USC LB Mason Cobb Not Watching Washington Film Ahead of Matchup With No. 6 Oregon

The veteran linebacker said he isn't watching film from the team's last game, a 52-42 loss to the No. 5 Washington Huskies.

*Editor's note*: This story has been reposted with an updated headline to more accurately reflect the player's quote.

USC Trojans linebacker Mason Cobb is taking a unique approach to preparing for Saturday's matchup with the No. 6 Oregon Ducks.

Most teams like to use the film from their previous game to see what went wrong and look for areas of improvement. But that's not the case for Cobb.

Following Tuesday's practice, Cobb was asked what he saw on the film from USC's 52-42 loss to Washington and what went wrong in that game.

"Didn't watch the film. Nope. Moved on from that game," the senior linebacker said.

That's not something most would expect to hear from the leader of any defense, much less a defense that's looking for all the help it can get after Lincoln Riley fired defensive coordinator Alex Grinch earlier this week.

Cobb, who transferred to USC after spending three years at Oklahoma State, is the Trojans' leading tackler and has been an important piece to their defense. 

A pair of former Trojans voiced their response to Cobb's comments as USC prepares to face Oregon, which has one of the best offenses in college football.

Former USC safety Su'a Cravens

100% not true lol if you’re not watching the film individually already to hold yourself accountable, then as the individual player you’re wrong. But nothing surprises me about this defense at this point lol including players supposedly NOT WATCHING THE 🤬 GAME TAPE!! 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 https://t.co/WkvHCmM8Ti

— Su’a (@iammsuzy) November 8, 2023

Former USC safety Dion Bailey 

NOT TRUE at all!! If that’s the case they haven’t watched tape all year because every game has been disappointing on that side of the ball. “Flushing” tape is for good defenses who have a 1 off bad performance. You don’t flush ANYTHING being the 124th ranked defense!! https://t.co/6f6W342AGL

— Dion Bailey (@dbailey_18) November 8, 2023

You can watch Cobb's full press conference from Tuesday below.

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