You know who got a free pass this season? Kliff Kingsbury.
At least in terms of expectations. Go back and look at some of the ridiculous comments from fans and media when he got hired at USC. They all expected some sort of amazing result with the Dream Team pairing of Kingsbury and Lincoln Riley.
Well, did Caleb Williams improve this season? Williams was dealing with a shoddy offensive line (again) but what exactly did Kingsbury bring to the table? How did he improve Williams? Did he teach him to throw sidearm?
Did the people that celebrated his hire ever go back and analyze his impact? Of course not.
Whatever Kingsbury did or did not do, expect him to get another job soon. The fact he hasn’t won as a head coach or had no impact on Williams won’t matter. All that matters is he is considered an offensive guru. So some team will hire him as an offensive coordinator. Perception is everything.
InsideUSC with Scott Wolf 
As one of those who Scott is referencing [ i.e., an early fan of Kingsbury], I gotta tell ya all positive feeling disappeared when I saw him jumping up and down and laughing with Caleb on the sidelines in Boulder Colorado after Caleb ignored open receivers to scramble for a first down. Even though that specific play ended up working, that strategy ended up sinking the team. Whether he was taking off or running around waiting for the big pass to open up, Caleb wound up dismantling Riley’s offense. In 2022 Caleb tried to play within Riley’s system [which involves a certain amount of scrambling to give receivers an opportunity to get free on a GIVEN play] but in 2023 Caleb looked like he wanted every play to be a miracle play on ESPN highlight shows.
I blame that more on Kliff than the O-line —–cuz on most plays the O-line was giving Caleb his 3 seconds to get rid of the ball for an ordinary looking, non highlight 10 yard completion.
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btw, Miller is gonna strictly stick with the Riley game plan tomorrow. Will it work? Las Vegas doesn’t think so —-but let’s see what happens. What can he accomplish in that 3 seconds before he gets swarmed? How long can he last absorbing the hits coming his way in second # 4?
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This is where an ” offensive genius ” devises a game plan to offset his shitty OL, but we all know Riley isn’t the ” offensive genius ” he’s made out to be so expect Miller to be Slovised early.
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I know some of the scrambling was due to “the shitty o-line” —-but, like most fans, I was a amazed to see Caleb actually running CIRCLES in the backfield when he had Mario or Dorian open for the 12 yard completion at the 3 second mark…
#…AndHeWasHoldingTheBallOutLikeHeWasWaitingForTheStrip
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The O-Line didn’t play well this season. It needs to improve. I have a hard time believing that LR just gave up on that balanced(running/passing) offense that was so successful for him at Oklahoma. I know Caleb loves to throw the ball. If they get back to that offense that LR had with the Sooners they’ll have a great offense in 2024 no matter who is QB(Moss or anyone else).
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I’m pretty sure that Paige will be left tackle in the Holiday bowl, so we will see a preview of next year. I’m curious to see if Monheim plays at right tackle. Noone is talking about whether Monheim is coming back or not. That might have a real big impact on next year.
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Not a lot of people are talking about whether Henson is a good O-Line coach either. But I’m impressed by his ability to bring in a lot of good recruits
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Pure gold from MG
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Kliffy can’t leave soon enough
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…an hour before the Holiday Bowl would be the ideal time….
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The offense hasn’t gotten better since KK came on so if he leaves I won’t shed any tears
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Better? It got demonstrably worse. The offense looked totally confused in both rivalry games……
#…GamesTheyWonTheYearBeforeKingsburySetFootOnCampus
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Running good routes should have been enough to achieve separation, but SC’s guys were always blanketed.That’s on the coaching. A good OC should have done better with the talent in house. #ShouldaWouldaCoulda
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Good morning limp-dicks, I hope Santa delivered the new dildos you limp-dicks had desperately been asking for.
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Will any members of the limp dick club be at the game tomorrow……Asking for Gabby
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Clarification: Gabby actually asking for Gabby.
#It’sOkay,Gabby…
#…IfIWereYouI’dDistanceMyselfFromMeToo
#[…ButMaybeTry”GabbyOneAskingForGabbyTwo”]
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I guess we should be thankful Gabby had the good taste to post this one on December 26th rather than December 25th….
#Well,Maybe”Thankful”Isn’tTheExactRightWord…
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I heard the limp-dick club was meeting for a circle jerk session up in Scott’s tree house……SWEET!
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Self-contradictory post……
#IsGabbySlippingFurther?
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Not really, this piece of dross actually circle jerks his limp dick because he’s circle jerked so often it’s permanently limp
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Have your old lady confirm you’re a limp-dick and perhaps you might gain acceptance into the club.
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…maybe you’re overthinking this…
#…ButNobodyKnowsWhatWorksForYouBetterThanYou….
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…above meant for gabby…not karma….
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Lincoln Riley brought in Kingsbury thinking that he would get an NFL head coaching job offer and he would try and convince USC to hire Kingsbury to take his place, the selling point being that they both run a similar offense and the transition wouldn’t be a big issue.
The problem was that Riley got exposed, his offense is predictable, teams figured out his tendencies, his inability to develop linemen on either side of the ball is a glaring weakness that decent teams were able to exploit because he ran the same shit schemes week in and week out, never able to make any adjustments to try and create better pass blocking protection. The run game, or lack thereof, was garbage because the only thing ‘Ol Mule Shoe knows and runs has to do with the RPO, he has no idea how to establish a power running game or at least try and develop a few power running plays in order to convert short yardage situations, but he couldn’t even do that, he would rather run some bullshit jet sweep that never fooled anyone, resulting in even more lost yardage.
Riley being unwilling to acknowledge the huge mistake he made by bringing Grinch back and not making any changes to the defensive staff that needed a complete overhaul, that’s what really sank any chance he had of being offered a job in the NFL.
So it appears that USC is stuck with this clown ‘Ol Mule Shoe for at least one more year. If Riley is lucky he might win 5 games next year and that should thankfully put an end to his employment at USC.
Clay Helton was bad, but this clown Riley is worse.
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90% agree [particularly the stuff about Riley thinking he could jump to NFL when Caleb left & Kilff could take over]….
#…But..
#…NoOneElseInEntireCountryThinksRileyIsWorseThanHelton
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They doubled down on the Air Raid and rolled snake eyes. I don’t care where Kingsbury goes – as long as he goes – because the Air Raid blows.
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KK has to go
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Million $$ post, hal9000…..
#ArthurC.ClarkeWouldBeProud….
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The Offense was fine. It was one of the highest scoring offenses in college football. It could have been better, of course. The O Line was nicked up, but we knew depth was a problem as it is for every team, college or pro. We lost games on Defense. We just didn’t have the personnel in the defensive backfield who could play man to man. Being able to rotate defenders and disguise coverages requires that guys be able to cover one on one. You just can’t run a two deep zone on every play in every situation. You need to be able to bring a DBack for an occasional blitz. You need to get help for your Linebackers to cover the Running Backs. We were constantly burned by the Tight Ends, and that’s a sign of not being able to rotate the Defensive Backfield to get them in position to make the play on the Tight Ends.
Things can easily get better, so don’t jump ship just yet.
We’ve got a fantastic game tomorrow and I want to see a bunch of Defensive guys playing together “… with reckless abandon… like their hair is on fire…” (as my coaches used to say!)
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Tomorrow will be all about the coaches on offense. Will Riley be able to take all the talented players left on his roster [Austin Jones, Duce Robinson, Tahj Washington, Zachariah Branch] and score more than Louisville’s offense?
#btw,Don’tExpectTheDefenseToHelpThemMuch
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Please introduce your “detractor” to the concept of “substance.” It would be a small step for man – and a giant leap for mankind……right Tebow?
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It occurred to me a few second later that the team had (how many?) receiver coaches and STILL didn’t get these guys open in space. So it’s even more of a waste of a coaching position when there’s NOBODY helping the special teams to get better. Can you say, “Imbalance”, coach?
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In addition, this kind of wisdom is what you would expect a coach @ $10,000,000 per year to possess already instead of having to realize it after the fact.
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hal,
One of the things going wrong in the UCLA game was Caleb hanging on to the ball for so long receivers were left , like, 4 seconds past the play as drawn up….. they were lost out there….
#IfCalebAdLibs,TheyHaveToAdLibToo…
#…So…
#..TheyWereBackToGrahamHarrellDays…
#..”FindTheGreenGrass”
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you sound like a broken record…get some new talking points……you sound limited!
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LMAO! Look who’s talking!!
NO ONE more guilty of those things (or any of the others she accuses) than her.
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Care to be specific about “the others”?
#Oh,Yeah…
#…There’sTHATOne….
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One?! There are several.
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STFU!…….YOU FUCKING FREAK…..NO ONE GIVES A SHIT WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY……
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There’s one of ’em, Michael! LMAO
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Slo patroll told the blog he met his wife in a parking lot. He said she looked like a dough girl and was shouting out “2 dollars make you holler”…… the cheap skate asked if she would take a “buck fifty”
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100% —[I was just focusing on THAT particular one he accuses everybody else of]…
#….IThinkHisShrinkRefersToItAs”Projection”
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How is Sola doing? Were you banging her back in the ’70s during your law school days?…….dirty boy!
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Have to add that I don’t see Tebow as MG’s detractor – but he is the in – house authority on lunar travel.
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Tebow has said lots of smart stuff over the years …I just harp on the moon thing cuz I find it inspires him to new heights….
Special Holiday Note: Of all the movies I’ve seen 300 times, the 1933 King Kong holds up the best…..
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Les Miles knew how to find the green grass (substitute for chewing tobacco.) Players today go looking for the nearest marijuana dispensary to find the green grass.
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Les is out to pasture now, where he can graze all he wants.
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