Give me a weekJust waiting for the other teams do it argument
Give me a week
Against the rules to go to opponents games to learn their signals since 1994. This story got a lot more interesting in the last few hours.Is the issue that he bought tickets to games (that are otherwise televised) and decoded what their signals were? Is that it? Isn't that called scouting? What am I missing?
Dabo bout to start trying this.
Many rumors of Venables stealing signs while at Clemson. When they played tOSU the second time tOSU ran their plays in and smoked their defense. One sample size not enough for proof but seems damning to me. Dabo apparently smarter than Harbaugh and didn't have one his analysts buy tickets in his own name to get caught.
this is fantastic
These coaches that focus on offense to the detriment of the defense fascinate me. Glenn Mason with the Gophers 20 years ago was the same way. Top 5 offense, bottom 5 defense, finish 7-5 because while scoring 45 points a game the defense allowed 38. Lincoln Riley seems to be in the same mold. OU was notorious for offense and a weak defense. He goes to USC and seeing the same results. Go get even an average defense and probably win every game.
Nothing fascinating about it. I dislike finesse teams, which is precisely what USC has been since Carroll left. All of Kiffin, Sarkisian, Helton, and now Riley's teams have been flashy offense (or at least attempting it, as with Helton - and sadly, now Riley the last several games) and weak to average at best defenses.
Riley is still young, so maybe he'll get better (i.e. more ruthless) when it comes to his assistants who aren't measuring up, but so far, keeping Grinch when it has been obvious for at least five years going back to his days at OSU that he's a below-averahe DC tells me he values loyalty more than competence.
I think Caleb Williams has mentally checked out because he knows that, no matter how well he and the offense plays, the defense will manage to play just a little bit worse.
The defense is so bad that practically all of their opponents have season-high numbers against them. Utah's offense has struggled much of this year but they scored easily (with a backup QB) on the USC defense. I'm convinced that Whittingham allowed USC to score late in the game but with enough time to let Utah score the game-winning FG. I'm also convinced that if Utah needed a TD to win the game, they'd have gotten that, too. Grinch is just....bad. There's talent galore on the defense if you go by their RIVALZZZZ stars, but they always seem to be out of position, make inopportune penalties, and consistently give up 3rd and longs.
Need to be HARD NOSED
Tbh, I just don’t see the talent on the defensive side of the ball, especially up front. Besides Alexander, who do they got ? I don’t see no Shaun Cody’s, Keneche Udeze’s Matt Grootegoeds, etc. they’re extremely small at the LB position and soft in the secondary. Blame Grinch all you want but it’s definitely going to take more than a new DC.
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