OT: USC fires DC Alex Grinch
You know what this means?
A teach coached by HC Mel Tucker, OC Brian Ferentz, and DC Alex Grinch IS a possibility next season!
November 5th, 2023 at 4:31 PM ^
I just came to post this.
Shaun Nua will be interim co-defensive coordinator.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:41 PM ^
big opportunity
November 5th, 2023 at 4:53 PM ^
I don't know if a defense can ever be successful there, the way Lincoln Riley wants to play offense. You get no rest whatsoever. They either score in 1:30 or go 3 and out. There are no long 12 play drives to rest the defense.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:13 PM ^
It does depend on how you define success here, though. I mean, his defenses at Oklahoma were pretty bad too but his offenses were so prolific he wound up in the playoffs three straight years. If Riley could find a defensive coordinator who could get them up to mediocre they'd be a playoff contender.
Having said that, at this point I have to wonder if Riley isn't undermining his team's defenses in other ways (i.e., other than the lack of rest you mentioned).
November 5th, 2023 at 5:29 PM ^
You'd need a four-deep to rotate your guys enough.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:04 PM ^
FYI posts about USC aren’t OT. They involve a future opponent!
November 5th, 2023 at 5:06 PM ^
HEY! No scouting ahead.
November 5th, 2023 at 7:37 PM ^
They may very well lose 2 more games this season..
November 5th, 2023 at 5:59 PM ^
Uh, Roy Manning is (was?) Outside Linebackers / Assistant Head Coach for Defense.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:32 PM ^
Can’t wait for this holiday’s season new kids movie “How the Grinch stole USC’s PAC-12 title game hopes”.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
Grinch’s defensive output was 3 sizes too small
November 5th, 2023 at 5:00 PM ^
I don’t even care that he’s a cartoon dog but Max is a crazy cute pup.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:32 PM ^
For reference, USC has given up this season...
- 28 vs San Jose State
- 14 vs Nevada
- 10 vs Stanford
- 28 vs Arizona State
- 41 vs Colorado
- 41 vs Arizona
- 48 vs Notre Dame
- 34 vs Utah
- 49 vs Cal
- 52 vs Washington
November 5th, 2023 at 4:37 PM ^
The anti-Iowa
November 5th, 2023 at 4:42 PM ^
It begs the question: what would happen if an offense coached by Brian Ferentz played against a defense coached by Alex Grinch?
November 5th, 2023 at 4:45 PM ^
Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies… Rivers and seas boiling… Dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria!
November 5th, 2023 at 5:04 PM ^
The universe will collapse in on itself.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:27 PM ^
Somebody on the the Citrus Bowl selection committee will get baked on the Zoom call and, between Doritos bites, wheeze "no, no, no, hear me out man...what if we get IOWA to play USC!? Like, it'll never end, man!"
November 5th, 2023 at 6:09 PM ^
What we're trying to find out with this experiment is can Mr Ferentz get a 1st down?
Yes, just 1.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:24 PM ^
Ah yes, the age old question of the resistible force versus the movable object.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:46 PM ^
MSU success?
November 5th, 2023 at 4:55 PM ^
When USC and Iowa meet for the first time, it will be an extinction-level event when Iowa's offense and USC's defense are on the field at the same time.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:43 PM ^
A whole game of “Line of Scrimmage is Lava”
November 5th, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
At some point, though, the finger needs to be pointed at Lincoln Riley.....horrible defenses seem to follow him around. What a waste of talent at USC
November 5th, 2023 at 4:49 PM ^
It’s the HC. His team snaps with 20+ seconds left while up by 10+ in the second half. Insanely stupid.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:02 PM ^
He's obsessed with padding the stats of his QBs and WRs. He's an OC masquerading as a head coach.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:38 PM ^
He's a spiritual sibling of Ryan Day, then.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:09 PM ^
Not up by 10, but with a lead in the second half Oklahoma was doing this yesterday. It seemed so foreign to me.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:02 PM ^
Obviously someone’s been stealing USC’s defensive signs. /s
November 5th, 2023 at 6:08 PM ^
That is stupid bad for a team with the talent USC has
November 5th, 2023 at 4:37 PM ^
Preach, Teach
November 5th, 2023 at 4:38 PM ^
Wasn't aware they had one.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:39 PM ^
Bit by bit, Santa is reclaiming Christmas.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:56 PM ^
He needs Ono glasses.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:40 PM ^
Bummer. I was really looking forward to seeing his defense against a Big Ten schedule.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:57 PM ^
Something tells me you still will.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:40 PM ^
Not surprised.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:40 PM ^
They had the opportunity for a late stop last night and didn't get it. Washington scored the final TD to put the game away.
The camera went straight to Grinch and with his hands on his knees...he just lowered his head. I said, "he knows." It was wild to see the very moment where he was resigned to his fate. It was over.
The USC defense is marshmallow soft. Michigan would score every possession.
I'm sure Grinch will find an analyst role back on Ryan Day's staff. Whatever.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:43 PM ^
This is worse than getting GERGed
November 5th, 2023 at 4:44 PM ^
Like Brian Ferentz, we will never know the lows that were still yet unexplored, so in that respect, they are both unfinished works of football ineptitude.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:09 PM ^
I feel...cheated.
November 5th, 2023 at 5:19 PM ^
This has been a very sad week....I needed that Iowa/USC bowl game with their respective failing coordinators very much involved.
November 5th, 2023 at 6:47 PM ^
Both ends of the field would be interesting. USC’s offense vs a great team defense in Iowa would be interesting to see for me. Would Williams come crashing down to earth with merely pedestrian qb numbers? Or is he really that good that his team would score triple or more points against Iowa’s defensive ppg avg?
November 5th, 2023 at 6:05 PM ^
Wouldn’t it be great if Grinch and Ferentz were on the same staff as coordinators. It would be like an all-star coaching staff of football futility.
November 5th, 2023 at 11:18 PM ^
Make Scott Frost their head coach, and I think you have an Avengers movie.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:47 PM ^
Wait, this guy was his DC since 2019 going back to OU? He sure took a long time to give up on him.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:48 PM ^
Psst. The problem is Lincoln Riley.
November 5th, 2023 at 4:51 PM ^
About time. If I was an SC fan I'd be furious that he lasted this long. I don't understand why Lincoln Riley can't find a halfway decent defensive coordinator.