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USC Morning Buzz: Several Defensive Questions Heading Into Season

Here are some questions I have about USC’s defense going into the season:

  • The back seven is the weak spot where one linebacker position and the entire secondary have question marks.
  • Is there a go-to cornerback? A standout at safety?
  • Does USC have two linebackers who can disrupt a game?
  • USC guard Alijah Arenas won the athletic dept.’s Tommy Award for Overcoming Adversity.

On coming back next season:

“It’s a statement for me and a statement for USC,” Arenas said.

It’s also a statement that his draft stock wasn’t where he thought it was. In fact, Arenas is an example of one of my pet peeves, players who reclassify and graduate early from high school.

Did he really gain anything by going to college instead of staying in high school and playing his senior year? He probably doesn’t injure his knee, for starters.

8 thoughts on “USC Morning Buzz: Several Defensive Questions Heading Into Season”

      1. Ed: Does anyone on the current team endlessly watch and post videos of large animals pooping?

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    2. …and they laughingly say Clarence Darrow was the best ever at framing a question…..

      #[AmericanSchoolsNeedToStudyEd.G]

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  2. USC finally has a guy coach the defense that actually understands defense.

    Unfortunatly, they still have Sir Lincoln of The Fetal Position at head coach, and that’s just too much to overcome.

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    1. Fetal position? Ha! Even during a severe case of pneumonia our coach stood tall….

      #Well,MaybeHeNeededAFewDaysOff….

      #…ButFetalPosition?Never!

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  3. I am categorically predicting home game wins over Oregon, Washington and Ohio State…

    #…Or…

    #….”I’llKnowTheReasonWhy!”…

    #[NoticeIPickedTheLamestOfAllPopularQualifications]?

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  4. Patterson is solid for the D, even with the aforementioned lack of star power in the secondary and at LB, but tragically, the whole team will embody LR as HC. HCs always do. It is how the machinery works. And LR is nothing but a towel waver extraordinaire. No spine. No toughness. No grit. What does that mean? It means his signature team meltdowns in the 4th quarter of games will continue unabated this upcoming season. Against near-peer talent opponents with coaches who exude strength and a will to win, LR will be hopelessly lost and outclassed. I sure wish he was not our HC. Preparing for a 7-5 disappointment of a season yet again, although I sure hope I am wrong. I hate those types of reruns.

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