USC-ASU Report Card

We forgot to post this yesterday.

RESULT: No. 8 USC 28, Arizona State 0
RECORD: 4-1, 2-1
WEEK 5 GPA: C+

QUARTERBACK

Usually, you lose when the QB commits 4 turnovers.

D

RUNNING BACKS

Joe McKnight snapped out of his funk and didn’t fumble.

B+

WIDE RECEIVERS

All that talk about improvement suffered a setback.

D+

OFFENSIVE LINE

No one escaped blame for the dreadful third quarter.

C-

DEFENSIVE LINE

Fili Moala blocked two field goals and recovered a fumble.

A-

LINEBACKERS

Brian Cushing played a strong game. Rey Maualuga started slowly.

B+

SECONDARY

Pete Carroll said Kevin Thomas played the best game of his career.

B+

SPECIAL TEAMS

No news is good news but fake FG backfired.

C

COACHING

The play-calling remains an issue and would matter against a real team.

C-