Brenden Rice is self-critical; Will Rose backflip lights up Twitter; Korey Foreman improves
The Travis Dye injury dominated the USC game against Colorado on Friday night. It swallowed up the aftermath of the game. It was unavoidable for Dye’s injury — marking the end of his season and his USC career — to become the main point of conversation after the Trojans beat Colorado, 55-17.
There were other moments of note from this game. There is plenty to catch up on after Colorado — and heading into UCLA — in this USC football notebook.
Let’s give you some of the main highlights from this game, beginning with a tweet from USC wide receiver Brenden Rice, in which he admitted he has not been playing up to his own expected standard in 2022:
RICE GETS HONEST
Love and hate 😵💫I understand. This season I havent been no where near the person I usually am. I’m still chasing perfection tho ‼️
Great Team Win✌🏽#FightOn— Brenden Rice (@BrendenRice) November 12, 2022
TULI FACTS
Tuli Tuipulotu recorded 2.5 sacks, 3 tackles and a forced fumbled against Colorado.
He now has 11.5 sacks this season which are the most in a single season by a Trojan since Morgan Breslin had 13 in 2012.
— Keely Eure (@keelyismyname) November 12, 2022
TULI IN CONTEXT
Sack No. 10 for Tuli Tuipulotu!
He is the first Trojan with double-digit sacks in a year since Rasheem Green in 2017 (10.0) #USC
— Chris Treviño (@ChrisNTrevino) November 12, 2022
TULI VIDEO
FBS sack leader USC Edge Tuli Tuipulotu #49 is off to a fast start tonight. Great snap timing & has natural feel for leverage pic.twitter.com/fnqKjExpne
— Mark Dulgerian (@MarkDulgerian) November 12, 2022
WILL ROSE'S 2 POINTS AND BACKFLIP
#USC holder Will Rose with the backflip after a two-point conversion.
Gets an unsportsmanlike penalty call after pic.twitter.com/hplorIuUeJ
— Trevor Booth (@TrevorMBooth) November 12, 2022
LOL
WILL ROSE IS HIM😭🤣 #FightOn
— Kyle Ford (@Ford_Kyle6) November 12, 2022
KYLE FORD IS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
Kyle Ford picks up 3rd and 23 after picking up a 3rd and 19 earlier in the drive.
42 yard play there.
— Ryan Abraham (@insidetroy) November 12, 2022
CLUTCH
Kyle Ford with 3 catches, all for first downs on 3rd downs.
— Ryan Abraham (@insidetroy) November 12, 2022
TAHJ WASHINGTON WITH THE JETS
.@CalebCSW to @tahj_washington for the 61-yard touchdown! 💨
📺: @FS1
📱: https://t.co/u7u02qaID8#FightOn | #FYC13 pic.twitter.com/B4L2m29BgK— USC Football ✌️ (@uscfb) November 12, 2022
RALEEK BROWN
Raleek Brown is the FUTURE of this USC offense 💪💪 pic.twitter.com/QseKLZ5r6H
— Brian Y (@byysports) November 12, 2022
MAYBE AGAINST UCLA?
That's what Raleek Brown can do. Would love to see some of these swing passes to him before garbage time.
— Alicia de Artola Castillo (@PenguinOfTroy) November 12, 2022
MILLER MOSS GOT SOME WORK AND SOME TOUCHDOWN DRIVES
First touchdown of the season for Miller Moss. 25-yard score to Raleek Brown. #USC cruising, up 48-10 with 11:34 to go. pic.twitter.com/idMFF6Juzj
— Trevor Booth (@TrevorMBooth) November 12, 2022
KEY POINT
Travis Dye has been USC's workhorse back, but the bright side is the Trojans' other RBs are probably pretty fresh. Austin Jones, Raleek Brown and Darwin Barlow only have a combined 31 carries in the past 6 games.
— Greg Beacham (@gregbeacham) November 12, 2022
KOREY FOREMAN
Positive sign for Korey Foreman. His first TFL of the season #USC pic.twitter.com/5Zfyq0TA0y
— Trevor Booth (@TrevorMBooth) November 12, 2022
PROGRESS
Korey Foreman is getting rewarded staying in this drive after his strong effort last drive.
He's got 2 tackles (1 TFL) and was also in for #USC's safety earlier.
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) November 12, 2022
LEARNING
Korey Foreman with the big tackle in the backfield for a loss of six.
Great job using his hands to negate the block and then finishes the job making the tackle in open space.
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) November 12, 2022
THIS IS WHY GENTRY AND GOFORTH ARE SO IMPORTANT
Touchdown Buffs.
Tuasivi Nomura gets beat on the fake and #Colorado QB J.T. Shrout runs in for an 8-yard score to get #Colorado back in front of the 34-point spread. #USC leads 38-17 with 7:22 to go.
— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) November 12, 2022
ANDREW VORHEES' HEALTH STATUS: GOOD
Andrew Vorhees didn't play after halftime. Lincoln Riley said that was the plan: “He’s been limited a little bit. The plan was for him and Jordan (Addison) both just to play them a little bit tonight. Get them back out there, get them rolling a little bit.” #USC
— Antonio Morales (@AntonioCMorales) November 12, 2022
BOBBY HASKINS' HEALTH UPDATE
I didn't notice until rewatching that fourth-down sack, but LG Andrew Vorhees is no longer in the game.
Bobby Haskins has come in at left tackle and cycled every other position outside of Brett Neilon:
LT Haskins
LG Dedich
C Neilon
RG Monheim
RT Murphy— Shotgun Spratling (@ShotgunSpr) November 12, 2022
HEALTH OVERVIEW, PART ONE
Jordan Addison, Andrew Vorhees, Bobby Haskins, and Ralen Goforth should be good to go versus UCLA.
HEALTH OVERVIEW, PART TWO
Eric Gentry is the player USC needs the most against UCLA, but compared to Jordan Addison and other players named above, Gentry appears to be further behind in his progress. This is by far the most concerning and important injury situation to monitor over the coming week.
