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Message: [QUOTE="SWC75, post: 346181, member: 289"] From my "Winning Plays" post. (A winning first down play gets you at least a thrid of the way to a first down. A winning second down play gets you at least halfway to second down. A winning third or fourth down play gets the first down. If they defesne prevents those goals, they win. A score is a winning play for the offense, a turnover a winning play for the defense. If a penalty gets tacked onto the play result, it's included in the first, second, third and fourth down results. If it negates the play for is a dead ball foul it's graded separately. A successful placekick is a win for the kicking team. Any other result is a win for the defense. On a kickoff or punt it's a win for the kicking team if the other team starts it's possession from their 20 yards line or closer to their goal line. If a punt produces a net gain of 40 yards for the punting team, that's a win for them.) SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. When SU had the ball: 1st down run 4-6 1st down pass 10-4 2nd down run 2-5 2nd down pass 5-6 3rd down run 1-1 3rd down pass 7-6 4th down run 0-0 4th down pass 0-1 Total: 29-29 SU kicking Kick-offs 1-3 Punts 2-3 Field goals 1-0 Extra points 3-0 Total: 7-6 Penalties: 4-4 Turnovers 1-1 Total: 5-5 When USC had the ball: 1st down run 7-6 1st down pass 9-9 2nd down run 4-6 2nd down pass 4-9 3rd down run 1-4 3rd down pass 3-6 4th down run 0-0 4th down pass 0-0 Total: 28-40 USC kicking Kick-offs 4-3 Punts 1-1 Field Goals 0-3 Extra Points 0-5 Total: 6-10 We won 75 plays. They won 90. We weren’t physically overwhelmed in this game. We basically lost it on their second and third down passes (7-15). They had scoring passes of 31, 44 and 43 yards and a couple more 20 yarders. They also had a 43 yard run. Nassib had a 20 yard pass to Bailey and 25 and 33 yarders to Provo. Alec Lemon passed to Van Chew for 28 yards and a score. Nassib completed his first 11 passes, running his streak to 22 in a row, starting in the Rhode Island game. But in the end, our offense just didn’t have the “explosiveness” the Trojans possessed. I think we are better defensively this year and that if we keep Nassib in the "no huddle", he can be very effective. I'm not going to get my hopes up but I think we have a chance to at least put a scare into 'em. [/QUOTE]

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