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RaceBannon
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grantland.com/the-triangle/college-football-2014-week-3-wrap-usc-boston-college-georgia-south-carolina/
While the USC defense was busy looking outwitted and unprepared for the possibility that the opposing quarterback might keep the ball, the offense was busy doing, well, nothing: After scoring on three consecutive possessions in the first and second quarters (all three of which began in BC territory), the Trojans proceeded to punt on eight straight possessions,1 failing to earn a first down on four of them. A pair of late touchdowns on the arm of quarterback Cody Kessler made the final score look respectable — at least to the extent that a six-point loss to a 17-point underdog can be considered “respectable” — but after its first possession of the second half, when the score was still just 20-17, USC didn’t touch the ball again with a chance to regain the lead.
Remember that Kiffin, like Sarkisian, was hired in a transparent attempt to extend the Carroll dynasty, despite neither of the former understudies having won much of anything in their previous stops as head coach. Because their public personae are so wildly different, the similarities between the former colleagues seemed to end there. In reality, though, USC fans may be realizing that their new coach has more in common with the old one than anyone realized — or, worse, exactly as much as everyone feared.
While the USC defense was busy looking outwitted and unprepared for the possibility that the opposing quarterback might keep the ball, the offense was busy doing, well, nothing: After scoring on three consecutive possessions in the first and second quarters (all three of which began in BC territory), the Trojans proceeded to punt on eight straight possessions,1 failing to earn a first down on four of them. A pair of late touchdowns on the arm of quarterback Cody Kessler made the final score look respectable — at least to the extent that a six-point loss to a 17-point underdog can be considered “respectable” — but after its first possession of the second half, when the score was still just 20-17, USC didn’t touch the ball again with a chance to regain the lead.
Remember that Kiffin, like Sarkisian, was hired in a transparent attempt to extend the Carroll dynasty, despite neither of the former understudies having won much of anything in their previous stops as head coach. Because their public personae are so wildly different, the similarities between the former colleagues seemed to end there. In reality, though, USC fans may be realizing that their new coach has more in common with the old one than anyone realized — or, worse, exactly as much as everyone feared.
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Stane Sarkiffen
Waaayyy out over his skis out here.