USC vs. Alabama Game Thread

Fight on and beat the Tide!

 

I don't mind Fowler and Herbstreet.

At least I won't have to mute the volume tonight.

 

Thank God Mushburger is gone.

 

UCLA lost.

 

Beat the Tide!

 

You want me to fill in for him?

"You're looking LIVE at Jerry World stadium in Arlington Texas, with my pard'ner Herbie Herbstreet."


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They said this is the first time we play Bama in 31 years. I had forgotten about that 85 game. With Tollner as the head coach we didn't have a chance. Let hope Helton is more like JRob than Tollner against Bama.

 

BEAT THE TIDE!!!!

 

Roll'em and smoke'm.

FIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Fight on!

Every play, never let up!!

 

Nick Sabin would kill that girl if he could. He shows about as much tolerance of her as he would of a child.

 

Remember guys:

-- Not every offensive play works
-- Kids are kids, they are not pros
-- The opponent has coaches, plays, and assignments, too....some plays they may just execute better

OK, carry on and Fight the Fu>k On!

 

Stupid shirt, Clay. It looks like a vest worn over a little kid's shirt.

Can we get the guy something decent to wear?

 

Not all that impressed with the new away jerseys.

 

SC FOOTBALL IS BACK

 

Look at that nice throw.

Browne = the future.

 

Doink! But it's good!

 

Not a bad start!

 

Ok! Let's get this party started!

 

Let's go!!

 

Defense has to get the ball back. C'mon DEFENSE!!!!

 

Here comes a bubble screen

 

That's how we do!!! Goal posts are on our side tonight

 

Stupid coaching shirts.

Stupid jerseys.

Thanks for nothing, nike.

 

Kiffy sighting, #1.

 

C'mon guys you can't get hooked.

 

Stuff that run, baby.

 

Atta kid Cam!!!

 

Cam Smith with the stick!!

 

Oh yeah Baby!!!! Eat shit Lame!!!

 

Nice!

He's a freshman. Hit him hard and hit him often.

 

Knocked Barnett out of his cleat.

 

Clancy working his magic early!

 

Nice pressure!

 

The jerseys look basically the same, stop complaining.

 

Hell yeah! Liked that pressure!!!

 

LETS ROCK!!!

WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWW

 

Barnett is not going to win this game for them. Hit him hard and hit him every snap. The kid is seeing headlights.

 

But the coaches shirts look like they were designed by Osh-Kosh-Bi'gosh.

 

Loss of yards and loss of shoe. That Trojan D!

 

What kind of California kid would go play for alabama? F him.

 

Clancey's defense, and the speed of the guys flying around out there will be a LOT for a freshman to handle. If we can stuff the run and force this kid to try to make throws on 3rd down, I think we can beat them.

 

That is Clancy's specialty. Hopefully we can rattle their QB and not let him get comfortable and into rhythm.

 

Welcome back Clancy.

 

They didn't expect much from our Dline huh?

 

Hahahahaha!!!

 

round one goes to ClancyP over LaneK

 

Great catch Rogers... Hope we throw it up to him a few more times..

 

Im excited! First series on D was spot on!

 

I like how we're throwing to the TE.

 

OK going to sleep now I'll assume we won.

 

Wlicox ruined us last year!!!

 

Wow. Mitchell ran the right route. Nice.

Move those chains.

 

First penalty, let's hope it's the last.

 

Oline is getting owned right now.

 

We've got to get a running game going.

 

I think their d-line is pretty good.

4 guys in our backfield before Davis even got the ball.

 

BROWNEEEE! oh yeah!

 

MOBILE SHADES OF MICHAEL VICK

 

Run Max run... I

 

Look at that stork run!

Move those chains.

 

Max with the wheels!

 

That was #4 hahahahaha!

 

Yep Fitzpatrick never turned to look for the ball.

 

He's already ran more than Cody lol

 

Browne can run!

 

Was that Darnold on the run?!?! :)

 

Max = Future RB!!!

 

Sam Darnold who?

Who's the running QB now?

 

Gotta get more creative with the run game.

 

Running yards are hard to come by. C'mon Oline.

 

The confidence with which he made that decision to scramble was very refreshing. The O-line needs to get their shit together.

 

So far, Max doesn't look too nervous out there.

 

Ced Ware gets a carry before Rojo2?!?!? That's surprising.

 

I font know about kicking

 

Wtf???? Take the points.

 

Banner got worked there

 

Needed to throw it quicker

 

Max held the ball too long there.

 

Seemed like the 'Bama defense was getting a little gassed.

 

Banner we need better blocking.. He got 100lbs on Williams and Anderson so we need more push from him.. Browne getting the ball out quick but if u watching the trenches Bama is winning

 

No Field goal?

 

Time for Bama to turn the ball over.

 

Max ran right into that sack.

 

It will be nice to get a kicker one of these years.

 

Bama dominating our offensive line thus far.

 

Held the ball a bit long. But I like his poise otherwise. Keep playing hard Max.

 

My boy Cam smith looks great

 

Kickers are underrated. Just look at Wisconsin win today, won by 3 FG's over 40 yards.

 

CLANCY IS BACK

 

Nice stop defense

 

Defense is looking good!!

 

Two possessions and no bubble screens for the tide. Who's calling the play?

 

Crap. Well -- that didn't last very long.

 

That punter is good

 

Very good D... keep bama offensive off the field...

 

C Hawk coming up big!!!

 

So far I like what I'm seeing. SC to stay tough but loose - great things will happen.

 

Not good.

Same knee?

Great kid, but injury prone.

 

I like the fact that we went for it on 4th down. Clay is sending the message that he trusts both his offense and defense. Playing to win, not playing not to lose.

Thus far, we are stuffing their running game. Make this quarterback beat us with his arm.

 

OL gonna have to get a push to keep Bama honest.

 

Getting zero push on their defensive front.

Good news, our LB's & Secondary look smart & swift.

 

Hopefully they are just being ultra careful and pulling him out as a precautionary measure.

 

Need to get that run going, I think we might win this if that happens

 

We're in no man's land right now. Just don't turn the ball over.

 

I heard we are going to use 2 punters. But so far we haven't punted, hopefully we won't the entire game.

 

Need this conversion or Bama is getting good field position

 

That was the first time Max had happy feet. Nobody was near him, but he threw it away.

 

They are not afraid of our running game.

 

Okay

 

UC Davis put 28 up on the Oregon defense. Fear the ducks.

 

Our O-Line might be big but zero athleticism, including Banner.

Our Center & LG getting blasted up front.

Ouch.

 

Great special teams punt!

 

Great punt and coverage there.

 

All things considered, good job

 

Coaching staff has to do it's job. Having confusion like that vs Bama is no good.

 

I'm not sure that this is a fair game to make an assessment on our O-line play.

EVERY guy on that Alabama line will get drafted and drafted early. They are scary good.

 

Aussie punter! Nice one...

 

Another timeout? *Shakes head*

 

Back up QB for Nama. Interesting.

 

Bama going to cycle through 3 QB's tonight.

Boom or bust strategy.

 

I love Freshman QBs :)

 

You know Hurts isn't going to throw much. You never know though with Lamey starts digging through the Dennys menu.

 

Outstanding!

True freshmen in a big loud game = chaos.

 

Haha talk up the freshman and he fumbles

 

Cam Smith strikes again!

 

Time to put it in for 7

 

Of course, who lands on the ball, none other than Cam the man.

 

Wtf is up with burning through timeouts?????

 

Saban outsmarts his own azz, HA!

 

Horrible clock management . Come on clay

 

Another timeout????? *Facepalm*

 

How many times-out have we used now?

Confusion.

Not good.

 

Burned through all three timeouts in the first quarter.

 

WTF?!?!? This time out wasting shit has to end!

 

We really missed Cam. What a difference maker.

 

I just felt a Bama turnover coming.

 

We are really blowing the play clock management game here. We've had a delay of game penalty and burned all of our TOs.

 

The Helton era still burning those time outs.

 

Browne has NO time.

 

Block someone

 

What the hell?

Do we even have a left tackle?

 

You gotta be shittin me!!

 

Our O Line is getting owned right now.

 

Cannot have bust like that, Chuma

 

Happy feet again.

Geez Max -- nobody is even near you, maybe look for another guy?

 

Very concerned about the lack of organization on offense.

This was my fear.

Never felt like Helton had control of a game strategy or mgmt last season, esp on the road.

This is what i was hoping for -- win or lose. To show precision, discipline, organization, saavy.

Its why Tom Hermann & Houston was so impressive.

Timely plays, zero confusion, organized in every facet.

Every player knew their assignment.

Guys on USC offense just staring at each other.

 

Offensive line getting abused and Browne is rattled.

 

What an upgrade at Punter this year!

 

Max just needs to settle down! It would help a little if Chuma blocked for him though.

 

O-LINE is a freaking wreck

 

I'd be curious who Chuma thought was going to pick that guy up?

 

Are we watching the same game? He has NO time.

 

Bama's D is tired. RUN FUCKING TEMPO!

 

SC seems uptight on offense. Gotta loosen up.

 

Look at Cam shooting the gap and creating havoc in the backfield!

 

Defense playing great. Offense spinning its wheels.

They look too tentative. Cmon man attack.

 

TE (short pass) is QBs best friend with that rush coming.

 

Defensive battle

 

Work the edges. Not everything up the middle. Use the speed.

 

Glad we have the Aussie punter :)

 

Browne telegraphing his throws/plays, yet to be expected vs Bama D & 1st game.

 

Problems? Yes...but all in all, it's a good quarter when you hold Alabama to no points.

 

Our offense can barely all get on the same page enough to run a play coming out of a timeout, don't ask them to speed up and confuse things even more.

 

I could give a rats ass if we win every quarter 3-0! I'll take it!!!

 

We are going to win if we can pitch a shutout.

 

You know, when Tom Hanks is your captain, you're pretty much screwed. Captain Philips, Apollo 13, now Sully . . . if he's at the helm, brace yourself for a clusterfuk.

 

Looks like the offense is running one man routes alot of the time. If that option isn't there, Max throws the ball away.

 

That's not correct, the exception being the missed assignment.

 

Uptight and lack of purpose. Some risky plays but offensive line couldn't block a mosquito bite tonight.

3 timeouts in 1st Quarter in a tight game?