The Trojans’ quarterback has been mind-boggingly good in 2023, and USC needed every bit of it against Colorado.
BOULDER, Colorado — With time waning in the third quarter against a suddenly-charged Colorado team, USC quarterback Caleb Williams evaded pressure, rolled right, and made his first major mistake of the year.
But that one mistake, giving the ball back to a rollicking Buffs offense with a three-touchdown lead and watching Colorado mount a comeback that nearly toppled USC, illustrated an incredibly sobering Trojan reality: There’s no room for error here.to be superhuman, at this defense’s current level, for the Trojans to have any shot at reaching a College Football Playoff.
They haven’t consistently, against teams with any sort of offensive dynamism. USC gave up 28 points to San Jose State in the season opener; 28 to Arizona State, as Kenny Dillingham threw out a bag of tricks; and 41 to Colorado, 27 in the second half.
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