USC Football: Caleb Williams Chastised For Poor Showing At Notre Dame

Williams picked a poor time for a bad showing.

For once, the Trojans defense wasn’t the main cause of their issues in their last game. While the defense wasn’t great in the game against Notre Dame, the offense was more of a problem in the game.

“This is a very weird USC report card, folks. The defense was almost entirely irrelevant to the outcome of this game, a plot twist no one expected.”

Per Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire

Quarterback Caleb Williams put up his worst performance as a member of the Trojans, and it doomed USC from the jump. The defense couldn’t overcome the poor outing from Williams, and USC ultimately dropped their first game of the season.

Williams took the brunt of the blame for the loss, and rightfully so. He was awful against Notre Dame, and it hurt his team’s chances.

“We never thought we would do this. We never thought this could possibly happen. We never thought we would be in this position. Yet, here we are. We are in a spot where we have to give Caleb Williams the worst possible grade in our USC report card.”

Per Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire

Williams looked off the entire night, throwing for 199 yards and one score. But it was his three interceptions that did him and the team in.

“Three first-half interceptions. Three gifts to Notre Dame. Three hand-delivered scores to a Fighting Irish team whose offense would have struggled had it been forced to drive 70 or more yards. Caleb Williams is the number one reason USC lost this game. Again, we never expected this plot point, but we have to deal with reality. Caleb Williams flunked this test.”

Per Matt Zemek of Trojans Wire

USC can’t afford another bad showing from their quarterback. He is the engine that makes this team go, and he has helped them win games that they likely had no business winning due to his greatness.

Every player is due for a bad game at some point, but this was terrible timing from Williams. Losing to a historic rival on the road in that manner hurts the Trojans chances of reaching their goals, but all he can do now is move forward and get ready for their next game against Utah.

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