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So. Cal 52 Virginia 7 (Final)
85 sweaty Trojans in Charlottesville? Just another Saturday night at the sorority house.
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Finally, a touchdown. And imagine that, it comes about when the play script runs out, because that was some awful playcalling. USC is blitzing the lights out, where are the screen passes? We are continuing the grand tradition of taking a giant [censored] in the first game. (See: Wyoming, 2007; Pittsburgh, 2006)
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USC's defense is absolutely out of control.
It's like they know Virginia's snap count. That D-line + Cushing + Maulauga + Mathews... It's going to be a freaking battle on September 13th.
The offense is efficient, but nothing spectacular.
I think it's obvious that USC's defensive playcalling is among the most aggressive in CFB. Virginia is starting to figure out how to beat it... Rolling out of the pocket, slants, and screens.
The linebackers are super fast and super aggressive, but that can be taken advantage of. Even Virginia is beginning to figure it out.
This is about to belong in another thread, but I believe that Heacock realizes this and will gameplan accordingly.
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Nice to see USC beat the over all by themselves.
I hope Lalich figures it out sooner rather than later. On maybe 1/4th of his throws he showed why he was such a high-ranked recruit. Kind of hard to judge him against that defense though.
One day maybe Mike Groh will learn to call a game. Sophomore quarterback gets his own keys to the offense for the first time - an offense, I might add, that features one of the best RB tandems in the conference - and 9 of the first 10 plays are passes? I think he drank too much of that Texas Tech kool-aid.
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