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My USC-Wisconsin Analysis

I’m already seeing some analysis that USC struggled in the first half and was excellent in the second half.

No, no, no, no, no.

USC faced a Wisconsin team with a below average quarterback. That was known before the game. And somehow the Badgers managed to complete a 63-yard TD pass on their first possession.

The rest of the first half was an illustration of how bad the USC offensive line was and the defensive line wasn’t much better.

The huge second-half turnaround came on two moments: Wisconsin fumbled a punt deep in its own territory that led to a touchdown for USC.

Wisconsin then had a fourth-and-1 and decided to run the ball out of the shotgun. What a disastrous decision. Sometimes it feels like coaches want to lose games. The play was easily stopped (the tight end wasn’t even blocking) and the game was pretty much done right there.

This game showed what an at often-times-average team USC is. They looked average most of the game. But will it make a difference against one-dimensional competition? Wisconsin was actually moving the ball with its inept offense but it has no ability to mount a comeback.

  • Lincoln Riley did a poor job too. What was the clock management at the end of the first half? How were there nine men on the field for an extra point? That’s the fourth time in two weeks USC hasn’t had the right number of men on the field. What are they coaching Zacariah Branch on fielding punts? Has he improved the offensive line at all from last year?

108 thoughts on “My USC-Wisconsin Analysis”

      1. Cowardly Gabby is sad that USC won. She hates USC. She is really Charlie Bucket the UCLA honk who used to post here 20 years ago before she had some sort of nervous breakdown. Now she has devoted what is left of her waste of life spamming here morning noon and night for 2 decades.

        Gabby

        March 14, 2024 AT 8:01PM

        16 points….PATHETIC!!!!! Your basketball team f#$king sucks… USC was getting slapped around like a pinata…. Same way I slap your a$$ around….

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  2. The D held Wisconsin to 86 yards of total offense in second half. Hoping Gentry will be back for Penn State. The O-line needs a miracle worker between now and then.

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    1. So amazing that the cornerstone for every successful program is a good O line- even Steve Sarkisian figured that out! Yet, LR thinks his offense is so good that it trumps the necessity for quality O line players… Just amazes me that it’s an afterthought in this regime…. And as for Special Teams, clock management, etc will LR also figure out that these are consistently highly deficient areas of performance and have to be corrected if you ever want to be thought of as a top rated program?

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  4. Scott has a point. There are some glaring weaknesses on this team. But this team fights when their down 14 points and getting beat on the line of scrimmage and comes back. That is rare and exciting to watch. And this is not last years team. Most of the best players, particularly on defense, are transfers and they are coached by great coaches. So if Riley and Henson can figure out how to improve the blocking and get receivers open on short routes, we have a chance to win a few more games. Maybe even get into the playoffs. The Penn St. game will show us what we have – good or bad.

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      2. Amazing all the announcers, all the fans can see where the problem is…..

        #…ButRealDumbGabbyStaysLostInSpace

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  8. I’ve got to agree with Wolfman on this one. For the second week in a row USC offensive line was manhandled and their defensive line was gashed a number of times. Don’t expect Miller Moss to survive the season with the beating he’s been taking the last two weeks. It’s not the number of sacks but the number of hits he’s been taking.

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    2. exactly why Riley needs to switch to the very mobile dual- threat Maiava. Moss looks like a midget next to Maiave

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      3. SAYS THE DUNCE WHO HAS TOLD THE BLOG OVER A 1000X THAT VOTERS HAVE BLOOD ON THEIR HANDS……..QUIT BEING A PEST….

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      4. Yeah, comparing a coach’s choice for the starting QB in a football game is just as important as being responsible for the deaths of more than a million people, both foreign and domestic. That makes sense. 🙄

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      5. MOVING THE GOAL POST……THAT A F U C K -ING IDIOT….

        THERE YOU HAVE IT FOLKS THE DUMB-EST TROLL ON THE INTERNET.

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      6. THE WHOLE POINT OF MY COMMENT FLEW RIGHT OVER YOUR HEAD…..AGAIN!!!!!!!!

        EXACTLY WHY YOU’RE THE BLOG DUNCE

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      7. Always amusing when she claims victory, right after being shown yet AGAIN to be the Village Idiot. That’s why the entire blog has come up with so many names for her, including Blog Dunce. She lies about that, too! LOL

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      8. NOW YOU’RE BEATING THE DEAD-HORSE…….WHAT THE F U C K IS WRONG WITH YOUR BRAIN, FAKE GABBY…..

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  9. SC beat an average LSU team

    SC beat a horrid Utah St team

    SC lost to an average Michigan team

    SC beat an average Wisconsin team

    Michigan beat them with a backup one dimensional QB and exploiting SC’s awful OL

    Wisconsin was in the game with a backup QB and exploiting SC’s awful OL

    In three years Riley and Hansen have FAILED in making the OL better.

    “Special teams ” are a disaster waiting to happen, Branch is either brain dead or horribly coached or both.

    And PSU isn’t all that either

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    1. To be fair, DeBoer was not in the equation. It was Riley, Fickell, or Aranda. Riley is better than the other two. We are getting better thanks to the defensive staff. Could be much worse.

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      2. C’mon Buddha. USC is an elite program. Kiffin went to the Raiders and then Tennessee before USC. Sark went to Washington before USC. But USC is supposed to hire a guy directly from Fresno State? Nobody had DeBoer on their radar for USC. He had to prove himself at Washington first before he was big time.

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  12. My Real USC-U Wisky analysis

    LINCOLN GET A SPECIAL TEAMS COACH AND WORK ON IT

    The D line is too small, gets pushed around

    The O line is too small and too slow, poorly coached. Example #72 Page consistently blocked inward to double team interior rusher while outside rusher had a straight shot to QB

    Miller Moss is a tough dude, like a Timex takes a kickin’ and keeps on tickin’.

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    1. “Takes a lickin, and keeps on tickin.” But kickin is just as good. And you are correct. Got to figure out how to protect this Moss kid. Hate to see him end up like some of these CTE victims. I bet his mother who is a college professor is thinking about it, as unpleasant as the topic is. Frankly, I wouldn’t want my kid playing behind this line.

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      1. Defenders will bounce off of Maiava…..Moss looks like a worm next to Maiava. Don’t forget Gerogia wanted Maiava, then at the last minute, Riley made his pitch

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      2. Moss would thrive if we had a decent OL like we used to under McKay, JRI and Pete. But I agree, since we don’t, and they aren’t going to improve anytime soon, we should try the mobile QB. We were so fortunate we were playing a mediocrity Saturday. Imagine what Alabama or Georgia would do to our OL.

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      3. Now you’re agreeing with Gabby. I knew you would come around, the situation with Moss was obvious. Now, don’t fall off the wagon, you’re heading in the right direction

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  13. Jeeez, imagine if SC had lost? The team didn’t quit after the half (& covered!). Any fool who thinks this is a polished team ready to compete for a playoff spot is a moron, period. All we can hope for is that they continue to improve.

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      1. …..stick with your wittiest stuff…

        #…”MeThinkMossShouldThrowForMoreThan300Yards”..

        #[“MeLikeVodka!”]

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      4. YOU LOOK LIKE A DUMP-A S S FOR CONTINUING TO TAKE THE BAIT…….YOUR EGO GOT STOMPED……HAHAHA!!!!!!!!

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      6. When she says “we are” this or “we all” that, she if referring to the voices in her head when she stops taking her meds. Always hilarious when she makes herself look like a fool, trying to act as if she speaks for other people.

        Now, WE can do that because virtually everyone on this blog agrees about her! LOL

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      7. Nailed it, So Cal [and you’re most entitled to say that….since you’re the only person she/it is more obsessed with than me]….

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      8. Obsessed?????????? gabby is far from obsessed over a pair of turds he takes great pleasure in slapping around like a pinata…….you took a beating yesterday, but are back for more, total dumb—a s s …….go take a walk along your fake beach

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      9. Un huh… took a beating from …..the imaginary “cadre”……

        #Sponoza’sAdvice:”SeeYourselfForWhoYouAre…..

        #….Don’tBeAfraidToLook”

        #[btw,DoYouGetAnyExerciseAtAll?—

        #….HowMuchDoYouWeigh?

        #…BetIt’sAWhole,Whole,WholeLot]….

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      10. What’s the point of the useless hashtags…… do you even know the purpose they serve…….It’s obvious you’re a dumb-a s s regarding the hashtags

        Keep using them, it only reinforces how dated and out of touch you are.

        “let’s string 40 letters together and give it a hashtag, that’ll get my point across”

        TYPICAL 80-YEAR-OLD HUNCHBACK….. THE FREAK IS SO FEEBLE HIS HEAVY BAG KNOCKED HIS A S S OUT AND TWISTED HIS ONE GOOD NUT

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      11. …deflecting from the “weight thing” seems the way to go, Real Dumb Gabby….. don’t blame ya….. I’ve seen the photo….. but there’s always hope: exercise is not your enemy….

        # [here it is]

        # [here it is again]

        # [oh oh, watch out…]

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      12. Why don’t you stop the keyboard tough guy crap and meet up with Gabby and compare physiques, problem solved……or just continue to be a limp—-d i c troll…..

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    2. Every time things get serious our pacifistic censor prevents a reply…

      #It’sAllGood….

      #…ProtectRealDumbGabbyAllYouWant….

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      1. XXXXX

        SEPTEMBER 29, 2024 AT 6:29 PM

        What’s the point of the useless hashtags…… do you even know the purpose they serve…….It’s obvious you’re a dumb-a s s regarding the hashtags

        Keep using them, it only reinforces how dated and out of touch you are.

        “let’s string 40 letters together and give it a hashtag, that’ll get my point across”

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  16. Moss often looks like a pinata out there, but one thing he has proved is that he can take it

    “A tale of 2 cities’ is SC as they have looked horrid in first halves but gang-busters in the second

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  17. Prince: I’m used to being picked on by the public, how about you?

    Charmng: I’m like Queen Victoria of England who said, “The important thing is not what they think of me, it is what I think of them”

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  18. Prince: I’m ahead on my college football bets. I always say that the race is not always to the swift nor the battle to the strong– but that’s the way to bet

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  19. Charming: You know any clever sports phrases– I like the one that goes ‘Sports do not build character. They reveal it’

    Prince: I rather like Joe Namath saying, “When you win, nothing hurts”

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  20. Charming: We never talk about sex

    Prince: I say that when a man runs out of steam in the sex department he should be joyful because he has escaped from the clutches of a cruel tyrant. However, for now I am sticking with St. Augustine who prayed “Lord make me chaste– but not yet”

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    1. …Actually, surprised that made it too —contained the words “sex”, “clutches”, “cruel” and “tyrant”…..

      #CensorTakingSundayOff?

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  21. At 21-0 Alabama over Georgia I am thinking “Whatever happened to the Georgia juggernaut,’ and then they almost win the game

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  22. Yardage is nice but have to finish with touchdowns as shown by Auburn’s 500-yards to Oklahoma’s 300, although I thought it was that game that featured the ‘Hail Mary’ at the end to win it for Auburn, and was at first ruled a touchdown! But upon review, over-turned.

    This leaves both sides’ fans in limbo, who won?– Maybe they should call it a tie

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    1. Did you see Virginia Tech get cheated outta a last second T. D. against Miami?…. […which, btw, kept the Miami fans happy….as the refs safely left the field]….

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  23. Hard to get a read on the Trojans, how good are they compared to other Big-10 teams?– It appears that every game will be a fight, especially at the start in the first half when all teams think they have a chance.

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  24. Of course some of these early games are so lopsided that there truly is No chance for the underdog– ‘Our team was only 5-fumbles away from winning that game (thanks Coach McKay)

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      1. And Arizona beat them in Utah, something SC couldn’t do, but probably the Utes’ 1st string quarterback didn’t play. Amazing the difference a quarterback can make on a team

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    3. The coaches put LSU [the team we took out in week one] ahead of us…. looks like the coaches don’t like Lincoln….

      #…NoOneGivesACrapAboutTheCoachesPollAnyway

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      1. Maui fraud: #…NoOneGivesACrapAboutTheCoachesPollAnyway

        (another lame hashtag)

        So why are you whining and crying about it…..DUMB—A S S !

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  28. I suppose YUCLA being creamed each week will become old hat after a while, but with them now joining the Big-10 a wider fan base will find out why YUCLA is a basketball school

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    1. The guttie’s last memorable coach, Terry Donahue, left about 30 years ago. They don’t care. And worse, they waste billions picking the right people to run their program.

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      2. I remember owns doing cartwheels when Kelly was hired, claiming the gutties would be competing for a natty in their third season. Kelly ran out with a .500 record. People won’t even remember he coached them in two years.

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      1. You would think the coach’s poll would be informative, but given the turnaround time to submit their ballots, they must have a 20-something staffer filling it out. For example, Georgia received at least one number 1 vote, perhaps more, USC received at least one vote at number 23, Michigan received one vote at number 8, despite running a 1940s offense that barely beat Minnesota, some voted Utah at number 10, which would have been no change from last week, despite losing by 13 to unranked Arizona.

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