NO STOPPING HERE
No defense in, or for, Trojans' performance against the Huskies Williams can't save USC's defense in high-scoring home loss to Washington
LOS ANGELES ❯❯ Maybe USC's football players are trying to send a message to their fan base: Defense is overrated.
Bulletin: It most certainly is not, as they've shown.
USC fans have been up in arms for nearly two full seasons over the real and imagined sins of Alex Grinch's defensive unit. Saturday evening, in a game against Washington that was critical to any hopes of getting to the last Pac-12 championship game, the Trojans' performance almost seemed to be saying: “Oh yeah? Watch
The nation did. And it was ugly, a 52-42 loss to the Huskies that elevated Washington quarterback Michael Penix Jr.'s Heisman chances, seems to have doomed USC to an off-Broadway
THE SCORE WASHINGTON 52, USC 42
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They wasted Caleb Williams.
LOS ANGELES ❯❯ Again.
For a few minutes, after resolve crumbled at the end of a 52-42 loss to Washington on Saturday night, perhaps the most famous collegiate football player in America was simply a kid who'd lost a ballgame. He hopped up into the stands, postgame, resting his helmeted head on his mother Dayna Price's shoulder, shoulders shaking as she covered his face with a paper sign to shield TV cameras that held and zoomed on heartbreak. He slumped at the back of the postgame presser, sitting on the floor with his back against wall, out of view before eventually standing, trudging over to lean into the mic when asked his emotional state.
“I want to go home and cuddle with my dog,” Williams said, “and watch some shows.”
Inside: Despite weekend of racing, there's still many questions to be answered.