Instant Analysis | Discussing USC's 52-42 Loss to Washington
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- In this edition of Instant Analysis, USCFootball.com reporters Jack Smith and Shotgun Spratling discuss USC's 52-42 loss to Washington in the Coliseum.
The Trojan offense played like it needed to upset the fifth-ranked Huskies. The defense did not. Washington hung 52 points on the board in the Coliseum, by far the most it ever has in a game against USC. Previously, the program high was 34 points. The Huskies had 35 by halftime.
The Trojans have allowed career highs to plenty of offensive players on the opposing sideline so far this season. The likely Heisman Trophy favorite Michael Penix seemed next in line but Penix was the least of USC's worries. Junior running back Dillon Johnson rushed for 256 yards and four touchdowns, both career highs. Washington entered the game with the 117th-ranked rushing offense in the FBS, averaging just over 100 yards per game. Johnson had 199 yards before contact alone as the Huskies cruised to over 300 yards on the ground against Alex Grinch's defense.
In the end, the ground game was enough for Washington as USC mustered only three stops on defense. One was a true three-and-out stop followed by a punt block. One was an interception to start the second half. The final was a redzone stand that held Washington to a field goal. Three stops was never going to be enough even with how well USC's offense played.
USC was pitched, blocked, juked, and scrambled to death once again this season.
Jack and Shotgun discuss the key moments of the thrilling game while also touching on postgame quotes from head coach Lincoln Riley and quarterback Caleb Williams.
Riley made it clear to reporters that he was not going to answer big picture questions about defensive changes and a clearly dejected Caleb Williams told media that all he wanted to do was go home, cuddle his dog, and watch TV.
Williams' comments and postgame emotions on the sideline proved once again that USC has failed its star quarterback this season. Shotgun and Jack bring up the defensive changes that Lincoln Riley does not want to talk about, with a general feeling that wholesale changes are not only necessary but feeling more and more inevitable each week.
42 points felt like enough points to beat a top five opponent at home. It felt like far too many to still lose by 10 but that was the harsh reality for USC in its third defeat of 2023.
199 yards before contact is UNFORGIVABLE.
This debacle isn't just on Grinch. It's actually all on Riley because he's the one who has brought him to the team and adamantly defended him ignoring all the constructive criticisms about the terrible defense from last year. I think Riley is fundamentally flawed in various aspects to be a championship-caliber coach, which means USC will probably never win a significant title as long as he's the HC.
This debacle isn’t just on Riley. It’s actually all on the athletic director and the boosters because they are who kept him on the team and know that Riley comes with Grinch. Or you can say, this debacle isn’t just on the athletic director. It’s actually on the President because she’s the one who hired the athletic director, who kept Riley that comes with Grinch… lol
this is all on riley. nothing is going to change until riley leaves.
soft coach, soft team.
He’s overrated as a head coach the big 12 is a bad conference & it made him look good, you can get away with having a bad defense in that conference. Riley is a oc but head coach nope. Urban Meyer fired grinch after one season at Ohio state wasted no time
@@mprod25the AD has been there for a couple weeks. She has nothing to do with this and Bohn probably wouldn’t stand for it if he was still here
@@mprod25 They should have bucked the politically correct trend and hired Urban Meyer!! Who cares what people think... SC deserves a Championship caliber coach and Riley doesn't fit the bill!!
SC should hire Will Ferrell as DC for the final two games, at least, the laughable defense would be intentional!
Oregon is going to try to hang 100 on this defense.
Don't think they'll need to try.. lol
77, but close. Lol
USC will finish 7-5. Oregon will destroy the Trojans next week. So much so that Grinch will be fired in seven or eight days. An interim coach will run the defense against UCLA and Williams definitely won’t play that “nothing game” against the Bruins. He has nothing left to prove to the scouts.
@@vstar7196he already said he will play every game it’s not for scouts or you, he’s a team first player and we the USC fans are proud of him
@@vstar7196 You're half right. Grinch has already been fired. USC will not lose to Ucla. Williams will play because he's not a quitter. He may sit out the meaningless bowl game though.
USC has a very unique talent which gives a select player from each team a career night in stats lol
Worst defense in the history of the program
monty kiffin D was really bad also...
Worst defense than under Helton wtf.. seriously.
I can’t think of worse USC defense since 1990. There were some bad teams in 90s but defense was never this bad
If memory serves, SC RB’s ran the ball just 4 times in the second half.
I hate that Riley gives up on the running game at the first sign of trouble (usually in the 2nd half).
Riley has no clue how to approach this game.
@@brianjacob8728Helton defense was never this bad lol wow
@@allpraisestoyah5033 7 straight TDs vs Penn State? Yeah, it was.
101 points allowed last 2 games thats insane
If Lincoln Riley doesn’t fire grinch I think he needs to go doesn’t this guy get tired of the pressure having to score on every offensive possession having to play perfect. Riley is overrated he was lucky he coached in the weak big 12
USC new mascot should be the “Stay Puft Marshmallow”… I played under Robinson and we won the Rose Bowl under Toliner… Coach Riley’s leadership is the problem…
Robinson would never allow this bullshit to happen 😒. That guy knew how to coach usc teams.
Riley’s teams & culture are so soft
The USC defense tried to rush 3 and drop 8. That meant very little pressure on the star QB, and only 3 linemen to stop the run.
Rushing three strategically is not good against UW. Four people needed to go after Penix to get the ball out of his hand before he wanted to. For him to stand back there untouched makes it difficult to pass defend. Not a good choice!
Exactly
Other teams gave pressure up front on Washington, and it worked. Grinch thinks he is smarter and unfortunately Riley lets him think this.
One word to describe what I saw tonight....Embarrassing!!! a defense that gives up nearly 50 points every game is EMBARRASSING!!!! the blame lies at head coach Riley's feet.
I like shutgun, I just need Dan Weber, Dan is the most honest guy who use to cover usc, respect that guy
If Grinch is not fired, then Riley is saying this performance (and the past 5 weeks) and standard is acceptable. Every game, there is an opposing offensive player that is setting a career high. USC defense is making guys look like Heisman winners. If that be the case, then Riley also need to go.
None of this changes until riley is gone. Replacing grinch doesn;'t fix this.
@@brianjacob8728exactly I didn’t know Riley was this bad, he’s not even that great on offense..
@@allpraisestoyah5033 riley called a very good game, perhaps his best of the season. Grinch on the other hand called his typical Mind-scratching game.
@@Jaime-u5m ehh don’t give a shit if Riley called a good game, he’s never gonna win a championship at usc he’s average at best, it’s he’s fault he took grinch to usc, so it doesn’t matter if he called a good game… he doesn’t pay attention to defense, If usc was average on defense they would be 9-1 at worse
@@Jaime-u5m think about this if usc was average at defense usc would be 9-1 mabe even 10-0 Washington has a decent defense that’s why they are 9-0 right now
Kirk Herbstreit was just ripping Alex Grinch and the USC defense on the broadcast.
What happened to Tailback U?? No running game… zero defense. This Big 12 shoot out philosophy is gonna get smashed by the Big 10 next season
Dawg they averaged like 10 a carry. Riley just stopped running the ball in the second half. All the backs were great
All I ask is for USC defense to be below average. They can’t even do that!!
Nice call spratling about defense outcomes
This is week 10 and only 2 teams have scored under 20 points everyone else is 20+
You only thought the defense was super awfully bad because you have an "Untrained Eye" 🤣🤣
Hate to say this but even Helton didnt have teams with defense this bad. Grinch has to go. if Riley won't fire him, they can both go. It's pointless to have Riley if Grinch stays.
The AD should fire Grinch.
@@tedjohnson7485firing him now wouldn’t help the team
@@DreDay53bro how long you been watching usc football? This is the worse usc defense ever I mean ever they are soo bad I can gain 80 yards on usc defense
Donte Williams has to go-why is no one talking about him? Drop eight and penix still Russ you-? I won’t name names but there are several d backs that are REALLY hurting this team…
Yes please let’s not get distracted about our offense..you are playing into Riley’s hands .
Been watching SC Football since 1975 when i was 10 yrs old. Worst Dfence I've ever Seen; Grinch Must Go! Fire Grinch Tonight.
Grinch should have been relieved many games ago.
worse then monty kiffin?....probably
BARLOW should of played more. All he does is run hard and gets big yards
I believe he'll get hired in the NFL.
To Salvage this year he's got a fire Grinch by tomorrow. Stop running to the nearest blocker and Tackle
As a SC fan I’m just going to take this season as a loss and pray the make a change a BIG change before going in to the big 10 cause that’s when things will change big time
Whatever you are consuming...USC has ZERO chance of being competitive next week much less having a chance to win next week. Please stop.... get ready... it's going to be bad... very... bad...
I hoping that Oregon scores 80; praying for 100!! Wouldn’t that be something: “Yeah, well I played on a team that the opponent scored 100 on us! Beat that!” Be sure to take the Trojan horse to Eugene. Oregon may get tired scoring TDs?
What a disgrace.
I don’t understand the defensive players saying they need to fix stuff! This should’ve been fixed already. But what do we know, we only have “untrained” eyes.
We all know Grinch has to go but we still have to bring in guys who’s going to make plays
This years defense is just last years defense minus the turnovers
It was 2012 and I was at that game, sitting front row on the 40 yard line USC side, and I had to sit next to a bunch of Oregon fans who didn’t even know what happens when a kick goes out of the endzone.
If Coach Riley doesn’t fire grinch, than USC needs to find a way to buy out his contract and hire Glenn Schumann from georgia to be USC next football head coach. We need a defensive minded coach. And Coach Glenn Schumann is the best man for the job. Fight On To Victory And Go Trojans
USC invests way too much in coaches they haven’t proven anything and then end up owing them a criminal amount of money.
I said we wouldn't cover the spread and we didn't cover the spread. We gave up plenty of explosive plays, we tried a new defensive strategy called "jump up and down and scream and wave your arms" which ALSO did not work. Couldn't control edge rushing. Horrific tackling. Bit down too hard on every misdirection. No one stayed home and filled gaps.
Fire Grinch now. Get Leonhard or NDSU's DC Petrino NOW. You can start working on the new scheme now. Triage the bleeding now. Learn it in games now.
Oregon will stomp us into a mud hole. We MIGHT lose to ucla. We make every team look good.
7-5 or 8-4 EXACTLY as I have predicted. Here comes the SRS First Responders Las Vegas Bowl or the El Paso Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl against Kansas or Syracuse which we will LOSE in embarrassing fashion.
Fire Grinch NOW.
From Section 111,
Fight on.
Boycott USC games to show that we want grinch gone.
SC needs to recruit players who are willing to compete
usc needs coaches that are willing to coach.
Thanks for calling it like it is shotgun
Classic woulda coulda shoulda and ‘if’ analysis. UW didn’t play perfect either. Handed SC 7 pts on the blocked punt which negated the 7 UW later got from the CW fumble. Penix didn’t need to force that TD pass on the 2nd half opening drive. In the end, the more complete team won by 10 on the road and it coulda shoulda just as easily been 20+.
I had such high hopes for this season.........this team has zero heart
Why has the running game been abandoned? We have the running backs by committee!
I’m not going to usc game anymore lol I was gonna go to ucla game, seeing that coaches and players don’t care as much why should I?
Bear had to be paid a ton of money to leave an elite defense for this. 😂😂😂😂
...To Riley -- again!: "Those who do not learn from history are bound to repeat it" -- yet again! ....Not even Helton, on his worst game, was this ... pathetic!!!
"The man who doesn't learn from history, is like a man without eyes or ears."
by Adolf Hitler,
You should know this Gestapo!
Can’t fire grinch because it may mess up our season. Guess what? The season is messed up.
Season has long taken the Leonard Toast route.
There’s really no point right now. Any opportunity he had of firing Grinch was gone a long time ago. He wants to talk about “opportunities.”
Go with five up front, have two LB's five yards off to stuff the holes, blitz frequently, pressure the QB, man to man on the corners with two safeties in the back.
Exactly......blitz and play bump n run
@@josephgonzales8897 I like it!!!
He is spot on on his assessment
Caleb Williams the best player on the field? Dillon Johnson would like to have a discussion with you this week. Lol
You actually think USC has a chance of going up to Oregon and upsetting the Ducks??!! Are you serious?? 😂😂🤣 I'll be shocked if USC doesn't get blown out up there.
Yea, the writing is in the pond for us, them Ducks gone swim all over us.
lol week 0 I vividly remember shogun telling fans to “relax about the defense “ the fans knew this team was destined for this anyone could see it then ! Grinch is not the guy
These analyzers did a great job. Unlike Lincoln Riley, they were able to point out the strengths of Washington’s performance. NFL coaches will often say of an opponent that beat them: “Well the other team played really well and outplayed us tonight; ……..” these guys were thorough and entertaining! Oregon scores 80 next week!!
Our Linebackers are 🧻 soft and our DBs have zero intensity… Nobody tackles… and our HC continues to try to polish a turd
Gentry has a little spunk, but his weight works against him. GET BIGGER THIS OFF-SEASON BRO! please,
Where did Keely go? The show and the team haven’t been the same.
Same reason he was forced out at ok. His ultimatum was fire Grinch or find another job. He chose to go to another program instead of firing his friend.
That never happened. There’s no reason to lie here lol
Smh.... why is anyone from SC surprised. All anyone has to do is look at Oklahoma. Doesn't take a fortune teller to know this was coming. 🤷♂️🤷♂️
What did they expect when they went after a guy from the Big 12? That conference is notorious for having zero defense and the Pac 12 is only marginally better.
Whatever opponents jerseys are made of, I think USC defense is allergic to the fabric.
worst defense in USC history yet Ryan will still say this years players are more talented than last year’s squad 🧐 this team couldn’t hold last year’s teams jock and they were a bad defense but not the worst in school history. the sunshine pumping narrative is being exposed, 5 loses are its future and probably deserved from this clueless staff and it’s non impactful, underachieving defensive players
Grinch is great for fans because he makes games exciting
Remember when Pete Carroll had an offense AND a defense AND practices were harder than games? Of course you don’t.
@@unicornhearts he is defense first guy but near the end his defenses sucked.
This defense gives me headaches 🤬
USC has zero chance of winning at autzen
Caleb vs. opponent + grinch every week
All the recruits are gonna start jumping ship. Its so bad from the coaches all the way through the locker room. It was a big game and the stadium wasnt even sold out
This is why a move has to be made on Grinch soon; we must continue to win the hearts of current recruits and secure Jericho and a couple more in this cycle.
100% accurate with Shotgun assessment, no milk or vinegar straight football analysis based on schemes and play calling. USC coaches definitely did Caleb a disservice with their mediocrity.
What surprised lots of us at the game was Washington is not a top team seeing just our defense played worse than theirs.
Grinch needs to go now and to the OU fans still “yea”ing your defense guru is a sham
Worse defense in college football right now😞
“Right now.” It’s been over a decade.
USC didn’t do the disservice, Riley is the one responsible for that, he brought the grinch with him. He wasted Caleb’s talent and our last two opportunities to win this conference and look even more soft nationally.
If USC loses by 40 at Autzen, fire Grinch by Sunday, right?
USC is losing by alot more than that.. ngl
That is a funny statement: "Washington is a beatable team" Look at their record, 9-0. They are beatable when they get a loss. Just because the game is close does not mean they are beatable.
Dylan Johnson showed Lincoln Riley how to run an offense. Such a shame he refuses to call a balanced offense. He prefers to leave the defense on the field most of the game.
Las vegas bowl
I understand not giving up the big play but the linebackers were dropping way too deep, leaving the underneath wide open for them to make easy pitch and catches. So they were able to move up and down the field with ease. But when they ran, they completely gashed us. So it’s plain to see that we don’t have the size or talent on defense or play smart either. Now is that on coach Grinch? The blame has to start somewhere. My issue is that you have to switch up your fronts and maybe play 4-3 at times to get more size in the gaps. But we are lacking girth with our defensive linemen. We’re starting two freshmen on defense. What does that tell you about the talent level at those positions? And poor Caleb, having to make chicken soup out of chicken feathers every game with that porous line. Ran the ball effectively at times but didn’t run enough to control the ball. Every game, someone on the opposing team has a career offensive game. We score 40 points a game but still lose by 10. That tells you all you need to know about our team. And this style is going to the Big 10 next year? Without Caleb??? Good luck with that.
at 9 mins, Spratling tells truth : USC has let down Caleb Williams...What other star QB is going to want to play for LR with his blind devotion to grinch !
how is washington ranked 5
if this Defense was a college applicant let alone be the fact it will not even meet 5% of the entry requirement to USC it will not be able to get into a JUCO ..even gouging ones eyes out for seeing this Defense in action will not to justice to the pain we as trojan family have been enduring this season... counting the blessings on being able to see Caleb and enjoy this...once when caleb is gone the emperor will be caught without any clother!
Gophert is a perfect example. He was so bad here that they chased him away. He goes to Washington and he looked so much better. Thats coaching all day long
He played fine for us when he was at USC
Ya, no he didn't. Couldn't cover or play zone missed a lot of tackles
What would Nick Saban have done
If you or I sucked this much at our job wed be fired. Coach Riley just says it’s all good.. I hate this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Riley is a clown
Caleb can only do so much. The defense choked again.
So did Caleb I'm afraid! his two blunders were devastating.
I was on campus for homecoming yesterday and did not see any evidence of organization to oust grinch! What is wrong with our alumni and students. In 1970 I was part of student movement to fire BB Coach Bob Boyd. We ultimately made SC BB a more legitimate program. What is wrong with SC football alumni, students and fans ? !!!!
Riley needs to bite the bullet and just fire Grinch by tomorrow. Even if they just let Greg Burns run it for the rest of the season. There is no reason to keep Grinch around at this point.
What did people expect though, with Lincoln Riley coming from the Big 12.
Until USC realizes that teams win games, they will never win the ones that matter. It is never about one guy.
NO I IN TEAM!
Both defenses were bad. CW and Oline didn't score 2 TDs. Winnable! Lloyd absent. UCLA and ND, OU lost too.
You thought Domani Jackson played well? Not sure what game you were watching Shotgun. Kid was lost out there.
Kalen DeBoer will own Riley SC for many years. Same with Dan Lanning. Both young and can play D!
Go Dogs!
#FireRileyFireGrinch
The coaching is the source of various problems with USC. Grinch yes, conditioning coach sure. You can probably lump im other assistant coaches but Riley is the main source here - and he needs to be fired. He’s been exposed as a fraud, overrated, and not able to coach all the players he recruited to elevate the team as a supposedly #5 ranked team.
Caleb wasn't perfect, and they lost. Lincoln may be the wrong head coach, tough tough hard truth.
Usc is not a good team, the coaching on both sides of the ball is messy. Call out grinch, why? Call out Riley instead, the offense is just as poor as the defense just has caleb to hide the crappy coaching.
naw..give us a decent DC and were undefeated
This was Austin Jones moment finally, too bad he is going to have this season as his last. But stupid coaches just let him ride the pine too much, but I'm sure he knew it was going to suck when the run loathing CLR was hired. PS. I thought Monte Kiffin had our worst D on record. Actually this game felt just like the Oregon game where they set the record in the Coli, 600+ yds and 62 pts. That was the third highest scoring game ever among ranked teams at the time. We finished that year 7-6 unranked and probably will this year too with an invite to the Who Gives a Crap Bowl on Christmas So, you could still say the Grinch Stole Christmas one more time.
The Grinch that stole his PAC12 Championship.
SC will never beat Oregon! Oregon has a much better D than Wash.
Can and will they ever call out the bad play a weak player always can be noticed by a 10 year old.
Look at number 13 on defense. That guy has been a horrible player. Who is his advocate?
THIS USC GUY IS LIKE ALL THE OTHERS CRAZY...HAVE ZERO CHANCE OF BEATING OREGON.
FightOn FightOn FightOn
As I said before the BEATDOWNS WILL CONTINUE the rest of the season with Riley and Grinch. They have zero chance against these teams Oregon and UCLA - more embarrassment and humiliation is coming.
Riley thinks Pac 12 teams are a "tough stretch" ? What does he think he is facing next season in Big 10 ? !
He didn’t want to go to LSU because he was afraid to coach in the SEC. Now he has to play Notre Dame and the Big 10 every year. 😂😂😂
Grinch is gone.
Why was Caleb crying? Did he forget how bad Ou was while he played for them? Did he think Riley defense was gonna be better? I’m confused why he thought things would change, stop crying bro, stop painting ur nails
He was crying because of his fumble and taking team out of field goal range. He realized that was 100% on him.
Just don't go Donnie Moore on us young brother.
@@Jaime-u5m he’s done a lot of stupid shit lately on the field, the fumble he had, running back was open in check down he didn’t see him lol
@@Jaime-u5m once he took the sack I said that’s a dak prescott play cuz I’m a cowboys fan and dak would take a sack like that
He’s a Lincoln Riley product, a bad sport, and a sore loser, and won’t even shake his opponent’s hand. That’s why.
Nice call in rushing against usc
Wow!.. As a USC fan who doesn’t live with the masses, I must say U guys are overly dramatic, b/c Lincoln Riley has been the best thing walking in that door since Pete Carroll. And U guys are says “He’s over rated” & he needs to leave. A/F two yrs at SC!, Really?!!.. And apparently no one in the comments has ever seen a Lincoln team at OU b/c the same issues they had there is still haunting them at SC, defense. Which I’m pretty sure by the 3rd yr, they’ll bring someone new & we’ll see how it works. What frustrates me is we have one of the elite QBs in the game. And he isn’t able 2 display his talent on a high level b/c of the defense. I’m upset wit the fact it’s gotten worser aka defense, and Lincoln didn’t let Alex go in the off season.
I'm really happy SC sucks!
Dress like grown up, backwards hat with a tie much?
So, you're saying he should behave like someone overwhelmed by responsibilities, in constant kiss-ass mode, and spend sleepless nights worrying about tomorrow??
Couple of weeks ago I petitioned for my driver's license in a Central American country.
I discovered I had to enter the building/take the test in Pants and shoes.
YOU'RE NOT FROM ONE OF THESE COUNTRIES ARE YOU, RESTLESS? or you're just Restless about the inconsequential??
Shoes, I can kind of see it but pants??
I enquired and were told; it was deemed disrespectful not to wear pants and shoes.
Oh, and "that's been the law in our country for over a hundred years".
I suppose if Shotgun were reporting from Honduras/Nicaragua/Guatemala he would have to wear proper attire.
Now I understand why they wear those cheap suits and ugly ties,,.
@@Jaime-u5m im saying dont be the 40 y/o at the frat party. Its lame.