Will USC Change on Defense? Why Trajectory of Trojans falls on Lincoln Riley, Defensive Adjustments
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- Опубликовано: 5 сен 2024
- The USC Trojans and Lincoln Riley are entering a different era of its program, one without Caleb Williams and the PAC-12 Logo on their jersey. The biggest concerns as of late have fallen on the Trojans' defense. Can Lincoln Riley turn the defense around, or will it all be on the offense again? Cody Bellaire and Andy Staples break it all down here.
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I know the track record and why it hasn’t worked in the past but last season didn’t sit well with Lincoln. I feel as it fueled him for this off season and proof is with the defensive coaching staff he brought in. The bowl game and spring game were both great performances by our defense. We don’t need to be elite or even that great. If we can get a top 50 defense then we will be good. If we can keep the kids we have committed now , I believe we will be even better come next year with this staff. One year at a time, we have a major hole in the middle but with proper coaching I believe we can be a decent defense. The difference this year is coaching and I believe in the coaches we brought in.
Missing out on a NT or 2 I think is really gonna bite Lincoln in the ass. Unfortunately
Usc got the best defense staff 2024
Staff doesn’t play on the field. Look how Herm Edwards at ASU turned out
@@SuperJuggerNogyeHhh but that was nowhere near a top staff. Shit Shawn Nua was one of their best asisistants and he’s literally the worst on usc new defensive staff. Offensively their offense was no where near a LR offense
@@shameless1047 yeah I am not buying the staff perspective. You can’t coach size or athleticism and if you’re going into a game with undersized lineman you will not out physical them. Staff is not the entire answer. Cryon!
@@SuperJuggerNog herm didn’t have no nobody special
Ja'Kobi Lane #8 will be USC biggest playmaker this season heads up.
And your downplaying the PAC 12 let’s not play with it the BIG10 before this season was a 2 team league and sometimes Pen Sate shows up..
USC will have an easier week to week in the BIG10
Fight on!!! ✌🏼
SC fan here - I think SC fans need to have proper expectations regarding the defense for this season. It’s a Lincoln Riley lead football team and Offense will never be the problem for them
However, they were the 121st ranked defense in cfb last year. To the SC fans that think we’re gonna shoot up 100+ spots and be a top 10 defense - I would pump the brakes there. That’s not going to happen.
However, improving to that high 50s-60s range? That is more realistic of an expectation and would be a tremendous turnaround and achievement for them.
If you are really an SC fan, then you know that D'Anton Lynn brought up UCLA in one season far further than 50-60, and now he has Henny and company with him. You would also know how much bigger the players were when they showed up for Spring camp. Just sayin'.
@@RidgeRider88 I’ve been a die hard SC fan since 2001. I’m also a realist.
I love the Lynn and Henny hires and I think they will absolutely turn the defense around. But you need to take a number of different factors into account with UCLAs turnaround last year. To name just a few, and most importantly, they had one of the weakest schedules in all of CFB. Secondly, they had the best pass rusher in all of CFB in Latu, and one of the overall best pass rushes which helped make the secondary look a lot better than they *probably* were, as well as great interior lineman.
Again these aren’t bad things, but they need to be taken into consideration. UCLA was in the high 80s defensively after 2022, and they improved about 65 spots. That’s phenomenal. But high 80s is a lot different than 121. USCs defense was arguably the worst unit they have EVER had. Jumping 100+ spots in one offseason is just borderline unrealistic. I think our secondary, LBs and edge rushers are going to be significantly improved, but interior DL is a legitimate weakness and a legitimate problem. Henny is an elite coach. But at some point, you need to also have great players. Outside Bear, they have no one. And if Bear goes down, well
@@RidgeRider88 Back-end looked solid spring game, D coaches are world class, expect 2 D-line imports to go along with the Carlon and Matumana.
D in the 40-50 range will not surprise me.
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The guys in Vegas have USC -6 vs LSU. The Trojan defense is a complete mystery right now. Personnel got better and coaches became among the best in college football almost overnight. We just have to sit back and wait to find out…
Fight on✌🏿
I think next year will be a better team. This is assuming the 2025 class has the majority of them stick, and Julian Lewis is the guy coming in because if he comes in, I believe he has a chance to be the starter next year. Also, Duce, Zachariah, Jakobi, and Makai are all sophomores this year.
Lincoln Riley will eventually win a natty and everyone else will just have to cope and seethe.
We've done well vs the Big 10. We're going to be scoring an average of 35+ & have a top 40 or better D. 9 + wins for USC.
Riley had one fault… keeping Grinch. What other sin has he been guilty of? You all have never seen a Riley team with a defense… they spent $7 million on this defensive staff. Even with no influx of talent they should be 3x better than last year on defense.
What damn QB on USCs schedule in the Big10 should they be worried about?? who? 🤔 They are all mid and the Offenses are Mid. I don't think yall understand the Talent at QB and Offenses that USC is used to facing coming out of the Pac12. Team for team the Pac12 skill players and QBs were Way better than the Big10 and it's not even close. USC has faced Future NFL starters on a weekly basis 😂 . The Big10 Defenses wont be able to keep up with USCs team Speed.. Yall are about to learn the hard way..
Well I'd hold my breath on the offensive line. There was the idea that Justin Dedich moving to center last year was going to be helpful, and it wasn't. Nobody knows how the Jonah Monheim move to center will work out. Could work or could he another Justin Dedich situation. Overall, they have to be way way better in the run game. They were averaging 168.1 rush yards a game in the first half of the schedule, but once they faced better teams, it went down to 110.1 rush yards. Lincoln better start incorporating more pro style concepts or plays that have the quarterback under center. I rewatched last years games, and it felt he was running only 5 formations and about 5 plays off of it. Especially when he would run reverse or a trick play, it was always the same one.
In 2024 we will be going up against the # 1, 2, 5, 10, 11 and 16 best defenses, and the # 1, 12, 25, 29, and 32 best offenses against our 119th worst defense (which has led the PAC-12 and the nation 2 years straight in giving up plays of 30+ yards; I mean come on man it took Oregon only 5 plays to generate over 300 yards of offense against us), including teams ranked 5, 8, 12, and 13.
SOMEONE is high on their own supply.
@@bkmason57 119th was last year. New coaching staff with new players starting like at safety and corner and linebacker. Look at who the quarterbacks USC will be going up against. That is nowhere near last years quarterbacks
On defense our strength will be our secondary, so expect a stacked box to stop the run and CB's, safeties on islands. Looking at that schedule only Penn State, Notre Dame, LSU and Nebraska, will have good to ok QB play. This will be a top 10 to 15 defense. We only need to look at what D. Lynn did at UCLA against probably the best class of QB's to come out of the PAC ever last year. Defensively our weakness is depth on the d-line. The first string will be good everything after that is a question mark.
UCLA didn’t face Washington or Oregon last year so they didn’t face the top offenses nor the top 2 QBs from the PAC 12. If you look at defensive rankings against ranked teams, UCLA and USC were ranked similarly last year. Lynn is not the instant upgrade you think he is.
@@robertniddleman excellent point but the staff as a whole has achieved at the highest levels and know excellence. Coach Henderson Superbowl Champs, Coach Belk Alabama NC, and Entz 2x FCS Nat. Champ. It's not just Lynn. Better players at USC vs UCLA last year.
@@saulvillicana292 Henderson doesn’t have Donald, Belk was a GA when he was on the Bama staff and he wasn’t a huge contributor. FCS is nearly a separate sport from P4 level football so I don’t really see how those things indicate that they’ll be elite now. We don’t know that USC does have the better players right now. UCLA had Latu and Toia. USC really just has Bear as of right now. USC’s defensive numbers will be better than last year simply because they are facing worse offenses in the B10 but I wouldn’t expect any real meaningful change in year 1. And the real concern for you guys should be if you aren’t having a good season do guys like Terry and Gibson stick? And after seeing how crazy recruiting is, do guys like Henderson want to stay for another year or does he jump back to the NFL? Only time will tell
@@robertniddleman dude ucla had a top ten defensive 😅you must didn’t see Arizona last year
@@tommyjones774 Arizona who lost to a 5-7 Mississippi State team? That’s your proof of them playing a good offense? Lmao
The defense will easily be top 40, it could be much better. I'm more worried Miller Moss is not really that great. Maeva has a 50% chance of being the starter by middle of season.
Big Sc fan. we have to except not a great season with a bottom 10 defense last year. especially with no iDL in the portal with our terrible iDL play except bear
We have better coaches. We have far worse players. Let's say they improve us 40 places, which is HUGE and admirable. We STILL have the 79th worst defense in college football.
Hence Vegas putting us at 7-5 with a 2.5% chance of making the 12-team CFP.
Yes
2 to 3 losses if the defense is top 50 60
It's all about the schedule. If they scheduled 3 cupcakes in the off-season, the perception would be different. Hence, schedule cupcakes.
Or be a better team who knows 😂 cryon!
Lincoln Riley type teams are proven to be soft. Big10 teams are much too physical, 6-6 season incoming…
You’re delusional lol . 6-6😂. Be for
You ain’t seen who Riley hired on defense
Soft is not in Henny's nature along with the defensive specialists. This isn't last year's mom and pop team; best performers will see the field period!!
Everyone has raised their game on this team; look what Wiley has done?
Lol you could say the same about deboar. Pretty sure Riley’s highest rated defense is better than your boys
Clowns. SC is going 10-2 or 12-0 ✌🏾🗡️ #Zooloo
Is USC going to change on defense??? Now that question is just plain stupid to ask. On 3 is a dam enemy just as 247sports, you guys spend more time with hate questions and answers. How with all the money Oregon is using to buy players are they going to make a dam playoff!!!
We will go 8-4 if we lucky 😂
Doubt it 11-1✌🏾😎
@@mr.millionaire4570 c'mon now I'm as optimistic as they come but ain't no way in hell lmao " LSU, UofM, Wash, Penn State we are losing at least two of those 😂
@@javongreen734
Safe bet. Fingers crossed for only 3 total defeats. 💪🏿🙏🏾🤞🏿❤USC🏈✌️
We? No, 9-3 or 10-2. Fight On.
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All of this big 10 physicality, mostly immaginary....riley was sorry assed on defense due to his bromance with grinch...they broke up...dont know if you are aware of it...apparently not....anyhow usc was sorry as f@@k the last two years yet at rock bottom managed 8 wins .... not afraid of anyone in the big 10 sc will score on anyone, ANYONE...will have a middle of the pack defense....like our chances....save your pissy bs...see you on the field....
You guys are LOST in the Sauce! USC will make the CFP's and be 10-2! Angel USC'78
He’s 1-4 against ND and Utah since he got to USC. Now he’s going to a conference full of teams built like that and he has the worst QB room he’s ever had.
Alex Grinch was also the DC
hahah lincoln has never had a bad QB ever as a head cosch
@@zeke____ people said the same thing about Kyle McCord and Ryan Day last year
@@ronanethann Riley had had multiple DCs and the results were the same. It’s clearly not just Grinch
@@robertniddleman but has ryan day had 3 heisman winners? no
You dorks haven't seen sh*t! 'SC us historically known for to have great defenses.
Do you really think that a school with the most players drafted into the NFL, 11 National Championships, 8 Heismans, 35 members in the COLLEGE Football HofF, 14 in the NFL HoF, Owning Michigan and Ohio State, the Big 10 and tge Rose Bowl are going to allow Lincoln Riley to produce meiocre defenses, you're out if your minds.
Although I love Zach Branch, he can't hold Reggie Bush's jockstrap!