PS where the hell was the coverage on vince young all game?
all in all, Pete carril(sp?) stocks went way down after that game in my book
The two real mistake I saw USC's coaching make was the too early timeout that should have been used later to save time on the Trojan's last drive and not getting a review on Young's down knee on the first TD, the latter was a really bad error on their part. Texas might have scored then anyway, but it probably would have burned enough time off then to run out the clock later on texas' last drive.
USC's failure was not on scheme though, they were simply unable to defeat an excellent Texas OL and an extraordinarly mobile quarterback.
Neither team could generate a good pass rush, credit two excellent OLs.
The only way to effectively stop a highly mobile quarterback is to get an effective rush with just the defensive front four, so the other seven can stay in their lanes for a run or drop to pass coverage. If you blitz they will either quick pass or run through you if you miss, a pocket passer has just the first option mostly, the mobile has this dual threat.
USC's DEs were often overpursuing, Young would step up in the pocket or roll out with the DEs behind him, USC was shadowing him with a LB on many plays which leaves a receiver uncovered and with a guy like Young or Vick even a LB shadow is not good enough, they are too slow. Safetys are fast enough, but Young is too strong for a sure tackle by them, and using a Safety as a spy creates a deadly serious gap in pass coverage.
Vince Young and Michael Vick are like the '95 Huskers, everyone knows how to stop them, but they are just too damn good at what they do for it too work often enough.
