Does any one call make a big difference in a game like last night’s? Sam Darnold’s interception was interesting. USC had a first down, rushed for nearly 400 yards and was up 42-24. So why have Darnold throw a relatively deep pass?
Clay Helton said after the game he wanted to be aggressive for 60 minutes.
:”I don’t want to play safe football,” Helton said. “I wanted to be aggressive.”
If only that was the mindset against Stanford and Utah on fourth down.
Its called making a mistake and learning from it. Saw Helton during the Trojan walk. I like him. He was friendly to all the fans so was JuJu.
Maybe after receiving so much flak for the Stanford game he decided that he should not play it safe any longer.
Maybe you should stop listening to “Living in the Past” by Jethro Tull.
Most have after 1974, the Dr. Rachel Maddow of Inside USC.
Hey Helen! I like that song. Brings back good memories.
Me too. Early Tull is still great music to listen to.
Not only that. The older recording( not remastered) doesn’t sound as loud. I downloaded Van Halen’s greatest hits and every song was loud. It was same loudness no matter what part of the song was playing. I can’t imagine Stairway To Heaven being the same loudness throughout the song.
After watching the post-game presser, and hearing Helton’s answer, I knew it was only a matter of time until my boy Flow posted something like this. Way to stay consistent, Sir Flow.
So I guess part of Wolf’s plan to make USC excellent again is second guessing every questionable call made by Helton. He also made a number a great decisions. Not like this would ever happen but could you imagine being Wolf’s kid?
#creepyfeeling
There are some of his off spring who visit the blog.
In captivity Wolf’s and Bruins mate.
The only thing that was wrong was the under thrown ball.
It was telegraphed as a free ball as soon as it left his hand.At that second I said o’sh.t
As talented and great as Sam is,he’s been learning on the job.
That’s probably why the safety was in such good position. Still, if he puts it out there towards the corner of the end zone, only we would’ve had a shot at it and a decent shot at that. I’m kind of liking Darius in these jump ball situations with small DBs and Sam doesn’t even have to be perfect.
We know that the deep pass is not SD’s strength. The game was under control. Why would Scott, or anyone else, not think it was a good learning opportunity for Darnold to throw a deep ball? How will he learn, otherwise?
Great point. Sam missed on several long throws and others as well. Truth be told, Sam is leaving a lot of stuff on the table and it’s saying something when you’re still blowing people out. Give any of the USC teams of the last few years 125 yds in penalties and 3 turnovers and that’s a game those teams almost certainly lose. This team wins that game going away.
Clay, you just posted something that tells us this Trojan team has the required abundance of Talent, the Players and Coaching Staff, TO WHIP , BEAT, AND SHAFT THE HUSKIES where they live !!!
Boy, I said a mouthful there. Let’s keep working, beat Oregon, stay healthy and then look at Udub. We OWE the Ducks and it’s time to put another nail in the Ducks coffin. Next week should be a fun game.
It (deep pass) isn’t his strength – he threw one just before the 1st half ended that was floating after launch.
Better to glaringly see a real failing against Cal then against: OR, WA, bel-air tech or ‘The Princess’
Helton is so full of himself. He sure wasn’t aggressive on the last drive before the field goal. Ran on every play , a short pass route to the back or TE would have worked easily. Cal stacked their line to defend the obvious run.
He isn’t going to get to year 3
Yes it was Scot. In the second half the Cal safeties were closer to the line of scrimmage then the first half. You throw long to so the safeties play back. Makes it easier to run in case you were wondering.
The big picture is on the way with Oregon, UW, ucla, and
ND the last four games of the regular season. Three victories needed to make a big splash on the national scene, and a decent Bowl game.
That my BIG PICTURE..Really hope this season ends well.
Gomer will take the month off before Bowl and lose to Notthwestern
Aggressive does not mean bad execution.
Darnold just threw a bad pass, plain and simple. We wouldn’t be talking about it if it ends up a TD or just falls incomplete. Just a poorly thrown ball.
Just let this one slide and hope Sam works on it during practice. All you can ask for.
Spot on
better late than never…pedal to the metal until the finish line…
Play strong to the end
Note to Blogger: there’s a difference between being aggressive and being foolish.
Pound the ball, run the clock. Pound the ball, run the clock.
It’s not a hard concept to grasp Gomer
Aggressive vs Cal lol … what a Gomer
He did what you wanted Wolf.