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My Reaction And Your Discussion On USC/Colorado

I was all set at halftime to write about how USC actually played to its expectations.

Then came the second half.

How long can this nonsense continue? USC’s defense is going to hamstring it all season. This cannot be sustained by a team that wants to make the College Football Playoff and has the best QB in the nation.

After the game, Lincoln Riley was asked if he has trust in Alex Grinch? “Yes I do,” Riley answered.

Does anyone else?

USC can’t stop the run (Colorado rushed for 193 yards); can’t eliminate explosive pass plays and looks average during its best moments on defense. Colorado’s rushing offense ranked last in the Pac-12 but the Buffaloes had 193 yards rushing today. That’s ridiculous.

This is just who Riley is. He doesn’t care or have the slightest idea what do on defense. Mike Bohn wasn’t going to call it out. I doubt Jen Cohen will do it.

It will be a shame if USC’s season is ruined by a terrible defensive performance.

186 thoughts on “My Reaction And Your Discussion On USC/Colorado”

    1. Riley gets it by now. Only it’s too late. What he says about Grinch in public and what he really thinks about his “improved” defense are two very separate propositions.

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      1. I hope you are right Michael. I have little hope Riley can take a stand against his buddy. I saw this syndrome throughout my career when otherwise good managers would overlook things for friends. It’s rather irresponsible and stupid to waste Caleb because he’s too weak to fire a friend.

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      2. If they had a legit run game, like all USC teams of note have had, they could eat clock and not make the defense be on the field so often.

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      2. I don’t see why we ran so poorly. Most of the game it looked like they were coming with 4 men….sometimes only 3…….you can’t run against a 4 man rush, especially a 4 man rush from a poor D-Line?

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    2. You have much more confidence than I. They were on the way to a loss in the 4th quarter and would have lost if not for the dumb mistake Colorado made.

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      1. What bothers me is: this team starts to show signs of panic when things get hot — Mike Leach was picked up by ESPN telling Luke Falk, “this is when it gets fun” when Washington State fell behind and had the ball & 90 seconds left in the game….
        #ALittleOfThatMindsetWouldGoALongWayWith2023Trojans…

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      3. Oh no, the Board cockroach Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is back!

        It was too good to be true t have one day without that pest.

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      4. Oh no Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is back. It was too good to be true that we would have one day without the Board Cockroach. Go away, pest!

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      5. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & Michael Guarino & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Pigskin Thoughts is as mentally competent as her leader Senile Joe and as believable as Hunter Biden:

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      1. Wow! 564 yards. My number was right. An unbelievable amount of rushing yardage from the worst rushing team in the conference, if not the country. And it comes right after the embarrassing game against Arizona State….
        #SouthBendWon’tBePretty

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  5. It’s impossible to solve a problem when you won’t admit that you have a problem. Therein lays the issue with USC. Alex Grinch has proven over time that he is not a good defensive coordinator at Ohio State, Oklahoma, and now USC.

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  6. To write that Wiley “doesn’t care” and is ignorant about defense
    is a bit over-the-top, even for Wolf

    Wiles gets pestered with continuous questioning about the Trojan defense so I would imagine he takes this problem home with him every night

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  8. Hire former TCU coach Gary Patterson as a D analyst which is what he did at Texas in 2022. Texas D now very much improved and he can work to clean up Grinch’s coaching.

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      4. SC gained 498 yards total offense while Colorado gained 564. 498 is the worst total offense stat that they have had all year and it was against a poor defense. The reason that the offense didn’t have better stats is because Colorado’s offense had the ball most of the 2nd half. Ken Dilliamham in last weeks post game pressor said that SC’s D-Line was 10 strong. He was right. They have
        1) Bear Alexander
        2) Kyon Barrs
        3) De’jon Benton: this guy is becoming the new star
        4) Anthony Lucas
        5) Jack Sullivan
        6) Stanley Tau’oto’ou
        7) Tyrone Taleni
        8) Solomon Byrd
        9) Romelo Height
        10) Jamil Muhammad
        These guys are all players who could start on many other teams. The problem is not the talent. Unless things change quickly, SC is going to lose more than one game this year. Maybe 3 or 4.

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    2. Firing Grinch midseason isn’t the move. Bring in a expert consultant like Patterson to evaluate the defensive scheme, strategy, coaching, player development, etc and suggest/implement changes.

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      1. You can’t even do that –cuz it’s an admission of failure —and will result in a muddled chain of command. Riley made a huge mistake in keeping Grinch…. and he’s gonna have to live with it…. for 2023…
        #….IThinkHisPlanIsToLeaveWithCaleb…
        #..AndIThinkHisPlayersKnowIt

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    3. They’re on right now, Texas DC Pete Kwiatkowski coached under Chris Petersen. He sucked at Texas in 2021. Patterson came in in 2022 as an analyst and Texas was better defensively and that’s carried over to 2023.

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  9. Agree SC Grad but if Buffs get the onside kick, I’m confident they go down and score and my guess is they go for two.
    Every win seems like we come away with more concerns than we had the prior win.

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  10. I worried about the ‘Attitudinal Thing’ when Riley talked about needing more alone time…and less parking worries. Sanders had his team playing hair on fire football —Riley’s team [as someone mentioned] played soulless football. The missed passes, the missed tackles and the missing attitude is gonna bite us.

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  11. The secondary and linebackers seem completely lost. The d-line didnt get much penetration against a horrible o-line.

    The USC football program is riddled with problems that wont be solved this season. But Caleb will make it an exciting season anyway. I think the offense gets discouraged by the lack of ANY defensive competence.

    Riley should just fire Grinch and let Burns try to get things on track. Grinch is the safeties coach and they look horrible.

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    1. Maybe you’re right —but firing a coach mid season is not Riley’s style. We’re stuck with Grinch …and things will get worse from here on with the defense…
      I’m looking for one memorable comeback win against a Top Ten team before the year is out…. I think that’s the most we can hope for….

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      2. If it makes you feel better I AM worried…
        #AboutTheAttitudeOfTheTeamWhenTheGoingGetsRough..
        #AsItDidAgainstUtah&Tulane…
        #[TheyLoseTheirComposureOnDefense]..

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      4. The d-backs actually played better –and they were still burned by a hot QB performance in the second half. Think what Oregon and Washington can do to Donte’s corners….
        #Hint:It’sNotPretty

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      5. The DBs actually played like shit. I have no idea why I said they played well… the officiating kept the Buffs in the game. I counted 30 holding penalties they missed

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      7. I am such a fucking loser, blaming the officiating again. I need to wear my glasses while watching football. People are laughing at me always blaming the zebras.

        My post-snap football IQ is terrible.

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      8. You are Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse and Michael Guarino & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation and you are vermin like your leader Senile Joe .

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    1. If they beat Utah, Notre Dame, Washington, Oregon & UCLA by ONE point they’ll be ranked in the top 3……
      #ButIDon’tSeeThatHappeningWithThisDefense

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      1. Don’t worry about ucla chip Kelly is a fat stubborn idiot and got totally outcoached in that Utah game and that kid freshman QB was not ready yet to get thrown into that fire in a place like that

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      4. You should stick you head in the toilet and flush it, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & Michael Guarino & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation

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  13. Interesting game and all I watched was the scoreboard
    but it harkened back to the 42-37 SC over Wisconsin Rose Bowl
    with Colorado simply running out of time

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    1. I felt the same thing, John…. but I have to add Wisconsin went into that game as the #1 ranked team in the country…
      #IDon’tThinkAnyoneIsSayingThatAboutColorado

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      1. I remember reading a post-game reporter who had asked WI qb Vanderkalen how come they had such great comeback in the 2nd half his reply was amusing “…we started playing dirty like SC….”

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    1. Yes, probably —but it’s not the politically expedient thing to do…
      #We’reStuckWithAD.C.WhoKnowsHe’sOutNextYear….
      #NotAnIdealSituation
      [Know why it’s a crime for Riley to have kept Grinch at USC? Cuz, if & when he’s offered an NFL Head Coach job, he won’t bring Grinch with him]….
      #GrinchWasGoodEnoughForUSC….NotForTheNFL

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    1. I’ve seen a lot of teams beat Colorado up in the second half in games played at Boulder……the thing that bothered me the most, John. was the complete lack of emotion on Trojan faces when the momentum shifted to Colorado….. and the altitude shouldn’t drain emotion — lungs, yes…but not emotion….

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  16. And isn’t it just like sports fans to abandon the ship when the winds and waves get dangerous
    I imagine ND, Oregon, Wash and sucla are concerned about ‘Celeb’

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      1. From 2:28 left in the 1st half until the end of the game, SC was outscored 34-14.
        That Colorado running game that was averaging 55 yards a game, ran for 193 against SC. SC’s running game which averaged 195 yards a game ran for 95 against one of the worst D-Lines in the country. Justin Dedich is rapidly becoming the new Toa Lobendahn at center. He’s a great guard but not a good center. If Gino was still available, I would put him at center and move Dedich back to guard where he excells.
        SC is becoming the best team around to play if your team is looking terrible and you want to play a team that will help jumpstart your team and make you look good. The last 2 weeks SC has played teams that were coming off of terrible performances in the week before and has made those teams look pretty good.
        At this point, Oregon is definitely a better team than SC. SC’s offense may actually be better than Oregons but their defense is not in the same universe. They have a ton of really good players on that defense. It’s not the talent. At this point, they don’t look to me like a playoff team. If, by some miracle, they actually make it to the playoff, it will be by winning games 48-41. That team has the potential to be an outstanding team. I don’t see it happening. LR needs to break his protocol of trying to win strickly with offense and go out and hire a really great DC. He should have done that at the end of last year.

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  17. I just watched Riley’s post game presser and he snapped at the [obvious, has to be asked] question about how he feels about the job Grinch is doing. An honest assessment rather than a “I feel great” would have been appreciated. He’s acting more and more like a spoiled kid rather than a grownup.
    I also couldn’t believe my ears when Caleb said we wouldn’t have gotten all those rushing yards without a great o-line…
    #….95Yards?

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      1. At least Bartow had the stones to confront Sam Gilbert which’thd peckerwood’ never did, who threatened his life. Then the other half of the most under reported corrupt athletic program, JD Morgan had to run interference…..and jonniekins just 😃

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    2. Yeah MG, I don’t expect Riley, at the presser, admit to fucking up keeping Grinch, but a little authenticity would be nice too. When every discussion about USC football finishes with “yeah, but their defense…”
      One thing I like about Saban is he’s not afraid to state the obvious. Riley’s coming off like a clown when he continues to not acknowledge the obvious!

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      1. I watched Riley at Oklahoma and he played it straight at pressers — raw honesty. I think he’s relying on a consulting firm for his answers now —he’s coming across as a phony to fans and players….

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      5. I look like a fucking idiot stringing 50 letters together…just like Scott’s pathetic username

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      6. Ha! Poor Crazy is at the point where he’s looking at his OWN “Michael Guarino” posts…and complaining there are too many of them…..
        #HearingVoices…
        #SeeingDeadPeople

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      7. Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is as much a self-unaware loser as :

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  18. Many of the defensive breakdowns were based on scheme. Initial first down, late shift with an overload and CO qb just runs around the other side for 11 yards. End of the first half, only one defender in the entire middle of the field and he has a choice whether to cover or move up and tackle the qb. Last td, before the ball was hiked, you could see that Bullock had a receiver to cover while also trying to provide help to the cb that was getting eaten alive by D. Miller. Post pattern for an easy score.

    And Domani Jackson is clueless. Never looks at the qb. Always turned around.

    USC should drop at least 5 spots in the polls and they are not that good. ND, Washington, and Oregon are all better teams. They will be able to outscore Utah and UCLA.

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      5. 54 posts just today by 6:00pm. I am definitely the blog endurance troll. My old lady is right, I need to get a life. My brain is eroding.

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      6. Why in the fuck do I keep using these pathetic hashtags…..I look like a fucking idiot stringing 50 letters together. Ed is laughing at me

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      8. I really need to get a life when my post count hits over 50 in 6 hours. MY OLD LADY NEEDS TO BAN ME FROM THIS BLOG…..I have major erosion between the ears

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      9. It should be an exciting season to watch. It has already been offensively for me. But with that defense, their not going to make the playoffs….not with just 4 teams going.

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      10. I am such a fucking idiot…for months I kept saying usc would go 12-0… Gabby was right…I should have STFU…..blame it on brain erosion

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      11. Oh, noooo…..Crazy thinks the posts he signs with my name are really mine….not his….
        #He’sEnteringTheLatterStages

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      13. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation got humiliated by Plow Horse and now tries to go back to her internet bully routine!

        Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is a chicken!

        Plow Horse
        JUNE 22, 2023 AT 9:57 PM
        Gabby:

        You have offended my wife, my mother and my father. All sexual inferences. I let the first two go because they are both deceased but not my wife. You are the one who offended my family, not visa versa. I have never brought your wife or parents into anything. It is therefore my call – boxing gym in Pasadena CA, Mr. tough guy. Give me a date and I will make the arrangements. Stop being a chickensh*t.

        And nobody believes you are friends with Dana White. If you ever read the news, he is a staunch conservative who left the country during Covid so that the Dems. couldn’t shut down UFC. He wouldn’t allow a pussy leftist like yourself anywhere near his octagon. Rummaging the dumpster outside of the premises for plastic bottles redeemable for 20 cents doesn’t mean you know Dana White you leftist, racist, pussy.

        Give me available dates.

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      14. Scott, get a new playbook. You keep saying the same fucking shit over and over and overt and over. Can I let you in on a secret, NO ONE IS READING IT. go fuck yourself!

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      15. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation hijacks other people’s handles but gives herself away because keep saying the same fucking shit over and over and overt and over. Can I let you in on a secret, NO ONE IS READING IT. go fuck yourself!

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      1. Me neither…. but he actually said these words in spring—“we’ll be tougher on defense this year”……
        #…AndThatMakesHimSmarterThanOurGuy

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      5. If Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Michael Guarino &Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation says she never saw it then it must not have happened, like when she never saw Curtis Conway return a kickoff for USC in his three year career!

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    2. Kiffin too has coached his team where it now beats former ND coach at LSU… and they are both good teams that SC probably would lose too. COLO in my opinion pushed SC around in the 2nd half.

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  21. I expected USC to run the ball up the middle. It worked for Oregon. But, Colorado seemed to be ready for the run up the middle. Interestingly, Joel Klatt said that when Lloyd is to the side of Caleb the play in usually a run. The position of the running back is a tell and Colorado seemed to know it.

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  22. So much hysteria.

    Freaking 5 and 0 on our way to being 6 and 0 by next Saturday night. We could only dream of this record over last 13 to 15 years.

    This is the #1 offense in country with a mediocre defense.

    10 and 2 wirh Pac 12 game victory and we make final 4 as OR and WA will have a loss or 2 as well.

    ND game will be important as their QB is not Pac 12 caliber. They will run most of game and get ton of yards but ND defense will not stop Caleb. USC will beat ND. You heard it first.

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      1. A bit harsh from one of your brothers on the blog.

        Take it easy MG, might put on a stop payment on that Maui strong donation check.

        My CFP final four conferences:
        SEC will have 1 team only
        Big 10 will have 1 team only
        ACC will not have any teams
        Big 12 will have 1 team unless TX implodes
        Pac 12 will absolutely have 1 team due to final year sentiment

        Another prediction:
        GA will drop to #2 and Michigan moves into #1

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      3. We were 6-0 last year and that didn’t get us to the playoffs. Why would you think that it will get us there this year?

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      4. Young Dole — PLEASE don’t fall for Gabby’s crap –that’s not me saying those things….. you know I wouldn’t express myself that way…
        Gabby’s goal —whether political or sports commentary— is to make conversation impossible. It’s the goal of all Marxists cuz they have nothing worthwhile to say….. and basically just wanna burn everything down….

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      5. youngDole…..I am just a crazy old man, who just had a massive brain fart. So Cal is right. I need to stop drinking the USC Kool-Aid.

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      6. Young Dole, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is now imitating Michael Guarino, who is the nicest person here. He would never be rude like Cowardly Gabby is.

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  23. Caleb will win the Heisman hands down. We are those most inept pathetic undefeated team in America. Everyone has come to grips that we could go undefeated and still not make the CFP. LR convince Caleb to come back whatever top 10 defense team raid their staff n we will be able to look like Mich GA Duke? Names to look at Leonard, Staley(He will be fired but he’s the 2nd most ridiculed coach in LA) anyone who can coach better than Grinchy. JSMFH!!!!!

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      2. MG, I’m drinking myself he into a real delusional state. Whatever I’m posting it’s some serious non sense right now. I’m trying to forget about what I just witnessed this morning was a bad dream. One more tequila shot n I’m going to go nite nite but ND just beat Duke like this day couldn’t get any worse.

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      3. That was Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation, not Michael Guarino.

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      4. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is imitating Michael Guarino because she is mentally ill and needs to be institutionalized at Atascadero State Mental Hospital.

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      2. Gabby are you doing these MG phony accounts…why??
        I actually like your football comments and you add a lot to blog when discussing football.

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      3. Answer: Gabby IS doing the phony posts —and, yeah, as much as I hate to admit it, he makes sense when talking football [and even sez something that makes me laugh every 40 posts or so]….

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      4. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation is imitating Michael Guarino. She is a cancer that must be excised.

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      5. How can you tell if it’s Gabby posting as Michael Guarino? Easy-peasey. Only one outta every 40 Gabby “Michael Guarino” posts is readable…whereas all Michael Guarino’s “Michael Guarino” posts are readable. So…..if the the post is readable there is a very, very high likelihood it’s by the Real Michael Guarino. [Contrarywise, if it reads like batshit crazy, it’s Gabby]…
        #GotIt?

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      6. We can tell it is you, Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & Michael Guarino
        & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation and Pigskin Thoughts, because you keep saying the same fucking shit over and over and overt and over. Can I let you in on a secret, NO ONE IS READING IT. go fuck yourself!

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  26. Reilly will not “tarmac” Grinch. But something needs to be done about the cornerback play. These guys, sans CRW, look worse than last year and they were pathetic last year. Jackson couldn’t cover a one legged man and Wright isn’t much better. Play some new guys at that position. It hard to imagine that it can get any worse.

    And Grinch’s blitz happy defense doesn’t help matters. The cornerbacks are frequently left on an island with no safety help. The Colorado WR, a freshman who had never played until the second half of this game had over 150 yards and a TD going against Domani Jackson and Company. Somebody needs to take over the cornerback coaching duties, perhaps the analyst that was brought in. Donte Williams needs to be re-assigned. Maybe you can turn him into one of those towel waving guys.

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      1. You need to be tarmacked, Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Plow Horse & Michael Guarino & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation.

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  27. Missed the game, and will have to watch the tape on Tuesday.

    I’ve watched slot of games at Folsom Field and even the best teams are gassed by halfway through the 3rd qtr. Prime ran 95 offensive plays to USC’s 60-70.
    D was gassed.

    Anyway, we will see how Grinch n Donte do versus OU and UW and ND, Utah and UCLA could also be trouble…

    As for me, on the road myself, I will savor a nice sip of Cream of Kentucky 11.5
    Year old small batch bourbon and savor a Trojan victory.

    Be well, old friends.

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      1. They ran 95 plays. That’s the reason SC only had 498 yards. Colorado had the ball most of the time. If Colorados offense has the ball, that means USC’s offense doesn’t have it.

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  28. The Princess’ is looking gassed this evening @ Duke….they lack size on defense as noted by their sloppy tackling as Duke is on the 4 yd line and just scored to take the lead with 8+ minutes to go. Also their lack of skill per their qb…

    USC will defeat them two weeks hence but if Riley believes living in LA means one now acts like they’re better than the rest good luck esp with the media arrayed against him per that stunt with that reporter 2 weeks ago…I sense the 4th estate is collectively waiting for him to lose it.

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  29. Looking at ND they are overated, LSU overated, Utah overated, is it possible but there is a silver lining. If somehow we can upset Oregon n Washington can the networks not say where in if we upset Wash or Oregon twice? Just saying because ND or Utah will be ranked between 18-25 when we play. We are going to be ranked 15 next week.

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    1. Relax, you getting really spun out with all your football talk. Let’s take one game at one. We only need to focus on our next opponent and hopefully, we can make incremental improvements after each contest. The playoff picture is way down the road. It’s really premature to think USC is realistically a playoff team at this point in the season.

      We have the worst linebackers in the conference. Tackett is flat-out lost. Our corners are not at the level where they can be left on an island. Jackson is struggling on every pass play to stay on the hip of the receiver. It’s getting painful to watch this kid get beat constantly. When your top 4 tacklers are in the secondary, you have some issues.

      Riley needs to trust the run game. We need to have longer methodical drives to keep our weak link, the defense, off the field. Had the Buffs played better in the first half we would have lost the game.

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      1. No duh, Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Michael Guarino & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation

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  30. Road games are no bueno with this team, though we should beat ND in South Bend. We’ve got six weeks to figure shit out on D when we travel to Eugene. We should be favored every game the rest of schedule except for Oregon.

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    1. Don’t forget Michael Penix Jr. at UW. This guy throws dimes, and probably the tightest spirals consistently that I’ve ever seen. He’s the real deal.

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  31. LOOL My amigos, some of you are delusional, though you know better. You’ve been conned and you can’t admit it to yourselves.

    Riley is a con artist. He has rode with Grinch and that sort of crap defense forever because it’s part of the con.

    In this con, the defense in this con is only focused on gambling, to get the ball back to the offense, or get burned for scores, which again gets the ball back. The idea is to inflate offensive stats at all costs, particularly in passing.

    Forget about an offense that can control the ball and string together long drives at crucial times, or get that short yardage in crucial times.

    The Air Raid glorified scramble play is more exciting, and it runs numbers up overall (including for the opposing team)! But if you’re the Offensive Coordinator, you’re a “genius” and your QB is a star, just with a bad DC. LOL

    And when you play a Big Boy team, or a team with a competent DC, they’ll have a delayed drop back some guys in coverage, have some people jump routes on the side of the play during a scramble, and you’ll start to see even talented QBs sht themselves because they can’t run around then throw a bullet when the coverage is underneath or bracketing on their side of the field….

    And the wonderboy QB starts to throw dangerous passes to the other side of the field or picks or near picks because they didn’t expect defenses to jump routes. The counter trey running play as the only run play gets stuffed a couple of times, and the Genius panics and throws more. The team can’t protect leads.

    The con however is built on fanbase hope, until that falls apart due to unmet expectations and political changes and screwing over the fans in other ways. (Like a California team and fanbase that doesn’t travel playing in an Upper Midwest and East Coast conference. Sometimes falling apart and reducing/ killing football and athletic programs and their support base is what administrators and trustees want, but I digress.)

    Successful coaching is very rare and they still fire successful coaches precisely because they’ve raised expectations. But offensive geniuses that sell an “exciting offense” to all the numbnuts that don’t really know or care about the game itself but want the entertainment and flash, they can get jobs and stick around in “exciting” mediocrity for years, while the delusional fans (the majority) say, “if only he can get a good defense”.

    The smarter (really the more honest with themselves) fans hope the resident Genius moves on to the NFL and that USC’s political scene takes a turn, and the NCAA and current conference / media situation blows up under some lawsuit. Because all these cons and con artists and politics and hype (I see you too Deion lol) are killing the game.

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    1. Agreed… They ARE killing the thing we used to call football….[blocking, tackling, field position]…..
      #..ButTheyThinkThey’reInventingANEWGame….
      #…Which,Coincidently,IsAlsoCalled”Football”

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      1. I was sucking Riley’s cock…..now everyone is throwing him under the bus. I need to start throwing him under the bus so it looks like I have a clue. I have no post-snap IQ. But I know there is holding by the USC opponent on every play

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      2. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Pudly & Michael Guarino & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation can’t keep up the ruse for long before reverting into her obscene perversion.

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      3. I know myself pretty well…and I’d never talk that way about myself….
        #LooksLikeMisterBatshitCrazyIsPostingAgain

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      4. My alter ego is talking about football and making me look like I know a little something about the game….. Can’t complain!

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      5. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Michael Guarino & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation and Pigskin Thoughts thinks we listen to her and her various sock puppets…

        CalSeventyFive
        SEPTEMBER 1, 2023 AT 12:41 AM
        Everyone here listens to Tebowbummer. All three of them. In fact I hang on his every high school pearls of wisdom. I’m surprised he has time to post between his pole smokin and deep research work.

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      1. Ikr? The popularity contest that is the Heisman today even gave out the trophy to the leader of an over-talented that got beat by Utah and Tulane of all teams. The con artists and the Air Raid QBs at a brand name university is the ultimate grift. The likes of Gardner Minshew was a scramble drill and stats world beater but he was at Wazzu. Every season, ditto.

        Give the grifter (like Riley) some #1 dual threat QBs in a stat padding system at a top 5 program you lose all your big games and not win anything meaningful but you get the dim fans excited and chests puffed for a booby prize. It’s entertainment and inbuilt advantages/rigging, hype over substance, and none of it is “fair”, I get that. But there should be some core of honoring sportsmanship, student athletics, competition and tradition that should be there as well Imho, or I may be just falling behind the times or naive.

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      2. Refreshing to hear from a realist. Speak your peace, I am all ears. Instead of all the Kool-Aid drinking….”USC IS GOING 12-0 AND A SPOT IN THE CFP”

        As in any team sport, you’re only as good as your weakest link!

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      5. Every time I talk about my house burning down in 1993, my nose grows a little more. I had two birds resting on it this morning.

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      6. Washington/Arizona came down to a one-possession game. Off the top of my head, Zona was a 19-point dog…..

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      7. The Arizona game is the perfect trap game. They play ND the week after so I can see them looking ahead to ND but Arizona is a really good team. They gave Washington their best game all year and that was without their star QB.

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      8. Crazy Lady aka Cowardly Gabby aka TebowObama aka The Guy who posts as So Cal’s Wife & LawyerJohn & Michael Guarino & Pudly & Plow Horse & steveg49 & DOJ & Scott Wolf and Frank Young and Jack Smith and Lost in Translation thinks she is a realist.

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    3. Global: Some very interesting points. Unfortunately, you may be right. I think we have already seen glimpses of defenses dropping back additional players into zone coverage and taking away underneath routes. I think BYU did that against Slovis and Oregon State last year.

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  32. I will always look at the big picture. Analyze what I see. Football is week to week what have you done lately. There is going to be a lot of movement in the next few weeks. Most of the top teams will be playing each other and lot teams are struggling with teams their supposed to dominate. Parity is here. Michigan, Penn State play conservative ball control and they do play great defense. But they are not playing Caleb, Pennix, Nix week to week either. We do need to come up with a game plan that helps our defense from being on the field so much.

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  33. I truly believe that we have a truly inept DC. There are too many bad plays to say it is the players inability to do the job. We have a brilliant HC who, unfortunately is blind to the consistent poor defensive games over the last two seasons. I don’t know how much Grinch is being paid but he is certainly not earning it. It is a shame that so much player talent is being wasted. I think that Grinch should be fired asap.

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    1. He’s being paid a little over a million a year. I’ve supported just about every decision LR has made. The one mistake I think that he has made(and it was a big one) was to not replace Grench after last year or even to bring him over in the first place(he never had much success at Oklahoma). Not replacing him will cause SC to miss a really great chance to win the NC in 2023(Calebs last year).

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  34. IT IS probably too late, but IF SC could hire another defensive genius, not named grinch, maybe he could advise the current genius Riley thinks he has on how to use the personnel he has in a better defensive scheme. SC is going to lose to ND,OREGON AND WASHINGTON with this current defensive plan. Add UTAH if they ever find a q/b.
    It is obvious the coaching on the defensive side of the ball is sub par…below avg…aka…STINKS.

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  35. What’s with this talk about losing to ND and Wash, although at Oregon I can see. ND lucked out at basketball Duke and Arizona gave Wash all it wanted
    Troy better take Arizona seriously and then prepare for ND

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    1. Colorado’s rushing attack, which ranked as the worst in the nation entering Saturday, racked up 193 yards, just 30 fewer than the Buffaloes’ total during four games.

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  37. “Chicken Little” instead, try never fear
    As in Shaw saying of his coach ‘Christmas’ Grinch, “He’s doing a great job it’s just us letting him down with missed tackles.”

    And Wiley himself said, “To the untrained eye” it appears 2023’s defense is the same as the one in 2022. “It isn’t”

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    1. ACTUALLY IT IS THE SAME DEFENSE…there are different people in the positions but it still does not work. Why? the players can’t consistently do what is asked of them. It has been said for 1 1/2 yrs ‘we just gotta’ clean this up’ well it oughta’ pure as Ivory soap by now, but it isn’t ’cause the players can’t get it done consistently,they need to run a defense suited to the athletes or change to coaching that can teach it….he who has eyes to see

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