USC-Washington State Report Card
Here's the grades from Saturday's game.
RESULT: No. 6 USC 69, Washington State 0
RECORD: 5-1, 3-1
WEEK 6 GPA: B
QUARTERBACK
Mark Sanchez never got pressured in a practice-like atmosphere.
B+
RUNNING BACKS
USC also had three 100-yard rushers against Occidental in 1929.
A
WIDE RECEIVERS
And Occidental might have been better than Washington State.
B
OFFENSIVE LINE
Reserve Nick Howell had 18 knockdowns in first career start.
A-
DEFENSIVE LINE
Freshman Armond Armstead quickly emerging as a contributor.
B+
LINEBACKERS
Malcolm Smith and Chris Galippo saw real action against fake team.
B
SECONDARY
What did they have to do all day with Cougars refusing to pass?
C
SPECIAL TEAMS
That missed extra point might matter in a respectable game.
C+
COACHING
At least Pete Carroll substituted in second half to avoid 100-point margin.
B-
Giving the Secondary a C in a game where they forced a fumble, recovered a fumble, intercepted a pass, and held WSU to 3.1 yards per pass attempt is over the line, Scott. Also, giving Special Teams only a C+ on a day where the Kickoff Team allowed only 36 yards on 11 kickoffs (well under 4 yards per kick including 9 touchbacks), the Punt Team didn't allow a single yard on two punts including a touchback and a kick inside the 20, and FG team DID make 9 PAT's is just you being bitter and salty. Getting a kick blocked is just laziness, but overall the Special Teams executed at a top notch level.
Scott,
Your low grades in certain categories is strange for an almost perfect game. This is like a teacher giving a student with with a 99% score on a test a C because the teacher didn't make the test hard enough.
Although given your polls, logic is often over your head.
I have to go back and watch again, but the block of the afternoon -- well, the O-Line block of the afternoon, since Garret Green gets the honors for THE block of the afternoon -- was Jeff Byers just leveling one Wazzu d-lineman and getting in the way of backside pursuit on one of those mid length running touchdowns.
Also on the blocked XP, it sure looked to those of us sitting in the end zone the guy ran up the back of his teammate to get a little more lift. He tried it the next time too and was flagged 15 yards for it.