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USC Trojans Quarterback Jayden Maiava, Coach Lincoln Riley, and defensive tackle Alex VanSumeren discusses some of their problems against Wisconsin. Riley talks abou their weak areas in the game and how they need groups to step up on the road.
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00:00What do you think is causing the offensive line to struggle so much picking at the blitzes and making any
00:04time for the chess?
00:05Well, I mean, they brought some max pressures against us a couple times.
00:09They decided to come after us, and they caught us in some calls that we didn't love there, so give
00:15them credit.
00:17We lost some in one-on-ones, which we knew they got some talented pass rushers, and that was going
00:21to be important.
00:23Yeah, I mean, we had some moments where we protected good and didn't execute, too.
00:27I mean, again, it was just shared responsibility.
00:29I mean, I'll get back and study it, but I can't look at one group and say, man, that group
00:33was outstanding, you know, and that's what you need on the road.
00:36Like, you need groups to step up and really play their best, and we just – we didn't, and again,
00:41the biggest disappointment to me offensively was, you know, crossing the 50.
00:44I don't know how many times we crossed the 50 and didn't get points, but it was – I haven't
00:47seen all the stats, but it was a lot.
00:49And in a game like that where points were at a premium, you know, you just – you can't miss
00:53as many opportunities as we did.
00:55What was the thought process on the 50-year field goal?
00:58Yeah, it was a weird play.
01:00I mean, I was going to use a timeout.
01:02We had a player not go out.
01:04They were smart and did the slow sub on us.
01:06And I was going to use the timeout.
01:08I was going to see if we were going to get the kickoff.
01:10And then we panicked and we snapped the ball with the official standing there.
01:15So the penalty wasn't delayed because the clock ran out.
01:17The penalty was we tried to snap it before the official cleared it.
01:21I was going to call the timeout ahead of time.
01:23Obviously, I wish I just would have done it now, standing right next to the official.
01:26But they – we – the penalty was we tried to snap the ball when the official was still standing
01:31over it.
01:32So, yeah.
01:33And then the 58-yarder, I mean, he hit from that in pregame.
01:38We knew points were at a premium at that point and just felt like –
01:42obviously, 58-yarder is never going to be crazy high percentages, but we needed points at that.
01:46And to punt it down there at that just didn't feel like it made the right – it was the
01:50right choice at that time.

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