USC-Stanford Report Card

Here’s the grades from Homecoming.

RESULT: No. 25 Stanford 55, No. 11 USC 21
RECORD: 7-3, 4-3.
WEEK 10 GPA: D

QUARTERBACK

Is Matt Barkley still playing as well as any USC QB in the Carroll era?

F

RUNNING BACKS

Joe McKnight showed up to play. Few others did.

B-

WIDE RECEIVERS

Obviously USC needs to recruit this position for next year.

C

OFFENSIVE LINE

Maybe one of these guys can flip to defense to stop the run.

C-

DEFENSIVE LINE

Perhaps it’s time to give Malik Jackson some extra snaps here.

F

LINEBACKERS

OK, USC does miss Rey Maualuga and Brian Cushing.

F

DEFENSIVE BACKS

They made a lot of tackles but 10 yards behind the line of scrimmage.

D+

SPECIAL TEAMS

When you lost by 34 points, who cares about this topic?

D+

COACHING

Stanford stomped on the front seven but what was Plan B to stop the run?

F