The USC Trojans were not ready to play against Arizona. Bryson Shaw defended Alex Grinch after the Colorado game, saying the players were letting Grinch down. That should have translated into a focused, alert performance from the opening kickoff to the final gun, but that did not happen. USC was asleep in the first quarter and needed to rally from 17 points down to win in triple overtime.
USC is 6-0, but this season is not going the way Trojan fans hoped. This team has to play a lot better to make the Pac-12 Championship Game and stay in contention for the College Football Playoff. We talked about this on our latest Trojans Wired podcast, produced and co-hosted by Ian Hest.
Listen to the show below after our College Wire links of the week:
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