USC 23 - Utah 14
by Paragon SC on Sep 11, 2011 4:44 AM PDT
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PrintLong after the game was over the Pac-12 changed the official score of of USC's win over Utah...
But two hours later, the Pac-12 ruled that officials erred by not allowing Torin Harris' touchdown return after Matt Kalil blocked a field-goal attempt on the game's final play.
Here's Pereira's statement:
"The new Unsportsmanlike Conduct rule is Rule 9, Section 2, Article 1. It states that Unsportsmanlike Conduct fouls by players are administered as either live ball or dead ball fouls depending on when they occur. The rule does not apply to substitutes. All Unsportsmanlike Conduct fouls by substitutes are enforced as dead ball fouls. Since the game was over, the penalty could not be enforced and the referee stated it was declined by rule. The officials did rule it a touchdown making the final score 23-14."
OK.
I love that we won...those plays are a part of the game just like anything else so you embrace it.
The more disturbing aspect of the game was that we could have put these guys away way before that. Barkley played well enough, Tyler did what we have expected from him and the defense did not collapse like they did last year.
Guys not protecting the football was the biggest culprit last night.
I can't lay that at Kiffin's feet....
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Exactly
Kiffin didn’t commit three turn overs, two in Utah’s redzone. Yes Kiffin had a handful of bad call, every OC does that is why fans hate all of them (even Chow). The team played better all around and especially on defense. No this isn’t a great team, I doubt it’s even a good one. But it’s better than last year and considering everything that ok with me. Just going to be a long season. Oh as to the ruling, nice to see the refs get it right even if it was after the fact. A that point it was just how much the win was by, not if.
Well Iy is Just Football anyway
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Sep 11, 2011 9:01 AM PDT reply actions
Imagine the chaos at the sports books
the spread was 8 1/2. USC doesn’t beat the spread until 2 hours after the game ends. I wonder how many Utah bets got paid, and how many USC bets got torn up before the score was changed.
Yes when I saw the score and I had saw the last play I was wondering why we didn't get some points, just typical pac-10-now 12 officials
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Sep 11, 2011 9:06 AM PDT up reply actions
This team wants to WIN
The defense may be flawed, but they have heart. With four turnovers, last year’s bunch would have started a moping, head shaking mental collapse. How many games like this (and last week’s) did we lose in 2010.
Congrats to Monte and Coach O, this is a scrappy unit that refuses to crack.
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
by M. AGRIPPA on Sep 11, 2011 9:52 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I was struck by the same thing. Even when the offense wasn’t getting anywhere, they weren’t sulking.
"When the seagulls follow the trawler, it's because they think sardines will be thrown into the sea"
They manned up to their own mistakes and refused to be dragged down by the offense. That’s two wins in a row for the USC “D”
"The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything." - Joseph Stalin
U feeling Loco?
by M. AGRIPPA on Sep 11, 2011 1:33 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
So what's a coach to do?
Sure, Coach K didn’t fumble the players did. Phil Jackson’s got eleven rings… never scored so much as a basket. Trojans survived three turnovers and gave life to an opponent they should have beaten by 20 points not five. Kiffin now has (among a few dozen other things) a ball security issue. Fix that now coach before it fixes you… again.
trojanWar
Nice call moniker
Who--What--Slim Shady---Thats the duckies and Kelly maybe they should put their plays up in brail..
by so.cal.native1952 on Sep 11, 2011 9:49 PM PDT up reply actions
ps
Things could be worse… ask Brian Kelly. Thought ‘shamrocks’ were supposed to bring a guy some luck.
trojanWar
by trojanWar on Sep 11, 2011 10:07 AM PDT reply actions 1 recs
How can you not hold LK at least partially responsible for those turnovers? Isn’t part of the coaching staff’s responsibility to teach the players how to hold the ball so they don’t fumble it? Also, Kiffin indicated that the play he called on the Barkley interception never should have been called with that Utah defense.
The DL needs some kudos. They played lights out yesterday. One of the best DL performances in a couple of years. Coach O is weaving his magic.
Overall, I was pleased with our effort. A big improvement over game 1. This team has some possibilities. This is going to be a fun team to watch and see how they change/grow from week to week.
Yes the coach needs to teach the players to hold onto the ball better
but you can’t stop them from happening. The biggest problem was two of those turnovers were in the redzone, like taking points off the board. They only thing worse is turning it over in your redzone. I don’t know how Kiffin could have known what the Utah defense would be when calling the play. Sounds like he was covering for Matt not reading the defense correctly. Happens to all QBs, and it’s nice to see Kiffin covering for him.
Freshman Mistakes
Lee lined up wrong, making Telfar ineligible and negating his long slant play.
Gimble almost fumbled during the run after the catch on his first reception. Utah coaches obviously saw that and whenever he caught the ball hamnd and helmets pounded at the ball. Coaches can teach proper ball handling but it is up to the players to execute. He will learn, or time playing time will decrease.
Same with Morgan.
Kiffin needs to stop with delayed out patterns across the field. Almost intercepted for a pick six, twice.
Also, enough with the bubble screens.
D Line was solid, though they must have looked better on TV than at the game. LB were solid as well, Gallippo best people in the right spots, Pullard will be a star, but tackling, expecially in the secondary, still reamins an issue. Some coverage breakdowns. Good QB’s like Luck and Foles and even Ostweiler will exploit that.
Special teams. Wow. Best decision Kiffin ever made was hiring Baxter and making special teams a priority.
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