USC Report Card
Here are the grades for the Colorado game.
RESULT: No. 21 USC 42, COLORADO 17
RECORD: 7-2, 4-2
WEEK 9 GPA: B-
QUARTERBACK
If only every secondary featured 3 freshmen and a walk-on.
B
RUNNING BACKS
Fans finally got a good glimpse of elusive Amir Carlisle.
B+
WIDE RECEIVERS
College looks as easy as high school for Robert Woods and Marqise Lee.
B+
OFFENSIVE LINE
OK, it was Colorado but still a respectable performance.
B
DEFENSIVE LINE
Still not making enough big plays especially sacks.
C+
LINEBACKERS
Lamar Dawson missed some tackles but could start for 3.5 years.
C
DEFENSIVE BACKS
Way too many open receivers. Colorado QB Tyler Hansen just missed them.
C-
SPECIAL TEAMS
Two blocked kicks on line drives and Kyle Negrete's punting is solid.
B
COACHING
Ignoring the run might matter if Colorado completed a few more passes.
C+
If a 42 to 17 final score in an away game merits grades like these, what would earn straight A's? USC 100, Colorado 0? Or is the score not relevant to the grading?
In Brother Scott's grading system, could USC earn straight A's with a 3-to-0 win, or even a loss, if everyone performed flawlessly, but USC was simply beaten by a better team? I guess I just don't understand the yardstick that we're using here.
By the way, I'm not saying USC earned a 4.0 GPA in that Colorado game. I'm just asking what a 4.0 GPA would look like on the field.
I value Scott Wolf's opinion on football, as much as I value Hugo Chavez's views on capitalism and human rights.
Man, different game than I saw. I agree with only one thing, that being the defensive backs. Still we have such bend we could never break. I would not mind a back getting beat if he was actually in coverage and knew where the ball was. We are so far off the ball when it gets caught we look ridicules. If the boys can't play tighter we will always lose the close games by the last minute field goal.
Wolfey, it's okay to give out an A every now and then. Special teams earned an A w/ those blocked kicks.
Does, FYI , bRuins ARE crap.
You want an A or A-, then go to uckla's Jon Blog's blog, where he is more realistic than Wolf
Speaking of which, don't you just love sports fans when their team wins. Let's look at the mathematical possibility of uckla making the Pac-12 championship game.
ASU-- WSU at WSU; advantage ASU
ASU-- at home vs Arizona; advantage ASU
ASU-- at home vs Cal; advantage ASU
uckla at Utah; advantage Utah
Colorado at uckla; advantage uckla
uckla at USC; advantage USC
So ASU has about a 1/2 chance of going undefeated.
uckla has about a 1/12 chance of going undefeated
Maybe this explains Coach Neuheuisal's new practical
vision of how his team probably is not going to make it to the Pac-12 championship round, let alone the Rose Bowl (God forbid)
Does a Bruin crap...how do YOU do? you sound so familiar!!
I am surprised that Wolf gave Kiffen a C+. He must be in a good mood.