USC defense trying to course-correct after letdown performance

LOS ANGELES — Four days of space, ample movie survey and 3 practices did small to diminish the anguish successful antiaircraft coordinator Todd Orlando’s dependable erstwhile asked astir USC’s nonaccomplishment to Oregon State past weekend.

“I’ve bushed myself up astir 450 times going done it,” Orlando said.

The earthy numbers for the Trojan defense’s show connected Saturday are ugly. Oregon State gained 535 yards. Three 100 and twenty-two of those came connected the crushed arsenic the Beavers utilized some powerfulness rushing and a bid of sweeps to interruption incorporate connected the outside. USC allowed 4 touchdowns successful 5 reddish portion trips and fto the Beavers determination the chains 5 retired of 10 times connected 3rd down.

After signifier Wednesday, though, USC was preaching elemental corrections to assistance the defence determination forward.

A communal refrain was missed assignments and mediocre execution. Another was miscommunication.

“On that instrumentality that Tyjon Lindsey caught, it was conscionable a miscommunication betwixt our safeties,” information Isaiah Pola-Mao said. “A batch of radical conscionable not doing their jobs, jumping retired of gaps and stuff. It’s small things we tin hole truthful it’s not the extremity of the world. It’s conscionable being locked in, trusting each different and being connected the aforesaid leafage with each other.”

There’s conscionable a consciousness of urgency to get it close with the upcoming dates connected the schedule.

This weekend’s opponent, Colorado, is simply a run-heavy squad that returns sophomore moving backmost and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year Jarek Broussard. The pursuing week is Utah, different squad that relies connected its crushed game.

So Orlando expects to spot a akin crippled program from Colorado arsenic helium did against Oregon State, with sweeps attacking the perimeter, an country that USC has struggled to support successful caller years.

“We cognize we’re going to spot it, truthful we’ve been moving astatine it to get it ironed out,” Orlando said. “These kids are eager, I deliberation we each are anxious to get backmost connected the tract connected Saturday.”

FOREMAN NEEDS TO EARN SNAPS

Four games into his assemblage career, erstwhile five-star enlistee Korey Foreman has yet to marque a mark.

The erstwhile No. 1 enlistee successful the state has seen constricted playing clip astatine antiaircraft end. Foreman had 1 tackle against Oregon State and lone has 3 this season.

USC was initially hopeful that Foreman would beryllium capable to marque an contiguous interaction aft enrolling this summertime retired of Corona Centennial High, with the thought of moving him successful much and much arsenic the play progressed. But that has not turned retired to beryllium the case.

Asked connected Wednesday whether injuries person constricted Foreman’s playing time, antiaircraft enactment manager Vic So’oto alternatively enactment the impetus connected Foreman to gain his snaps.

“I’d accidental conscionable being young. He’s inactive 18-19 years aged and inactive learning however to play football,” So’oto said. “That’s up to him. The players that play person earned it successful practice. He’s got 1 much signifier to gain much playing clip and physique assurance successful us.”

BRIEFLY

Outside linebacker Drake Jackson was constricted successful the 2nd fractional against Oregon State by immoderate nagging injuries, Orlando said, adding, “We’re being mindful – that’s the 1 happening I ever privation to bash due to the fact that I cognize these guys volition spell retired and bash thing we inquire them to do. That’s astir being protective of them.”

Starting cornerback Isaac Taylor-Stuart did not enactment successful signifier for the 2nd consecutive day, watching the squad from the sidelines.