The Triumphs of Troy, Open Thread

USC’s run game had horrible statistics in the Fall Showcase scrimmage, amassing 17 yards on 15 carries by running backs. Offensive line coach Tim Drevno didn’t seem too bothered by the effort and neither did the offensive line’s most veteran starter.

“You play a defense who knows the same plays that you run for three weeks, you know, stuff happens,” left tackle Austin Jackson said. “We'll be okay.”

Jackson said the offensive line made some errors with pre-snap calls that he believed were a product of learning a new offense, but said the line worked on communication early in the week to help correct the issues.

DoogCourics said:

Did you go to the scrimmage? If you did, you learned a lot.

Here’s what I heard from fans and also thought myself:

- The secondary was atrocious. I can’t recall too many plays where the cornerbacks were in a position to break up a pass or do anything positive. The wide receivers were always open. USC is young at cornerback but this was one of the worst group efforts I can recall in a fall scrimmage situation.
- This is going to be a season-long problem.
-Not only were receivers open, there were a lot of pass-interference penalties.
-The running game was almost non-existent. USC’s QBs could pass at will but the run-blocking was subpar and it didn’t seem like USC was committed to running, a complaint I told you I heard about Graham Harrell at North Texas. The pass blocking was better.
-A highlight was punter Ben Griffiths‘ 58-yard kick. I guess he will be a team star this season.
-Frankly, I didn’t see any super-dynamic aspect to this offense but it was just a scrimmage.
-What about the quarterbacks? All of them had their moments. Freshman Kedon Slovis completed the most deep passes but a lot of them were underthrown and completed because the coverage was so bad.
-The funniest play was when the ref signaled JT Daniels was sacked before he released a deep pass. Of course, the pass was caught for a TD over two defenders, so Clay Helton signalled to the ref to count it as a touchdown anyways. Wonder if he would have done that for Matt Fink?

sounds like doogcourics doesnt understand the mess sark left, gonna take tim to clean it up.

https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/27455958/predicting-every-college-football-power-5-conference-2019

ESPN predicts Helton will die