Is there any way this shocks the team into destroying the rest of its competition and moving back into the BCS hunt???

If Im on the team, I gotta be thinking, we are too damn good to let people pile on us like this - lets kill every team we play by 40 now.

Scott, Is there any truth that your first video correlates with the first loss at the Colesium in years?

I'm cool with that. To blame the QB for all the problems, that's the first sign of an ignorant football fan.

I'm not sure about the Ausberry INT, but the Havili pick was as dumb as they come. Did Stanley run the wrong route, or stop his route premature? Probably. but JDB threw the ball to Havili as we was standing still and JDB was looking right at the defender when he did that. Havili may get blamed for a crummy route, but Booty had no business in the world throwing that ball. Terrible decision, terrible throw, and a terrible effort to go and tackle the guy. I'm tired of making excuses for the guy. He just doesn't have it.

I'm not sure I agree with that. As a former QB myself there is normally a window of time where you can pull back on a pass if a guy runs the wrong route or slips down. Even on a timming pattern where you deliver the ball to a spot where a WR should be at a certain time. That brief bit of time is still there where you can pull back instead of just flailing the ball at at spot where the WR should have been only to have it picked off. Thats a judgement that a good QB can normally make.

Bottomline, it is a combination of both the QB and the receivers. I would think it would be easier to make a change with the receivers, than it is at QB. Unless Booty's injury prevents him from being 100% this week.

This week should be competition week at the wide receiver position. I have said this a few times, but I believe the 3 starters are from the same mold. Slow, tall, and physical. We need an alternative on one side of the field, SPEED. Ronald Johnson deserves a shot after the last game.

Another Perspective on the USC QB problems:

1. The coaching staff has a thesis that the QB position is one of a “distributor” not a “play maker”. I have always had a problem with this thesis for the simple fact that on any given play something can go wrong and the QB will need to improvise. Assuming that to improvise means more than a check down pass of five yards when ten is needed for a first down. The coaching staff was afforded this thesis and it worked when they had the big homerun players but until one develops they should rethink their thesis.

2. JDB or as I call him “Johnny Check Down” appears to lack the patience needed that would allow the routs to (separation) develop. It seems that he takes the check down out of habit or training far too quickly, thinking five plus is better than seven lost. But what concerns me most is what he is missing. Far too often (time and time again) he is missing open receivers for big yardage just to take a safe check down. This has been true in every game this year. Example, against Stanford I saw a pass where USC need ten yards (3rd & 10) and JDB passed to a back that was covered for five yards. He had a receiver that was wide open at the first down marker waving his arms just beyond the back, in his line of sight. This play was not an anomaly. A Jr. High QB could make that play but four JDB and USC it was a punt.

3. I said last year that USC could not win the NC with “Johnny Check Down” because he is too easy to defend against. “Johnny Check Down” who can’t move is a sitting duck for a good team. Unless USC develops a big playmaker that can overcome the weaknesses of “Johnny Check Down” USC will lose two or three more games.

People say JDB is a good QB, I ask based on what? Don’t give me his passing “check down” percentage.

USC could have been NC last year and this year - I fault the Coaching Staff for QB position thesis.

Dan

DB, thank you! Last night I posted a thread similar to yours. My criticism was directed at the OC, QB's coach and receivers coach. If I'm NOT mistaken Hazelton whom I am a big fan of ran the wrong route against Idaho resulting on a JDB INT. That can be excused after a couple of games NOT after four.
Practice? Yes, Alan Iverson that's what practices are for.
Thank you