09-11-2022, 10:36 AM
If this were a few years back, I'd be angrier about losing to USC in a game that could have been winnable had a few things been done better. But given the number of question marks coming into this season, and that I'd more or less written this game off when looking at the schedule, I actually come out of this game oddly optimistic. That's mainly due to the fact that the offense was able to get things going most of the time, with a good run/pass balance, and while those turnovers (and the BS lost TD) killed us, I guess I'd rather have a team that got the ball moving and can work on not losing the ball than a team that had all 3-and-outs and no turnovers; I think it's easier to shore up the former than the latter. The defense will be the liability for sure; all the more reason to have an offense that can pile up yards and points. The Colgate game didn't show us anything useful, but to see us move the ball against a pretty good (albeit not necessarily amazing) USC team is a good indication, since I didn't know if that would be the case coming into this season.