The reality is that we have an IDIOT as an Offensive genius, guru whatever else the arrogant jerk calls himself. He can head back to the NFL any time he wants. I hear the NY Giants are hiring. His play calling is freakin horrendous. The D knows what is coming on every single play. How many screens will get blown up in the back field before he learns.
Seriously jonesman, I know you're upset, but this post is so... not intelligent. The defense doesn't know what's coming every play, that's just dumb. You learn how to feel a screen even in HS, and probably before that (I didn't play till HS), just like you learn anything else. It still comes down to needing
something to work before almost anything can work. If you can't pass, you can't run. If you can't run, you can't pass. If you can't do either, you start getting it in your head that plays will ALWAYS fail, and that in turn effects whether or not the plays
actually fail.
I still think if things could just start going right, multiple things will fall into place. But things keep going wrong, and we can never build up that confidence. Seriously, that looked like the least confident offense I almost have ever seen. You think the defense doesn't notice that? They feed of that, and it also contributes to the "circle of ineptitude." And then it affects the defense because they know the offense is going 3 and out, and they play with less intensity as well. I mean, the defense came out JACKED today, and the O let them down again.
Once we get our first drive for a touchdown, I think with our talent things will start to click and the floodgates will be opened. We just need to get over that psychological barrier that all these games have made. So many of those blown plays are really just a little bit off. It's just that EVERY play is a little off. Overthrow here, missed block there, bad timing here, etc. Its just KILLING me to watch it, because I know they are trying and now is usually just one or two guys making a small mistake (vs. like 5-6 earlier in the season) but you can't have those mistakes against good teams like USC, their defense is too good.
This is by far the worst loss of the season for me though. Ugh. Even my near limitless optimism and good-spirits were severely tested at the game. I hadn't been so depressed at a game in about 3 years. Kept up the shouting though, gotta fight for every inch!
Seriously, what could it hurt?
