WeAreSC staffers altercate the USC Trojans at the bye week:
What has been the best anticipated affair you accept apparent this year?
Garry Paskwietz: The actuality that the Trojans went on the alley and suffered a accident adjoin an adversary that featured a able active advance abaft a backbreaking abhorrent line, and that the adolescent USC abhorrent band went through some growing pains while featuring three freshmen in the autogenous rotation.
Johnny Curren: The actuality that USC's abhorrent band ran into a roadblock aboriginal on this season. While that wasn't necessarily a shock to me, what was hasty was that it happened adjoin Boston College, and not Stanford. In any case, it absolutely wasn't a abstruse branch into this division that Tim Drevno's accumulation was a above catechism mark -- alike with the arrival of apprentice talent. Those that chase USC carefully consistently knew that this adolescent and amateur accumulation ability attempt at some point , and that's absolutely what happened.
Greg Katz: The best anticipated affair I've apparent is the absolute performances of arresting accouterment Leonard Williams, linebacker Hayes Pullard, tailback Buck Allen, advanced receiver Nelson Agholor, and quarterback Cody Kessler. All bristles players have, for the best part, lived up to the expectations for a majority of the adolescent season.
What has been the atomic anticipated affair you accept apparent this year?
GP: That the contest I declared in catechism No. 1 happened adjoin Boston College, not Stanford. Best anybody had the additional bold of the division circled on the agenda with a cruise to Palo Alto and, while that bold absolutely lived up to the billing, it wasn't the Cardinal who formed up over 400 hasty yards while alone giving up 20. I apperceive Boston College able as the archetypal allurement bold but it was still a abruptness to see the bold won on both abandon of the band of scrimmage, which is why they are alleged allurement games.
JC: The actuality that the Trojans aegis would rank No. 116 in the FBS adjoin the run at this point, giving up an boilerplate of 245.7 yards per game. Sure, that is due in ample allotment to Boston College's 452-yard outburst, but with the Trojans featuring a aegis that is accent by accustomed stalwarts like Williams and Pullard, that baronial is abominable any way you attending at it.
GK: The way the arresting band has played because it was declared to be the backbone of the aggregation but has been abominably outmuscled on the arena for the best allotment by Stanford and Boston College. If they don't aces up their game, the Trojans could be in absolute agitation in Pac-12 play.
Name one affair you would like to see from the bye anniversary as the aggregation moves forward.
GP: A bright abhorrent plan to booty advantage of the assorted weapons, and I absolutely apprehend Steve Sarkisian to accomplish his intentions accepted as to the action options he looked at during the bye week. Sarkisian said it's important for the Trojans to comedy to their strengths and it will be absorbing to see area he thinks the strengths lie based aloft the administration he chooses to go.
JC: More conduct on defense. The USC aegis will charge to about-face things about in a big way, and in a hurry, for this aggregation to accept a aerial akin of success throughout the blow of the schedule. Adjoin Boston College players were out of position, they whiffed on tackles, and they aloof looked awkward in general. I'm acquisitive Justin Wilcox & Co. are able to accompany this accumulating of aptitude calm over the advance of the abutting anniversary or two so that aback they band up adjoin Oregon State they stick to their assignments, they get aback to arena concrete football, and best importantly, they comedy as one adamant unit.
GK: I would like to see a aggregation that realizes that it can't blow on its victories over Fresno State and Stanford and understands that the Boston College bold was a above admonishing assurance of things to appear if they don't appear out focused and acute every game.
Title : WeAreSC Roundtable: Bye week
Description : WeAreSC staffers altercate the USC Trojans at the bye week: What has been the best anticipated affair you accept apparent this year?
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