saw.

    Kudos to Slovis for delivering while getting the crap beaten out of him and saving us from a total dumpster fire by Pendergast.

    If anyone is interested in writing to Carol Folt about the football program, here is the contact info:

    USC OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT
    Los Angeles, CA 90089-0012
    (213) 740-2111
    president@usc.edu

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