The Colorado Buffaloes lost to the USC Trojans for their fourth straight loss on a frustrating day in Boulder. Head coach Karl Dorrell made headlines for the camera incident, and the Buffs’ hopes of upsetting the Trojans once and for all were silenced for another year.
Nonetheless, there were a couple of positives from the game against USC. Buffs quarterback Brendon Lewis played decent, finishing the day with a 10-for-17 line with 162 yards, a touchdown and an interception.
But our Player of the Week belongs to Mark Perry as the safety finished the day with 10 tackles against a talented USC offense. Perry also had the fumble recovery after Keaontay Ingram dropped the ball.
Ingram fumbles and Mark Perry recovers for the #cubuffs
— Brian Howell (@BrianHowell33) October 2, 2021
Perry led the way for the defense despite the Trojans putting up 37 points. Drake London absolutely went to town on Saturday—as he has all season—and torched the Buffs the entire game.
Perry was everywhere on Saturday, and he needed to be. In turn, he posted a season-high in tackles. In fact, Perry had more tackles on Saturday than he did in the entire 2020 season. Other than that, it wasn’t too encouraging for the Buffs and they will have two weeks to focus on their next game against winless Arizona.
The Buffs’ lone victory was against Northern Colorado in the opening week, and since a somewhat encouraging loss against Texas A&M, they have struggled.
A bye week is in the folds now, and up next is a perfect opportunity for Dorrell and his team to get back on track with a matchup against the Arizona Wildcats.