5 Things: USC 17, Oregon State 14
WeAreSC’s Erik McKinney, Greg Katz and Marc Kulkin collected themselves enough after USC’s thrilling 17-14 victory over the Oregon State Beavers to offer their 5 Things from the win.
Player of the Game
The players of the game all come on the defensive side of the ball. And there are plenty of game balls to hand out.
Play of the Game
It’s not often a center is singled out during a discussion of the play of the game, but that happened tonight. The USC Athletics twitter account is going with the Neilon Nudge to echo the Bush Push. Whatever it ends up being called, it was a huge part of this win.
Expectation Met
Oregon State and its fans met expectations as a tough team in a tough environment. Though, this topic went virtually unanswered by one WeAreSC staffer.
Surprise
USC’s sluggish offense dominated the discussion here. The Trojans were kept out of the endzone for three full quarters and managed just 357 total yards.
Biggest Takeaway
Did we learn more about this USC team in this game that we had all season? Are the defensive statistics sustainable? Check out the biggest takeaways the WeAreSC staff had from this come-from-behind win that was, bottom line, a fantastic college football game.
